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Glen Rock Police charged a Fair Lawn man with aggravated assault on a police officer.

A Glen Rock police officer was taken to a local hospital after a Fair Lawn man spit saliva and blood on his face during a prolonged struggle subsequent to a motor vehicle stop early Monday.

Arrested in the incident was 31-year-old Edward F. Guy, who was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, including spitting saliva and blood on Officer Greg Carter's face and uniform and attempting to bite the officer, according to Glen Rock Police Capt. Jon Miller. Other charges included resisting arrest, obstructing an official government function and two motor vehicle passenger safety violations.

Miller said that Carter was observing traffic on Route 208 northbound at about 2:15 a.m. on Dec. 16 when he noticed Guy, the passenger, yelling out the window of an approaching minivan. As the vehicle reached Carter's location, the officer noted that Guy had crawled part of the way through the passenger window.

After a brief pursuit, Carter stopped the vehicle near Goffle Road. Police said that while the driver immediately cooperated with officers, Guy was unruly, yelling and swearing at the officer and refusing to step out of the car. Carter then called for assistance, and was joined at the scene by Sgt. Dean Ackermann and Officer Murray Yang, with several officers from Ridgewood and Hawthorne also responding.

Guy, who the vehicle's driver told police was "extremely intoxicated," had to be forcibly removed from the car by officers, who handcuffed him and placed him in a police car. At that point, Guy allegedly attempted to kick out the vehicle windows while spitting at officers, who placed Guy in leg shackles for additional restraint, police said.

Due to his perceived intoxication, Guy was transported to Bergen County Regional Medical Center, where he continued to resist officers, trying to overturn the stretcher he was placed on and attempting to kick a nurse, Miller said. At one point, despite the attachment of a mesh face shield, Guy managed to spit through it, hitting Carter with a mix of saliva and blood, Miller said. Carter was driven to The Valley Hospital for a blood test and preliminary treatment, and was expected to return there on Monday for test results and possible follow-up measures.

Following treatment at Bergen Regional, Guy was transferred to Bergen County Jail on Monday, where he was being held on $50,000 bail with no 10 percent release option. Miller said there were no charges against the driver of the vehicle, who had committed no infraction and was "extremely cooperative, and trying to do the right thing for his friend by driving him to the residence of a third party in Wanaque."

Guy's initial court appearance on the multiple charges is expected on Jan. 7.

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Work began last week on a new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant ramp into Graydon Pool.

A new sloped entryway leading into Graydon Pool will be completed by the end of the month, weather permitting, giving residents with accessibility challenges the opportunity to use Ridgewood's water park beginning next summer.

Municipal and state officials joined a handful of residents at the village's historic swimming facility last Friday to commemorate the start of the ramp's construction. Ground broke on the Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant ramp early last week, and the first drops of concrete were poured Tuesday.

"While I definitely think it took us way too long to get here, I'm glad we're here. This is an extraordinary moment, a moment that is important to our community," said Mayor Paul Aronsohn, addressing a small audience that gathered for the ceremony. "Ridgewood is to be one of the most inclusive, welcoming, accepting places. This is going to make us more inclusive and more welcoming."

The discussions that began almost three years ago turned into debate among members of the Village Council and general public. Since the first conversations took place, the tone at meetings and on-site visits has varied from full support to strong objections. The final project even divided Ridgewood's governing body, as the council approved the ramp design by 3-2 vote.

But even with the council's blessing, which was granted last year with hopes of installing a ramp for the 2013 season, continued opposition prompted delays and subsequent mediation by the state Department of Environmental Protection's Historic Preservation Office. A meeting in Ridgewood conducted by DEP officials took place earlier this year, and the state used information from that session as well as from emailed comments to offer recommendations.

The design, including the approved version as well as previous plans, was challenged by several residents, many of whom argued that the overall size of the ramp detracted from the historical nature of the sandy-bottomed pool. They also contended that the location of the ramp was inappropriate.

In September, the state opined that a slightly modified accessibility ramp would not detract from the 1920s charm of Graydon. DEP officials advised the village to alter its designs to mitigate flooding conditions and tint the ramp's color a shade that closely resembles the park's sand.

Last week, Ridgewood municipal engineer Chris Rutishauser led a tour of the unfinished project, walking attendees from the pavilion where the ramp begins down toward its final landing. The ramp, which runs alongside an existing stone wall, will end at a level in about 2 feet of water.

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It was an earlier eras version of going viral.

Soon after John Frederick Kensett created a dramatic painting of the White Mountains, the image swept the country, not only putting New Hampshire on the map but also preserving a poignant rural view of life in a swiftly industrializing nation.

Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway is considered the most famous New England landscape of the 19th century, and its associated school of art and expression have become an enduring advertisement for the Granite State, whose tourism industry today still celebrates the balance of natural and cultural resources.

Canvassing the White Mountains: Icons of Place, on view from Saturday through Sept. 12 at the Historical Society of Cheshire County in Keene, traces that pivotal journey with more than 40 historic paintings by landscape artists including Benjamin Champney, Alfred Bricher, Asher Durand, John Enneking, Alvan Fisher, John Ross Key, Willard Metcalf and William Paskell.

The exhibit will share how the painting styles of these artists illustrate not only the evolution of American art, but also how they helped to shape the American view of and reaction to wilderness and nature, said Alan Rumrill, the historical societys executive director, of pieces from the 1800s through the early 1900s. (The exhibition conveys) how the work of the artists impacted the growth and development of the White Mountain region.

Evolution of Art

In the summer of 1850 three young American artists discovered North Conway Village in New Hampshires White Mountains. Kensett, Champney and John Casilear were drawn there by the work of earlier landscape artists who strove to capture the grandeur of the mountains and countryside.

Champney, a native of New Ipswich who had previously painted a View of Keene, N.H. in his home region, described the village and surrounding landscape as the most beautiful place on Earth, said Rick Swanson, development director at the historical society.

Drawing a Response

These White Mountain Art painters, many in residence at hotels such as the Profile House in Franconia Notch, Crawford House in Crawford Notch and Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, were among the first marketers of New Hampshire in an age of railroads and resort hotels.

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WASHINGTON The morning after, at breakfast at the Republicans' Capitol Hill Club, Virginia Rep. Robert Goodlatte was, as befits one of Washington's grown-ups, measured in his reaction to what 36,120 Virginia voters did the day before. It would, he says, be wise "to take a step back and a deep breath until we find out how everyone" meaning, especially, House Republicans "reacts to this." By "this" he indicates, with a wave of a hand, the one-word headline on Roll Call, a newspaper that covers Congress: "Stunner."

Roll Call's online article added these four words: "Cantor Upset Changes Everything." Of course, nothing changes everything, but the resounding and unprecedented defeat in a Republican primary of the soon-to-be former House majority leader will send ripples radiating through the House and into the Republicans' 2016 presidential nomination contest.

It is often folly to try to tickle national portents from local events. But there are fewer purely local political events now that elections have become increasingly nationalized in this era of inter-party and intra-party ideological combat. So, consider how the unhorsing of Cantor may strike some other Republicans.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who embraces a more welcoming immigration policy than does much of the Republican nominating electorate, may construe Cantor's defeat as a discouraging augury concerning any presidential aspirations Bush might have. Cantor was damaged by the accusation that he favors "amnesty" for the more than 11 million illegal immigrants. Actually, he may have done more damage to himself by seeming to take multiple and contradictory positions on immigration.

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan may be weighing a probable ascent in the House leadership against the uncertainties of seeking the Republican presidential nomination. The removal of Cantor, a formidable rival for the office of speaker once John Boehner relinquishes it, may give Ryan reason to remain in Congress.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who hardly has an insufficiency of audacity, will be further emboldened in his presidential ambitions because tea-party support helped to propel David Brat, a 49-year-old college professor, to victory over Cantor. Never mind that Brat, who speaks equably about making Washington work, seems to eschew Cruz's confrontational style.

Although the "amnesty" accusation hurt Cantor, so did his membership in Congress' leadership, and the perception that he had neglected his district. Also, he foolishly used his campaign millions to barrage Brat with absurd ads implying that because Brat is a professor, he must be a liberal.

Campaign reformers who believe money is the sovereign determinative in elections should consider the contrary evidence of Brat's $231,000 war chest. Big ideas can have bigger consequences than cash does, and Brat resonated with tea-party types primarily because his campaign vocabulary was that of constitutionally limited government 10th Amendment conservatism.

Goodlatte, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, which processes immigration legislation, may have set a 2014 record for understatement when he said Cantor's defeat will not improve the chances of immigration reform this year.

But the chances were, he says, slim anyway.

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Fifteen years after the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention gathered for the first time with a signed treaty in Mozambique, its leaders met again Monday to asses the progress that has been made. In the past 15 years, 161 countries have signed on. The meeting, which will last through Friday, will evaluate the advancements that have been made banning the use of land mine weapons, helping land mine victims, and clearing minefields.

In the bordering country of Tanzania, Giant African Pouched Rat rats are being used to identify and sniff out land mines. These enormous rodents are bred and trained by a Belgian NGO called APOPO, which has its headquarters based in Tanzania. Once the rats have undergone the six-step training process to become experts at sniffing out TNT and detecting mines they are known as HeroRATs. These photo show what the training process is like for these life-saving rodents.

Correction: The original version of this story misstated when the meeting of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention will end and when members first met as signatories to the treaty.

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Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Tuesday began demolishing illegal structures built on prime land in Madhapur area near Hitec City.

At least 21 structures including high-rise buildings and a school that were built on the land were set to be demolished, officials said. Some of them belong to Ayyappa society.

Ten teams from GHMC, armed with bulldozers and other heavy equipment, protected by police, launched the clearing operation on Tuesday morning, from survey No. 11 to 37, to reclaim 620 acres of land.

The land originally belonged to Gurukul Trust but was illegally encroached on by reportedly influential people, including politicians and bureaucrats.

The operation to clear the illegal structures was launched a day after Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao held a review meeting with officials including the GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar, director-general of police Anurag Sharma and some ministers.

An angry Chief Minister wanted to know from the officials how water and electricity connections were provided to the illegal structures in the area.

As many of the properties belong to people and companies from the Seemandhra region, some people tried to give it a political color. But leaders of Raos Telangana Rashtra Samitri party said they had promised during the election campaign to clear encroachments on all lands including that of Gurukul Trust, Bhoodan lands and Waqf lands.

Back in September 2012 a division bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court had declared Gurukul Trust the absolute owner of the 625 acres of land in the area and asked the encroachers to compensate the trust.

A recent government survey also revealed that in Ranga Reddy district alone 17,513 acres of government land was encroached upon. The value of the land was estimated at whopping Rs3 trillion (Dh183 billion).

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