Icahn: Oil will go lower, Saudi Arabia blindsiding the world
Everett Rosenfeld | @Ev_Rosenfeld
The price of oil will go lower as supply and demand remain unbalanced, activist investor Carl Icahn said Thursday.
Icahn, who spoke with CNBC’s “Fast Money: Halftime Report,” said that Saudi Arabia’s decision not to cut oil production blindsided the global market, and that he expects the commodity’s price will keep sliding.
“I think [oil’s price] will continue to go down unless there is some outside event,” Icahn said.
Lenore Skenazy’s New Show Brings Free-Range Parenting to Your TV Screen
Show airs Thursdays at 9 pm on Discovery Life
Robby Soave|Jan. 22, 2015 3:52 pm
Reason contributor and super-star Lenore Skenazy will be dousing the flames of parental paranoia on her very own show, “World’s Worst Mom,” beginning Thursday (tonight) at 9:00 p.m. EST on the Discovery Life channel.
The title is a satirical jape at Skenazy, who has embraced that distinction as a form of protest against helicopter parenting. Readers of her work here at Reason—and at her blog, Free-Range Kids—know that Skenazy is dedicated to the cause of helping parents put aside irrational (often debilitating) fears regarding their children’s safety. On her show, Skenazy meets with real parents whose anxieties have made them stifle their kids’ independence—such as a mother who spoon-feeds her 10-year-old son because she’s afraid he will choke, and won’t let him ride a bike. Skenazy’s mission is to show these parents that the healthiest thing they can do for their children is let them try new things, spend time alone, and discover that the world isn’t such a scary place, after all.
“World’s Worst Mom,” is real: the hyper-protective parents featured on it are real, worries and all. And while they represent the far-end of helicopter parenting, too many adults share some of their fears—even though kids are growing up today in the safest time in world history.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNA AGUILAR Little Taylor Aguilar is shown enjoying a happy day at the beach.
Runners in Ridgewood remember Taylor Aguilar
JANUARY 23, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY GAIL KISLEVITZ
CORRESPONDENT |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Every year for the past three years between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a group of Ridgewood residents participate in a mile challenge. Starting on Thanksgiving, the goal is to run at least a mile a day until Dec. 25. This year, what started out as a way for people to keep off the weight gain during the holiday season turned into an uplifting act for a Ridgewood family’s tragic loss.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNA AGUILAR
Pictured on Christmas morning celebrating the memory of Taylor Aguilar are: Julie Greaney, Emery Flannery, Meredith Sullivan, Luke Pash, Yishane Lee, Rich Cariddi, Mike Aguilar, Pat Pash, Kathy Pash, MJ Aguilar, Keith Tobias, Jamie Cariddi, John Aguilar, Alex Cariddi, Brandon Ho, Champa Ho, Anna Aguilar, Paola Shaddow, Charlie Shaddow, Amelia Shaddow and Gabe Shaddow. Participating that day but not pictured: Harrison Cariddi, Christine Tobias, Colden Tobias, Kennedy Tobias, Mike F. Aguilar, Marianne Aguilar, Max Aguilar, Mike Shaddow and Josie Shaddow.
Pictured on Christmas morning celebrating the memory of Taylor Aguilar are: Julie Greaney, Emery Flannery, Meredith Sullivan, Luke Pash, Yishane Lee, Rich Cariddi, Mike Aguilar, Pat Pash, Kathy Pash, MJ Aguilar, Keith Tobias, Jamie Cariddi, John Aguilar, Alex Cariddi, Brandon Ho, Champa Ho, Anna Aguilar, Paola Shaddow, Charlie Shaddow, Amelia Shaddow and Gabe Shaddow. Participating that day but not pictured: Harrison Cariddi, Christine Tobias, Colden Tobias, Kennedy Tobias, Mike F. Aguilar, Marianne Aguilar, Max Aguilar, Mike Shaddow and Josie Shaddow.
For the past three years, Jamie Cariddi of Ridgewood, along with her brother Keith Hollander of Ho-Ho-Kus, both Ridgewood High School graduates (’95 and ’96 respectively) have organized the Mile a Day Challenge. Conceived by Hollander, a marathoner and triathlete, with the idea that participants would run at least a mile a day but no less, he states that “the initial motivation was to provide a challenge to keep people accountable to maintain their fitness during the holiday season.” This initial intent still stands, but this year, the event became something more. The Mile a Day Challenge raised $1,000 for the National Down Syndrome Society in memory of Taylor Aguilar, who passed away in October at age seven from lung disease. Taylor, who was born with Down Syndrome, was the daughter of Anna and Michael Aguilar of Ridgewood, a triplet to her brothers, Michael and John and sister to her brother Max.
JANUARY 22, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015, 2:42 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
A site-plan application from World Mission Society Church of God will be dismissed by the Planning Board if the Godwin Avenue congregation misses a March 3 meeting.
The group, a South Korea-based religious organization that previously attracted neighborhood opposition when it was pursuing a now-defunct expansion proposal, is before the board now because it performed minor work on its property about three years ago without getting the required permits, village officials said.
The church is now also seeking permission for new work, none of which includes structural changes to the property, a lawyer representing the church said this week.
But the group has delayed its review before the Planning Board several times – most recently delaying a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 20 – leading village officials to state they will dismiss the application if the applicants do not come prepared for the meeting on March 3.
In that case, the group would then have to attend to court penalties for failure to get approval for the work that has already been done, according to Village Planner Blais Brancheau.
…Following the horrendous fire in Edgewater last night, donations of food andclothing were sent in immediately. The needs now are for pet supplies, health & beauty supplies and restaurant gift certificates.
Pet supplies, such as dog & cat food and kitty litter can be delivered to the Bergen County Protect & Rescue location at 302 2nd St (near Walker St) in Cliffside Park, NJ.
Health & beauty supplies can be delivered to the Edgewater Community Center at 1167 River Road, Edgewater, NJ.
Restaurant gift certificates (not necessarily upscale places; fast food places are fine) can also be delivered to the Edgewater Community Center or mailed to my fellow Rotarian, Brigitte Neumann at P.O. Box 215, Edgewater, NJ 07020.
Oil Drillers ‘Going to Die’ in 2Q on Crude Price Swoon
By Joe Carroll Jan 22, 2015 11:38 AM ET
A floor hand waits to line up pipe while drilling for oil in the Bakken shale formation… Read More
Oil drillers will begin collapsing under the weight of lower crude prices during the second quarter and energy explorers who employ them will shortly follow, according to Conway Mackenzie Inc., the largest U.S. restructuring firm.
Companies that drill wells and manage fields on behalf of oil producers will be the first to fall after the benchmark American crude, West Texas Intermediate, lost 55 percent of its value in seven months, said John T. Young, whose firm led the city of Detroit through its 2013 bankruptcy.
Oil companies have slashed thousands of jobs, delayed billions of dollars in projects and dropped or scaled back expansion plans in response to the prolonged rout in crude prices. For oilfield service providers that test wells and line the holes with steel and cement, the impact of price reductions forced upon them by explorers will start to pinch hard during the second quarter, Young said Thursday.
“The second quarter is going to be devastating for the service companies,” Young said in a telephone interview from Houston. “There are certainly companies that are going to die.”
Oilfield-service providers are facing a “double-whammy,” he said. Even as oil companies are demanding 20 percent to 30 percent price reductions, they’re also extending wait times before paying their bills, enlarging cash-flow gaps for the drilling and equipment firms, he said.
Patriots’ Brady, Belichick Deny Having Knowledge Of Underinflated Balls
WFAN Host Mike Francesa Not Buying Any Of It: ‘It’s A Disaster For The NFL’ January 22, 2015 5:38 PM
FOXBORO, Mass. (CBSNewYork/AP) – The two men most responsible for delivering wins for the New England Patriots both said Thursday they have no explanation for how footballs used to reach the Super Bowl were underinflated by 2 pounds per square inch.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said he has not been contacted by the NFL, even as league officials investigate whether the team cheated against the Indianapolis Colts.
“I don’t know what happened,” Brady said, answering questions from reporters hours after Patriots coach Bill Belichick said he almost never thinks about football pressure and doesn’t know what happened, either.
Unlike Belichick, who briefly answered questions after a long opening remark by repeatedly saying “I’ve told you everything I know” and “I don’t have an explanation,” Brady answered many questions and said he doesn’t think about football conditions during games.
“I get the snap, I drop back, I throw the ball,” Brady said. “I don’t sit there and try to squeeze it and determine that.”
Scott Walker, Chris Christie heading to U.K next month
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday he will be leading a trade mission to London next month — one day after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office offered details about Mr. Christie’s own trip to the U.K. in the coming weeks. (Sherfinski/The Washington Times)
FBI: NY Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver arrested, to appear in court later
JANUARY 22, 2015, 8:56 AM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015, 8:57 AM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has been one of the most powerful men in Albany for more than two decades, was arrested Thursday.
FBI spokesman Peter Donald confirmed the 70-year-old Silver was taken into custody around 8 a.m. at FBI headquarters in New York City, but he declined to discuss the charges. Silver was expected to make a court appearance later Thursday, and the U.S. attorney’s office was expected to hold a news conference to discuss the case.
Silver’s spokesman Michael Whyland declined to comment before the arrest.
The arrest sent shock waves through New York’s Capitol as a new legislative session has begun, and it came just a day after Silver shared the stage with Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his State of the State address.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara took over the files of New York’s Moreland anti-corruption commission after Cuomo closed it in April. He said in October that investigations into Albany’s pay-to-play politics are continuing.
“If You Question Authority, You Are Mentally Ill”, Report Finds
ZeroHedge.com | 21 January, 2015
This post is about an issue that is by now a bit dated (though the topic as such certainly isn’t), but we have only just become aware of it and it seemed to us worth rescuing it from the memory hole. In late 2013, the then newest issue of the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM for short) defined a new mental illness, the so-called “oppositional defiant disorder” or ODD.
As TheMindUnleashed.org informs us, the definition of this new mental illness essentially amounts to declaring any non-conformity and questioning of authority as a form of insanity. According to the manual, ODD is defined as:
[…] an “ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior,” symptoms include questioning authority, negativity, defiance, argumentativeness, and being easily annoyed.
In short, as Natural News put it: According to US psychiatrists, only the sheeple are sane.
Every time a new issue of the DSM appears, the number of mental disorders grows – and this growth is exponential. A century ago there were essentially 7 disorders, 80 years ago there were 59, 50 years ago there were 130, and by 2010 there were 374 (77 of which were “found” in just seven years). A prominent critic of this over-diagnosing (and the associated over-medication trend) is psychologist Dr. Paula Caplan.
Reader asks Is nothing sacred? is everything for sale? Is there no decency left in the Village?
Reader suggests, That’s a stunning site….it would be sacrilege to install an antenna anywhere near that church. And I’m not even Presbyterian.
Others say ,”If the argument against installation is based upon aspects of sacrilege, then this is only something that this church and its congregants have to reconcile. Outsiders using this argument have no voice in it, and I suspect are using this feigned outrage due to some degree of liberal anti-business bias, or possibly some interest in a competing company.”
Others say , “how would you possibly notice a 2 foot extension on top of a cross which is 65 feet from the ground? Seems like it would be pretty hard to see, much less to have it interfere with your enjoyment of the site.”
But this reader seems to sum it up ,”I am not a member of this congregation but I find this idea deeply offensive. It is hard to believe that the members of this church support this plan. It would be preferable to remove the cross, then put as many antenae as they want up there and worship at the altar of Verizon. It matters little to me if it is visible or not, the idea is obscene. Is nothing sacred? is everything for sale? Is there no decency left in the Village?”
Two suspended Glen Rock police officers accused of deleting two photos from department server
JANUARY 21, 2015, 6:38 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015, 7:21 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
GLEN ROCK — Two borough police officers — suspended without pay pending a departmental hearing — are accused of deleting two photos from the police department’s server, their attorneys said in a statement on Wednesday.
The photos were shot during a retirement party at police headquarters in 2005, said attorneys John McAusland and Merick Limsky, who called the charges levied against their clients “specious.” The statement does not describe what the photographs depicted in any detail.
“Many members of the Glen Rock Police Department, including many of the present leadership of the department, witnessed what was depicted in these photographs when that event actually occurred,” the statement reads. “No charges were brought in 2005 and no charges should have been brought now.”
Officers Christopher McInerney and Bryan Scott were both suspended by Police Chief Fred Stahman late last month without pay or benefits. The statement does not include information on the specific charges filed against McInerney and Scott by the borough, which also has not made the charges public.
Hundreds of residents and area police officers turned out for Glen Rock council’s meeting Jan. 14 to support both men, and insist they be reinstated. Since that meeting, a crowd-funding campaign for the officers has raised more than $8,000 in donations.
The chief, mayor and council did not reveal at the time what led to the suspensions.
Governor’s student testing commission sets up three public forums
JANUARY 21, 2015 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015, 1:20 AM
BY HANNAN ADELY
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
The governor’s study commission on student testing will hold three forums next week to get public feedback about the use and impact of high-stakes tests in the classroom.
The nine-member commission, established by Governor Christie in November, will review and make recommendations about the quality and efficiency of testing. It will look at the volume, frequency and impact of tests, including those given for college admissions, for college credit and for student knowledge of academic standards.
The commission also will make recommendations about the use of the academic standards known as Common Core, which New Jersey adopted in 2010. The standards have been taken up by dozens of states and are widely viewed as more rigorous than what New Jersey had in place.
Many parents and educators say they support the standards but criticize the new tests that go along with them. They argue that the tests, to be given online starting in the spring, are too long and stressful.
The public is invited to provide comment at these sessions:
* Camden County College, 200 College Drive, Gloucester Township, 10 a.m. Tuesday.
* Franklin Williams Middle School (School 7) auditorium, 222 Laidlaw Ave., Jersey City, 4 p.m. Jan. 28.
* At Jackson Liberty High School Auditorium, 125 N. Hope Chapel Road, Jackson Township, 6 p.m. Jan. 29
Anyone interested in testifying must register by calling 609-984-6024 or online at state.nj.us/education/studycommission.
Village Green to host “Wine Dinner With a Heart” Feb. 5. benefit dinner
January 21,2015
Ridgewood NJ, Village Green in Ridgewood is offering “Wine Dinner With a Heart” Feb. 5. The $100 ticket price will include a five-course menu with five wines from Carlo Russo’s Wine and Spirit World of Ho-Ho-Kus. Proceeds will benefit the Congenital Heart Defect Coalition. For reservations, call 201-675-3835 or email [email protected]. Village Green, 36 Prospect St., 201-445-2914, www.villagegreenrestaurant.com.
Our Chef Kevin Portscher, a Bergen County resident and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, has trained at some of New York and New Jersey’s premier fine dining establishments.
His cuisine highlights simple and classic preparations, paired with fresh and local ingredients.
Kevin’s culinary passion extends far outside his kitchen; he is a member of the Society Culinaire Philanthropique, the Chefs de Cuisine Association of America, and the American Culinary Federation. He competes in a variety of food competitions, most recently winning a gold medal in 2010 for his cold fish presentation, and a silver medal in 2011 for his charcuterie platter at the Salon of Culinary Art NYC
Kevin is a big supporter of Jersey Fresh produce, and he also volunteers for a number of organizations including, the Forget Me Not Foundation, and Table to Table, an organization that helps to feed the hungry in New Jersey.
Village Green Restaurant
36 Prospect Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450-4402
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – A proposal to raise the gas tax in New Jersey is drawing opposition.
The low prices, like $1.79 per gallon at the Delta station in Little Falls, have some people saying now is the time to raise the gas tax, but others are saying absolutely not. (CBS News)
AFP Ramps Up Opposition to Gas Tax Hike with “Running on Empty” Campaign
MONMOUTH JUNCTION – Americans for Prosperity, the state’s leading advocate for taxpayers, is launching a “Running on Empty” initiative today aimed at mobilizing grassroots opposition to Trenton’s proposed gas tax hike. The effort will include a petition drive and sweepstakes, an ad campaign and a number of events at gas retailers around the state.
Legislation pending in the Assembly would take the gas tax from about 15 cents a gallon up to 40 cents a gallon, a significant 25 cents per gallon hike.
“New Jersey taxpayers should be appalled by what’s going on in Trenton right now,” said AFP state director Daryn Iwicki. “Residents want tax relief not more tax hikes. Many have indicated they’d like to leave the state because of the crushing tax burden here. Yet, lawmakers are poised to triple the gas tax and they think they can get away with it despite the public saying no.”
“Still, many New Jersey motorists have no idea this is coming down the pike. Their costs of commuting to work, taking their kids to school, moving goods and services around the state and driving to Jersey Shore for their summer vacation will all go way up,” Iwicki went on to say. “Their budgets will take it a hit due to Trenton’s incompetence in managing the TTF and its insatiable appetite for more of their hard-earned money to cover for its past mistakes. And because this is a regressive tax, low-income families will feel the brunt of it.”
“AFP is going to make sure residents know that Trenton is ready to slam them again with another big tax hike and we’ll be mobilizing them to apply grassroots pressure on Gov. Christie and their representatives in the Legislature to oppose any gas tax hike.”
AFP’s “Running on Empty” events will be held over the course of the next two weeks to educate motorists on the issue and ask them to sign on to the pro-taxpayer group’s “Don’t Triple the Gas Tax” petition. All petition signers will be entered into a sweepstakes to win a $300 gift card to cover the extra expense that would be imposed by a 25-cents-per gallon gas tax hike.
AFP welcomes media inquiries. Please contact Communications Director Mike Proto at 201-400-3666 or [email protected].
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens to support restraining state and federal government growth and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP is more than 2 million activists strong, with activists in all 50 states. AFP has 34 state chapters and affiliates.More than 85,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial contribution to AFP or AFP Foundation. For more information, visitwww.americansforprosperity.org
