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Butchers of Sky Valley, an Indie Rock/Blues duo from New York, is identified by sexy, raw guitars and brooding, crooner vocals. Bridging a classic rock sound with a cutting edge appeal, their songs could be compared to the likes of The Black Keys, ZZ Top and Queens of the Stone Age.
Their new single "Get Loose" b/w "It's Not The Pale Moon That Excites Me" is a prelude to their forthcoming album anticipated to release in early 2013. The single is currently out digitally (on Itunes, Amazon, Spotify and Google Play) while the physical 7" vinyl (w/download card) will release on November 13, 2012 via Heeled & Heavy Records.
Butchers of Sky Valley will be previewing the album in its entirety at their Single Release party this week, November 14th at Fig. 19 where the 7" vinyl will be available (in addition to the stores listed below). Check out the Facebook invite for more details.
The 7" vinyl is available in the following stores across Manhattan and Brooklyn:
Academy Records 415 E 12th St New York, NY 10009
Rebel Rebel 319 Bleeker St New York, NY 10014
Village Music World 197 Bleeker St New York, NY 10012
Generation Records 210 Thompson St New York, NY 10012
Tropicalia in Furs 304 East 5th St New York, NY 10003
Academy Records Annex 96 N 6th St Brooklyn, NY 11211
Heaven Street 184 Noll St Brooklyn, NY 11206
By: Matthew Vega
Wristbands littering the streets? Check. Lines in front of bars you normally wouldn't go to? Yup. Free booze and superstar DJ sets? Double check. Well, it can only mean one thing here in NY- CMJ was upon us. If you were in New York this past week, chances are you caught a glimpse of, or had tickets to, a CMJ related event. This year brought a plethora of up and coming talent to New York City, all hoping to catch the attention of fans and record labels alike.
One standout show in particular was a personal favorite, Copenhagen natives, Choir Of Young Believers (Ghostly International.) Their last LP, Rhine Gold, was an exquisite work- a combination of visceral lyrics, cinematic soundscapes, and orchestrated indie rock (check out the Spotify stream at the bottom.) After a week of shows in New York, I was able to check in with lead singer/guitarist Jannis Makrigiannis and bassist Jakub Millung at Spike Hill in Williamsburg.
You've toured all over the world and you're originally from Copenhagen. After touring the US, do you find there is a distinguishable difference between the audiences that come to your shows overseas vs. here in the US?
Actually yes, you know I think one of the main things is that overseas the crowds are a bit more stiff, a bit more self-concious. Everyone sort of stands around, arms crossed, but here you find that audiences get into the music more, let themselves go. You can see visually that they're having a good time. We definitely enjoy the audiences here for that reason.
As soon as you listen to the first track on your latest LP, Rhine Gold, you're brought somewhere exotic and cinematic. Has traveling to so many countries affected some of the production choices you have made?
Jannis as a songwriter has so many influences and instead of like trying to like go in one direction in order to try please (anyone) or keep some kind of focus….it's just a question of like gathering all the stuff you love. Maybe sometimes we'd whatever, listen to some middle eastern music, and you might hear that. The other important thing to say is that we worked with two different production teams from the first album to the second album, and actually they both played quite a part in the creation of that sound. Once we started working with Aske from Oh No Ono and Nis from Thulebasen on Rhine Gold, we would listen to older stuff, 70s vibey stuff like Fleetwood Mac and 10cc. They sort of threw themselves into it, and I think they have a lot of marks on the sound.
Jannis, is songwriting something that comes easy and often for you, or do you need to take yourself to a place mentally in order for the juices to flow?
Songwriting used to come easy to me, until about half a year ago. I'm having a writers block at the moment, so maybe I should…and I'm getting kind of nervous about it…I should go somewhere. I mean I feel very inspired but nothing is coming. I hope it comes again soon!
Do you find that you're able to write while on the road?
We played one new song today that wich we haven't recorded and that song is one that we've been working on for a very long time. We've been working on it while on tour in the the way that weve been practicing it at soundchecks and trying it out and changing things. So I don't write on tour, but I arrange and kind of work on songs that I've written at home. While you're on tour you want to change the set every night and want something new to happen every night.
What's next, anything in the pipeline?
We want to go home and record I think- we want to record an EP soon-ish when we're off tour. So probably around November/December.
Album stream below
By: Matthew Vega
Dan Snaith refuses to settle for just one: one name, one sound, or one standard. For years, the soft-spoken Canadian has been anything but standard. Trekking around the globe, he grandstands as his various aliases that consist of Caribou, Daphni, and the now defunct Manitoba. If you haven't heard of him by now, just look at the exhaustive lists of 2010's top albums, and find that Swim appeared on a solid 9 of them. Or you might have caught the Caribou Vibration Ensemble opening for none other than Radiohead this past spring. It's also very possible that Snaith's recent Spin Magazine interview was feed-fed to you, where he concisely explains his disdain for the "EDM barfsplosion" currently saturating pop music. One thing is certain, if you haven't crossed paths with this artisan purveyor of synth, it's high time you get familiar.
On October 16th 2012, Snaith intends to release Jiaolong (Merge) under his Daphni moniker, an immersive tour de force of surprising, evolving, and occasionally timeless dance tracks, procured from his desire to push the limits of what the genre can be. Jiaolong ends up as a serious depart from the "rituals and cliches" in pop music. In a recent interview Snaith said:
The whole point of this music is for it to sound like something unexpected and genuinely live and improvised is happening, so when I was DJing it in a club, people would get that feeling that like: 'What on earth is going to happen next? We don't know where this music's going!
That is precisely the kind of mandate for quality that Snaith's listeners have come to expect, and for good reason. Snaith is no stranger to the dance floor. As early as 2003, he frequented London record shops and was spending time with Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys in Canada, (whom he credits an introduction to Detroit techno,) making music under Manitoba. These are undoubtedly some influences that shaped Snaith's DJ selections and production technique, earning him top spots on the indie charts and in DJ booths alike.
From this time he's churned out remixes for Hot Chip, Carl Craig, Sinkane, and Art Department, all receiving the Daphni treatment, not to mention a fantastically curated Swim remix album. These pieces have assisted in securing Snaith as a force to be reckoned with when it comes to all things BPM.
One would assume touring with one of the worlds most recognized bands, Radiohead, has left little time for any superficial side projects such as Daphni, and Snaith has admitted that some of these tracks are, in fact, years old. Most would shy from revealing comments such as the former, however Jiaolong has a worldly, timeless feel throughout, and dates cease to be relevant. Not since Swim has there been a electronic release so full of surprises, so organic in selection, and so meticulously crafted together, that it borders on mechanical. You're immediately beguiled to keep listening.
The first single, Ye Ye, released in March of 2011 on Text Records, is a pumping, breathy track, sprinkled with a "yeah, yeah" house vocal hit and schizophrenic shakes. This was and was the first release by Daphni through Four Tet's label. Upon first listen, you'd immediately understand that this is Caribou after hours, and not by chance; Snaith has been hard at work making sure there is a balance of power in all the audible emotion.
An always-humble Snaith explained in a recent interview that these tracks were "created quickly", dismissing any sort of complex explanation. Quick in this case was not of detriment, and his mastery and control of all things audible becomes immediately apparent when listening to Jiaolong as soon as the first afro-beat sample is looped on Cos-Ber-Zam - Ne Noya. The intelligent house found here is an AMG engine: hand crafted and fine tuned to its greatest potential.
The lines between Caribou and Daphni at times fade throughout, and comparisons become audible on "Jiao," a jagged, Mediterranean tinged parade, injected with a smattering of hi-hats and a strong unwavering melody that melts into a percussive rhythmic groove. However, if it's 1am "club bangers" and "a drop" you're looking for, you will be disappointed with Jiaolong. This is a record that simmers on the dance floor until it's a nice golden brown, with flare-ups every so often that remind you where Snaith comes from, and where he wants to go. He thrives at creating tension on stand out tracks like "Light" and "Ahora," with the latter instantly capturing you with its melodic, reverb laden flute melody. As complex as Jiaolong may seem, it is also very simple and accessible- a valiant, fruitful, and satisfying attempt to bring diversity to the increasingly stagnant state of EDM and club.
Check out the video for "Ye Ye" below by Jane Eastlight
I love this new work by Carl Kleiner: Lollipops
Says the artist: 'Im a collector of different materials, and I have a lot of samples arranged in my studio window. I re-arrange them every now and then. It is like my japanese garden.
One hot summer day I built a composition looking like an ice cream that I felt Ettore Sottsass would have liked, and I felt very inspired and made this series.'
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Following a pack of matches, This Frontier Needs Heroes might just be the next thing I'd want to bring with me camping. The Brooklyn-based folk duo screams serenity and inspires a rustic calm that belongs alongside every campfire… backyard, roadtrip, kitchen and bedroom. All that and they do impromptu Rihanna covers in the streets too (see below).
Don't miss their last show before they head off to record their next album:
TONIGHT, JUNE 19 | 8PM at UNION POOL | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | RSVP on Facebook and see more of the stellar line-up and photos and video below.
(Awesome) Photo by: Brian Russ
This Frontier Needs Heroes - We Found Love (cover) from Alice Wang shot on 6th St. in Austin after closing time, the last night of SXSW 2012. By: bekandalice.com
THIS EVENING's LINE-UP
Video care of Amsterdam based Bread And Cow.
Only one week until the NY Content Meetup's next seminar series, all about The Technology of Content.
We're bringing out Mike Nizza of The Daily, Molly Byrnes of Phase2 Development and Beth McCabe, the VP of Technology at Digitas NY to take a deep look into the operations, editorial and management of great content in today's quickly moving digital landscape.
RSVP NOW: http://www.meetup.com/NYContent/events/65238732/
Wednesday, June 20th, 7-9pm at Loosecubes HQ
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BKLYNhaus is the source for creative talent. We represent a network of top creative and digital professionals dedicated to producing great work. Online and digital media are fast paced industries that are constantly changing and evolving. It can be tough to keep up. We live and breath this world, because we love it. BKLYNhaus is the company we always wanted to work for. We have a strong focus on innovation, leadership and development and are active participants in the industry as students and educators.
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looking for something fun and artsy to do this Thurs night? Look no further! One of Join Bklyn's favorite dancers and choreographers, Chelsea Robin Lee, is throwing a launch party and fundraiser for her new company Virtuosic Dance Project. Our friends at Brooklyn Gin are sponsoring the event, along with DNA, Starbucks, Antibes Bistro and Yoga works. There will be free food, drinks and great prizes, so stop by and show your support!
Founded by Adrien Grenier of Entourage. A traditional beer company. Brewed for every hipster. Hollywood meets the startup world.
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, The Sill has now launched. We love this new market place for household plants. Pretty up your space! They deliver to Manhattan and Brooklyn.
On of our favorite Photographers, Meagan Cignoli is live pinning with @oscarprgirl for the OSCAR DE LA RENTA RESORT 2013.
Check it out!
today. on location. shooting some fabulous dresses and beautiful models.
follow along here.
We're excited for the America group show at Generation Gallery in Brooklyn this Thursday. Get yourself over to 55 Washington St. (suite 802) in DUMBO any time between 6 and 9 and enjoy Ben Baker, James Chiang, Michael Scott Slosar, Chris Stanford and (Join Bklyn friend, the talented) Michael Rubenstein.
Alright, here it is on facebook, and the poster is below. Let's go!
Starting on the weekend of the 13th of April, Coachella is right around the corner. Question is, do you KNOW CHELLA? In case you don't, our friend Shaz Sedighzadeh has created a really cool website showcasing this year's artist lineup. Know Chella gives users a little bio about each artist and, as Shaz says, "one mysterious song for each to get your ear holes familiar." Head on over there and prepare yourself for one hell of a party this year!
Williamsburg is kicking off spring this year with a neighborhood wide "Shop, Drop & Drink" event. The event is held by Kathryn Irby, Co-Founder of Brooklyn Vintage Crawl, in collaboration with the Northside Merchants Association and Domino (a mobile smart guide platform); is meant to highlight Williamsburg's diverse and unique retail, bar, restaurant, and gallery offerings.
Nearly 50 businesses will offer various sales, special events, and performances all through Domino's app. The Domino Smart Guide app allows users to interact with the event map in order to target specific stores and bars they want to visit. To unlock a store's special deal, shoppers will snap a picture of the item they wish to purchase and post it to their Facebook wall. Driven by the shopper's post, the Smart Guide app will immediately unlock the store's e-coupon for use.
Here is a list of SOME of the special event promotions that will be available:
You can also take a look at the full list on the event website, here.
Head on over to the App Store or Android Market to download Domino's Smart Guide app. You can also get a sneak peak at some of the store offerings here.
This series of images created by the talented french graphic design and photography duo, Caroline Sauvage and Marion Audefray depicts the question; how different would life be if we allowed our inner child to dictate our daily activities.
The series really gets you thinking about how one can make their everyday monotonous tasks that much more fun or interesting, which beings us to our question. What cartoon character would you be and how would you make your boring task a little more fun?
(Via My Modern Met)
Brooklyn Institute is offering some sevearly interesting classes that we just have to share with you guys. The first class starts on the 9th of April and is called "Telegraphs, Pneumatic Tubes and Teleportation"; it addresses the history in both theory and literature of the reception, discussion, and representation of new communication technologies in everything from Dickens to Foucault. If you enroll today, you will receive free copies of Terry Gilliam's Brazil and Bellamy's Looking Backwards.
Head over to the Institute's website to learn more and check out what other interesting topics they offer.
Paper is FiftyThree's attempt to conquer the "creative processing" department of the iPad; the stage where there are many contenders but no real master. Everything in this App looks simply beautiful. Basically an organizable scrapbook journal, the App showcases an array of features all simplified and deeply intertwined with Apple's fundamentals. The App lets you create, organize, and customize "Moleskine" style journals, allowing you to create one for your sketches, another for tasks and notes, etc. Paper has an in App store feature allowing you to buy new materials to use for your creations.
Not to mention the comfort factor, but when it comes to writing and drawing(Anyone played Draw Something?!?!), Paper definitely works better with a stylus.
Check out the video below to get a better idea of the App in action. Also, go to the AppStore, download it and give it a try… IT'S FREE!!!
As they say, "set ideas free."
Stamen is a company in San Francisco that makes maps more beautiful and informative than they can ever be, in this case they implemented code to make them appear as if they were drawn in using watercolors. Head on over to their site and EXPLORE in watercolor!
The Tallest Man on Earth has announced his new world tour for the release of his new album 'There's no leaving now'. The album will be landing on the 12th of June. Meanwhile hear is the track list, tour dates and locations.
05/31/12: Stockholm, Sweden - Sodra Teatern
06/01/12: Stockholm, Sweden - Sodra Teatern
06/20/12: New York, NY - Town Hall
07/03/12: London, UK - Hackney Empire
07/04/12: Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
07/06/12: Berlin, Germany - Lido
07/29/12: Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
08/17/12: Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
Hard Graft is an Austrian brand, creating some of the coolest tech accessories today. They are probably the pioneers in designing products with both leather and wool. The attention to detail is phenomenal and is nothing compared to the quality of each and every product. Hard Graft's accessories are also probably some of the best designed and thought out accessories for Apple products. Head over to Hard Graft's website and take a gander at some of the stuff they have available.
The third annual "Next Big Small Brands Contest" is being held in Brooklyn on the 27th of March in which one of six finalists will be chosen as winner. The winner receives all the ingredients that they need to launch their brand into the major leagues. Filmmaker Liza de Guia from food.curated has produced a video for each of the six finalists; explaining their story and the food they love to make.
Have a taste with these two videos of Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco and Pie Corps from New York.
(Via Serious Eats)
An EPIC piece of art created by Spanish artist, Ana Soler, called Causa-Efecto (Cause-Effect in English). Soler suspended 2,000 tennis balls around Mustang Art Gallery in Spain, showing the path/motion of a tennis ball bouncing around the gallery.
(Via This is Colossal)
Artist and Photographer Henry Hargreaves decided to recreate the last meals of different death row inmates throughout history; hoping capture a bit of their personalities and the era of their executions. By shooting all the dishes from bird-eye view, Hargreaves tried to give the viewer a prisoner's-eye-view of their bizarre last meal.
Victor Feguer insisted that his last meal be served on a ceramic plate and have a knife and fork.
Timothy McVeigh of the Oklahoma City bomb, skipped his main course and dove right into desert!
Ronnie Lee Gardner was allowed to watch the Lord Of The Rings trilogy throughout his last days, and chose to be executed by firing squad rather than by lethal injection.
Ricky Ray Rector, who's defense team argued that he was intellectually impaired, left his desert and told the guards he was "saving it for later."
(Via Daily Mail)
Who loves art in NYC? WE DO!!
You're invited to a collective art show curated by Bklyn Haus at the We Create NYC co-working and gallery space. INDOOR // OUTDOOR is a celebration of vibrant colors, texture, and all life that surrounds us. The importance of our well-being and happiness within our working setting is profound. Through the art of five local artists we channel the energy of our environment creating a workspace ripe for inspiration and creativity.
The exhibition features art from Aaron Kreiswirth, Ian Trask, Markus Bradley, Katie White, and Julia Colavita.
THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN TO ALL, JOIN US FOR GREAT ART & COMPLIMENTARY WINE! RSVP (not mandatory) here.
Thursday 22nd March 2012
You cannot miss this month's content meetup! Our speakers - a New York Times Producer, a Founder and Principal at race + vine, and an acclaimed Fashion Photographer and Blogger — are getting geared up for our March 21st NY CONTENT MEETUP.
RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/NYContent/events/55078652/#
The Speakers:
Senior Producer, New York Times
Put A Bird On It: What I Learned About Community Engagement From the Hawk Cam
Using the New York Times' Hawk Cam as her case study, Emily will discuss the journalistic challenges of covering a live streaming event that required 24/7 monitoring and where the subjects were not available for comment. Without a strategy and content approach the Hawk Cam could have been just another Yule log, as bill Keller, then the executive editor of the times, called it in an essay. But what she discovered instead was an opportunity to leverage the wisdom of the crowds to build an engaged, active community that took the story to unexpected places/levels.
Twitter: @rueby
Fashion Photographer & Blogger
Creation & Connection Intertwined
Fashion photographer and blogger Meagan Cignoli explains the value of establishing a personal brand through dedicated promotion and active influence. Knowing first-hand the importance of promoting yourself, your work, and getting others to promote you, she will guide you with tips and ideas to successfully market the most important asset you have…. YOU!
Web: @meagancignoli | ilovemeagan.com | meagancignoli.tumblr.com
Founder and Principal, race + vine
Michael Parrish DuDell is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and all-around media renaissance man. He is the founder of race+vine—a consulting firm specializing in content marketing, millennial engagement, and brand advocacy.
Content Marketing: Meet Your New Business
For over a hundred years, the publishing industry has remained relatively static. But in the last 5 years the Internet has created a new model, allowing every business the opportunity to enter the content game. In this talk, marketing expert Michael Parrish DuDell shares why it's absolutely essential for every business to begin thinking (and acting) like a publisher.
Web: @notoriousmpd
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Rdio Takes On Amazon & iTunes With Vdio
Music subscription service Rdio has a brand new bag: Vdio, a platform that offers up pay-per-view streaming movies and TV.
Vdio launched today in the US and UK with $25/£20 gift certificates being sent out to users who subscribe to Rdio's Unlimited tier. Anyone who subscribes to Rdio Unlimited in the next 60 days will also nab the pro bono deal. The service is available on the Web and iPad, with other devices on the horizon.
Once you fire up the service, you will be able to check out a ton of movies, including new releases like Skyfall, Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln, as well as TV shows like The Walking Dead and Downton Abbey. Again, this is a pay-per-view service, so it works more like iTunes or Amazon when it comes to viewing than Netflix or Hulu — IE, you pay cash for each piece of content, not for unlimited access. This is the case because Vdio wants to feature new, fresh films and shows and securing deals for streaming for such content is difficult. A subscription model could be launched in the future.
Vdio, like Rdio, also puts an emphasis on social: Users are able to organize content into "Sets," or viewing playlists, and share those sets with friends. Users will also be able to follow each other.
This move is definitely a legup for Rdio when it comes to the music subscription game. Rumors recently began swirling that Spotify would make a similar move — rumors that have yet to come to fruition. Rdio's leap into the visual world gives it an edge with consumers looking for a variety of content from their subscription service of choice.
Vdio will be rolled out to other markets beyond the U.S. and Canada in the future.

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"First thing, I thought, he was kidding me…he's just joking with me. I was never expecting it in the daytime because the store is so busy, customers on and off on and off," he said.
Surveillance video from inside the Stop-and-Shop on Highway 56 shows a man walk inside just after 11:30.
He's wearing a hooded-jacked backwards with what appears to be a slit in it so he could see.
He's is holding a plastic shopping bag but Singh -- the store owner – says when the suspect pulled out a gun he began to shuffle behind the counter keeping as much protection between he and the weapon as possible.
"He keep telling me 'Come here, come here.' And I say, 'No I'm not coming. You take the money yourself. I'm scared,'" he said.
Singh says that's when an unsuspecting customer walked in on what was happening.
"He point a gun at her and tells her I'm shooting you, go back and get into your car," Singh said.
The woman exits without harm. But while the gunman is distracted, Singh takes advantage by dialing 911 on his cell phone and running to the back of the store.
Surveillance video shows the suspect jumping over the counter but Singh says when he couldn't open the cash register on his own, the suspect ran off.
He was arrested nearby.
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Tournaments / Re: Fuzzy Pony Sunday, April 3rd, 2011« on: April 13, 2011, 05:51:49 PM »
Wiz usually posts pics and results on discthehorse.com . He took a few days off work preparing for the tournament so I think he's doing some catching up in that area. I will try to find out when he plans to post. He's playing GBO this weekend so maybe next week.


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Many have been in the awkward position of waking up in a strange space desperately attempting to piece together the prior night's debauchery.
But how does one become so inebriated that they can't remember what they did last night?
Enter BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration). BAC is the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream. A person's BAC level is expressed in percentages (i.e. a BAC of .10 percent indicates that a person has 1 part alcohol per 1,000 parts blood in the body).
At .08 percent, most people, including heavy drinkers, experience some degree of impairment affecting eye movement, judgment, coordination, concentration, and speed control. For those aforementioned reasons most states make a .08 BAC the legal cut off for driving.
So what factors determine my BAC?
1)The number of drinks: The more one drinks, the higher their BAC.
2)The pace you drink: Intense high-paced drinking will reach a higher BAC than when drinks are consumed over a longer period of time.
3)Your sex: Females tend to have a higher percentage of body fat per pound and thus a lower percentage of body water than males. More alcohol remains in the blood stream of females, enabling females to achieve a higher BAC (when all other factors are equal).
4)Your weight: The heavier a person is the more water they have in their body. The water will dilute the alcohol and decrease BAC.
5)The amount of food in your stomach: Alcohol absorption rate will be slightly slower if a person has eaten.
Common Questions
Does the type of alcohol affect my BAC?
NO! A standard drink contains approximately half an ounce of alcohol (.54 ounces).
Can one decrease their BAC?
Only time can decrease your BAC. Coffee, ice cold showers, and aimlessly running will not sober you up
Does eating food lower BAC?
NO! Eating doesn't lower your BAC. But eating shortly before or while drinking will delay the speed in which the alcohol enters the blood stream, consequently delaying your peak BAC.
At what BAC level do "black-outs" occur?
Blackouts occur when a person's BAC becomes dangerously high. At approximately .15 BAC (depending on the individual) most people will experience alcohol induced memory loss, better known as a "blackout."
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|-"Sloppy," vomiting can occur, increased pain threshold, disoriented, lethargic
|-Balance and movement are impaired. At this BAC level the equivalent of half a pint of whiskey is circulating in the blood stream.
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SACRAMENTO — Veterinarians are recommending a three- to four-week quarantine after one horse was euthanized and two other ill horses at a Bakersfield cutting event have tested positive with Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHV-1).
The University of California Davis reported at least two California confirmed cases of EHV-1 infection in horses that had recently competed at the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championship Show in Ogden, Utah, and then traveled to the Kern County Fairgrounds. One horse was transported from Bakersfield to the isolation facility at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Another horse that attended the Ogden show was also sent to UC Davis. Both of these horses have been confirmed as positive for EHV-1. In addition, at least four additional horses in various areas of Northern California have been confirmed as positive for EHV-1.
During the past week in Colorado, there have been at least two confirmed cases of equine herpes-1 infection in horses that competed at the NCHA show in Odgen.
The William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) at UC Davis operates an isolation facility that was designed specifically to allow us to provide the best possible care to horses with infectious diseases such as EHV-1, while completely segregating them from other hospitalized horses and outpatients. The isolation facility is located a substantial distance from the main hospital, utilizes a dedicated group of staff and employs rigid infectious disease control and containment protocols that prevent other horses from becoming exposed. Currently, the two horses mentioned above are being treated under maximum isolation. These horses have no contact with other horses at the hospital. Because of the presence of EHV-1 in the community, the VMTH is taking every precaution to prevent EHV-1 entry into the general hospital. Every horse admitted to the hospital is being tested for EHV-1 and full biosecurity precautions are in force during the next few weeks as necessary.
Equine herpesvirus is a common virus of horses worldwide, and can cause respiratory disease, abortions, and less commonly neurologic signs as it has in these cases. It is transmitted by aerosol and close contact between horses, including fomites such as shared tack, equipment and by human hands. Though there are vaccines available for prevention of respiratory disease and abortions caused by equine herpesvirus, there are currently none that are labeled for prevention of the neurologic form of the disease.
Officials at the VMTH urge horse owners to contact their veterinarian if their horse may have been exposed to EHV-1 at one of these shows or through contact with a horse that has returned from one of these events. In general, exposed horses should be isolated and have their temperatures monitored twice daily. If an exposed horse develops a fever, diagnostic testing of nasal swabs and blood should be performed. Consideration should be given to vaccination of resident, non-exposed horses on premises where potentially exposed horses are returning to, as per the veterinarian's guidelines.
For a comprehensive fact sheet on EHV-1, click here.
Cal gal is first woman to 1,000 QH race wins
BOSSIER CITY, LA – Southern California horsewoman Janet (Newcomb) Van Bebber made history March 15th when the former youth champion in the show ring became the only woman trainer in Quarter Horse history to have won 1,000 races.
Van Bebber, daughter of well-known judge Judy Wright and sister of veterinarian Dr. John Newcomb of San Diego County, notched her milestone win at Louisiana Downs with Playthegame Withease, owned by Robert Latham. She accomplished the feat as a single mother, raising her daughter, 13-year-old Taylor, and training race horses on her own since her husband, Steve, died in late 2000.
USEF offers $20,000 in equestrian athlete grants
You don't have to be a record-setting quarterback, point guard or track star to letter in high school sports anymore. The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is writing a new chapter in the recognition of high school sports — one that honors Equestrian athletes. The USEF's High School Equestrian Athlete program will offer specially designed emblems and pins, exclusively for equestrian athletes in grades 9-12.
BLM eyes contraceptive use for Mustangs
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director Bob Abbey announced Feb. 24 that less mustangs will be removed from the range and more mustang mares will receive anti-fertility treatment under a new BLM management strategy plan.
The plan calls for the BLM to reduce the number of wild horses slated for removal during the next two years from 10,000 to 7,600, unless conditions such as drought or other emergencies require removing more animals. In addition, the BLM will treat more mares with the contraceptive porcine zona pellucida (PZP). Injected as a liquid or fed in pellet form to fertile mares aged 4 to 20 years, a single PZP vaccination renders treated mares infertile for 22 months.
Equine Affaire 2011 shows signs of pick-up
Whether you were one of the standing room-only crowds for the nightly Extreme Cowboy Race or an attendee to any of the popular clinician presentations, you had to sense the popularity of the 2011 Equine Affaire at the Fairplex Feb. 3-6. There was no better barometer for economic activity than the trade show, which left many of the hundreds of traditional vendors content with a successful show. Here are some snapshots.
First 'World Championship Freestyle' reining this spring in Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. — On the heels of last fall's popular Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, reining and the first-ever World Championship Freestyle will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park, April 28-May 1.
One of the world's most prestigious equestrian competitions and the only CCI**** in the Western Hemisphere, the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Bridgestone, annually attracts 50-100,000 spectators and millions of viewers on international telecasts including a 60-minute domestic broadcast on NBC.
L.A. Horse Council meets, reviews progress
LOS ANGELES – Representatives of the homegrown Los Angeles Horse Council met with Los Angeles Equine Committee members Jan. 24, reviewing the LAHC's effort for a "Equestrian Bill of Rights."
The Bill of Rights is the LAHC's set of equine specific precepts for use by city and county officials that, if adopted, will set in clearer course for equestrian lifestyle in the future.
BLM rebuffs Madeleine Pickens effort for Mustangs
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has rejected Madeleine Pickens' plan to create a Wild Horse sanctuary in Nevada according to a written statement from BLM Director Bob Abbey.
The wife of Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens first offered to establish the sanctuary for horses in BLM long-term holding facilities in 2008. Under the plan, 10,000 animals currently residing in BLM long-term holding pastures would be relocated to the sanctuary. The plan requests a $500 per horse per year BLM stipend to fund the nonprofit Save America's Mustangs Foundation (SAMF) to oversee the horses' care. In Oct. 2010, Pickens acquired the property necessary to create the 500,000-acre sanctuary in Nevada.
Galway Downs gets new owner, old name
TEMECULA – Robert Kellerhouse has witnessed many changes over his 13 years directing the sprawling, 240-acre Galway Downs Equestrian Center. His favorite may have been a change in ownership last November when local businessman Ken Smith purchased the facility.
"It's very exciting." Kellerhouse said of the transaction. "For such a long time, we've been living on literally an annual sort of a basis here — going year-to-year. Now, we'll be able start making real plans to have real expansion of the equestrian operation."
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fritz and Phyllis Grupe of Stockton and Leslie Berndl of Newcastle were named this month to the 2011 United States Equestrian Federation Driver Training Long List.
Fritz Grupe made the Pair Horses and Single Horse disciplines, Phyllis Grupe the Single Pony discipline, and Berndl both the Single Horse and Single Pony disciplines.


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According to Kavale and Forness (2000), who reported findings from meta-analyses of the effectiveness of many interventions in special education, the following types of interventions have been highly effective with students with disabilities (the number in parentheses is the mean effect size): computer-assisted instruction (0.52), peer tutoring (0.56), direct instruction (0.84), behavior modification (0.93), reading comprehension (0.98, 0.113), and mnemonic strategies (0.162).
Hockenbury et al. (1999-2000) also comment on the effectiveness of special education:
Special education has a considerable history of devising and testing effective instructional methods for atypical students. These include, for example, direct instruction (e.g., Gersten, 1985; White, 1988), self-monitoring (e.g., Lloyd et al., 1989; Webber et al., 1993), mnemonic instruction (e.g., Mastropieri and Scruggs, 1998; Scruggs and Mastropieri, 1990), strategy training (e.g., Deshler and Schumaker, 1986; Ellis et al., 1991; Hughes and Schumaker, 1992), curriculum-based measurement (e.g., Deno and Fuchs, 1987; Fuchs and Fuchs, 1996), applied behavior analysis (e.g., Jenson et al., 1988; Wolery et al., 1988), and functional assessment (e.g., Arndorfer and Miltenberger, 1993; Horner and Carr, 1997). Some of these instructional methods are applicable in some form to many students in general education. This does not, however, preclude the need for special education. One thing that is right about special education is that it includes devising and testing empirically methods of instruction that are effective with atypical students, whose instruction often must be different in content or be made more explicit, carefully controlled, carefully monitored, intensive, and sustained than instruction for typical learners (p. 6).
Minority students are often represented in intervention research. However, findings for minority students are rarely, if ever, disaggregated and compared to majority students with LD or BD. The assumption is that the performance of minority students with disabilities is comparable to majority students with disabilities.
Recently, a synthesis on instructional practices for English language learners was reported (Gersten and Baker, 2000a). Combining both a multivocal synthesis and a more traditional meta-analysis, results provide minimal guidelines for instruction of students who are English language learners. Eight studies that provided both an experimental and a control group were located. Effect sizes ranged from -0.56 to 1.95, with a median effect size of 0.25. This documents the frequently held belief that there is


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Though the Calgary Flames slumped late in the season, lost in the first round of the playoffs and fired their coach, all is not lost.
Off-Season Game Plan looks at what the Flames may do this summer to get back on track next season.
The first step appears to be replacing Mike Keenan behind the bench and general manager Darryl Sutter appears to be the front-runner for the position.
Sutter is expected to add some accountability to a Flames team that needs more from its best players.
"The star guys, the ones we all love, who've been here for a while, have to get back to the way they played before," Sutter told the Calgary Herald. "(The new coach) has gotta be someone who can coach the top guys. They all had seasons that were very average. This is a difficult group to coach, obviously. I know they can be better."
If Sutter the coach can elevate the play of the players already on the roster and Sutter the GM can assemble a team that won't be so jammed up against the cap that they have to play games with a short bench, then the Flames will once again be a playoff team; a team that, with better health, might be able to make some noise in the playoffs.
With a number of key players on the north side of 30, including Jarome Iginla, Daymond Langkow, Olli Jokinen and Miikka Kiprusoff, there ought to be a sense of urgency, from the front office on down through the organization, if the Flames are going to get the job done with this core.
GM/COACHDarryl Sutter/Vacant
Top Prospects: Mikael Backlund (12-18-30, plus-10 in 28 GP; Kelowna-WHL), Greg Nemisz (36-41-77, plus-52 in 65 GP; Windsor-OHL), Mitch Wahl (32-35-67, plus-42 in 63 GP; Spokane-WHL), Juuso Puustinen (13-20-33, plus-2 in 53 GP; Espoo-FNL), Kris Chucko (28-23-51, minus-8 in 74 GP; Quad City-AHL)
While he didn't notch 50 goals, as he did in 2007-2008, Jarome Iginla scored 35 goals and 89 points and he's averaged nearly 94 points per season over the last three years, second-best among NHL wingers (behind Alexander Ovechkin) in that time. However, Iginla's consistency at both ends of the rink can be better.
Not many players in the league surpassed expectations like Rene Bourque, who notched a career-best 40 points and plus-18 rating despite missing 24 games with an ankle injury. Bourque is a solid two-way winger and penalty killer, who showed more offensive flair than anticipated. Can he duplicate his sensational season?
Like Bourque, Curtis Glencross was an off-season acquisition that paid off handsomely. Glencross is a high-energy winger who gets in quickly on the forecheck to create scoring opportunities, offering a little offensive upside for a checking winger.
While Olli Jokinen put up a respectable 15 points in 19 games after arriving in Calgary, he limped into the finish with just three assists in the last 11 games of the regular season. While he ended his career-long playoff drought, Jokinen also finished the season with 57 points, his lowest total since 2001-2002 and the Flames need him to be better next season.
Ageless Craig Conroy had a tremendous season, registering 48 points and a plus-20 rating while providing his usually reliable two-way game. He'll be 38 next season, and is entering the final year of his current contract, but Conroy's a safe bet as the third line centre.
Daymond Langkow enjoyed some productive years, particularly when paired with Iginla, but managed just 49 points last season, his lowest total since 1998-1999. Langkow plays a sound two-way game, but he'll have to be more productive if he's going to provide good return on the final three years of deal.
In the vein of Bourque and Glencross, David Moss is a strong winger, whose size allowed him to make a difference on the power play, where he tallied eight of his career-best 20 goals. Signed to a three-year contract extension, Moss should be a sound two-way winger.
After scoring 20 points in 122 career games, Eric Nystrom put up four points in the first-round playoff loss to Chicago, perhaps indicating he's capable of more than a third consecutive ten point season. If not, he's still a gritty fourth-liner.
A broken foot kept Wayne Primeau out of action after the first week of December, though it's hard to imagine how he warrants his salary even if healthy.
A victim of the Flames' late-season numbers game, Dustin Boyd has some skill, yet needs to be more assertive if he's going to be a scorer of any note.
If Mike Cammalleri and Todd Bertuzzi leave via free agency, the Flames will need to find some scoring punch on the free agent market. Alex Kovalev, Steve Sullivan, Mike Knuble and Jason Williams are among the scoring wingers that might fit in with the Flames and help offset those losses.
Top prospect Mikael Backlund may also be ready to challenge for a spot after a strong playoff run with the Kelowna Rockets.
Top Prospects: Keith Aulie (6-27-33, plus-12 in 58 GP; Brandon-WHL), John Negrin (8-41-49, plus-8 in 63 GP), T.J. Brodie (12-38-50, plus-8 in 63 GP; Saginaw-OHL), Matt Pelech (3-6-9, minus-3 in 59 GP; Quad City-AHL)
Dion Phaneuf's fourth NHL season was a decided step back from the development he had shown in his first three campaigns. While 47 points is nothing to sneeze at, Phaneuf had career lows in goals, points, plus-minus and power play points.
Phaneuf can be an intimidating presence, but now needs to learn how to pick his spots so that he doesn't get caught out of position and can handle one of the league's heaviest workloads. For the Flames' sake, 2008-2009 had better just be a down season.
Back from Russia, Mark Giordano played well before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury. With Adrian Aucoin headed for unrestricted free agency, there could be an opportunity for Giordano to move into a more prominent puck-moving role next season.
Cory Sarich is rock solid and durable on the blueline and his 20 points and plus-12 rating from last season represented career-bests. He doesn't come cheaply for a defensive defenceman, but if he's just as reliable in future seasons, Sarich is a sound investment.
Robyn Regehr joins Sarich as a hard-hitting physical presence on the blueline. While he was an afterthought offensively, managing just eight points, Regehr's late-season knee injury left the Flames fighting an uphill battle in the postseason.
Though he missed 37 games with ankle injuries, Jim Vandermeer adds some bite to the lineup when healthy. It's debatable whether or not Vandermeer's nastiness is worth his level of pay, but he's certainly capable of regular turns on the third pairing.
With several free agents on defence, the Flames will have to address the position, possibly re-signing Adam Pardy, or looking for a prospect like Keith Aulie to make the jump, but also looking for at free agent options.
Jay Bouwmeester would certainly give the Flames an impressive defence corps, though adding Bouwmeester would likely leave little financial flexibility, something that proved to be more than a bit of a problem for the Flames last season. Others that may be of interest would include Mattias Ohlund, Derek Morris or Francois Beauchemin.
Top Prospect: Leland Irving (24-18-2, 1 SO, 2.23 GAA, .912 SVPCT in 47 GP; Quad City-AHL)
While Miikka Kiprusoff has been incredibly durable, averaging 75 games per season over the last four years in Calgary, his goals against average and save percentage have declined every year; perhaps an indication that he's not at his best when carrying such a heavy load. For better or worse, the Flames are committed long-term to Kiprusoff, so they had better find a way to reverse the trend.
One way to do that may be to find a more proven backup. While Curtis McElhinney hasn't been given much of a chance in the NHL, he hasn't shown enough to think that he could start 15-20 games.
Some free agents that might be able to handle that role would include Mathieu Garon, Ty Conklin, Brian Boucher, Brent Johnson or Jason LaBarbera.
DRAFT20th - Peter Holland, Carter Ashton, David Rundblad.
Needs: Two top nine forwards, one top four defenceman, another defenceman, backup goaltender What I said the Flames needed last year: Four top nine forwards, one defenceman Who did they add? Mike Cammalleri, Todd Bertuzzi, Rene Bourque, Curtis Glencross, Dustin Boyd, Mark Giordano, Brandon Prust.
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ok champ, what's it going to be? I draged you into this. so you decide. I think it's in both of our best intrests to keep it vague. or not.
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Whatre you talking about? O_o
I just shot you an email, but if I had to come up with something I'd say I'm inclined to do a figure in a background of some sort. A big, cinematic kind of background, and the figure is a part of the scene. Y'know, not just standing there posing or whatever. That's just what I might do regardless of this contest, so I don't know if it's a good idea for this, or too much work. Anyway, lemme know.
F3nix, your avatar reminds me of the way I looked a few years ago. I keep doing a double take.
Gah. Now that I think about that doesn't sound fun at all. Who's bright idea was it to let us come up with our own challenges?
Yeah, that sort of takes the fun out of it huh? Well, I think we should do something that we both would do for our folios anyway. The two things I want to do are char concepts and illustrations that are of book cover quality. How about book covers of an exsisting book of our choice? I dont mean that they need to have graphics (text), just a painting that best reflects and represents that particular story. Hows that sound?
That's what we're doing. :beer:
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We know the blog is looking a little nail heavy at the moment (really, is that a bad thing?) but there's a lot of quality polish happenings at NYFW. Among the more impressive outings we've seen so far was Dashing Diva's "dripping with gold" foils at Cushnie et Ochs yesterday. The idea was to make it appear as though models had been "digging in gold," so nail techs applied foils a few millimeters above the actual nail line to simulate imperfection. Here's where things got interesting: there were no Minx overlays to be found backstage, just bottles of milky white nail glue that were used as a base coat and sheets of gold foil that apparently cost $1 on the Internet. "Just Google nail art foils," we were advised—which we did, and low and behold, foils on the cheap. Apply directly to glue, smooth with a cotton pad, and pull away the sheet to leave a gilded finish. No top coat was used backstage to allow for easy removal but if you're taking this art project for a spin at home, we'd recommend using Dashing Diva's Top Seal for longevity purposes.
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Congress passed the defense authorization bill Friday, "sending President Bush a defense bill requiring no change in strategy" in Iraq and "another $189.4 billion for the Iraq and Afghan wars." The legislation also authorizes "more help to troops returning from combat and set conditions on contractors and pricey weapons programs" as well as a 3.5 percent pay raise for service members. Bush is expected to sign the legislation into law.
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LONG BRANCH - After absorbing a Tuesday pounding from Mayor Adam Schneider, Councilman Brian Unger credited the 20-year incumbent with running a strategically sound campaign, and admitted to failures within his own operation.
"Long Branch is south of the Driscoll Bridge," said Unger, who received 1,610 or 35.34 percent to Schneider's 2,476 or 54.45 percent. "It is urban, but it's south of the bridge. Adam put together a tremendous ticket that did very well. I made the classic error of using outside consultants, who alienated grassroots advisors. I'm afraid that happened. I did not run the grassroots campaign I would have wanted."
In his campaign pieces, Schneider tagged Unger as "Lyin' Brian," arguing that his challenger was ill-suited to serve as mayor. Unger said his campaign never responded effectively.
Five days before Election Day, disgraced developer Solomon Dwek told a federal court that he had used middle men to give bribes to the mayor of Long Branch, a charge Schneider flatly denied.
Previously demoralized Unger allies rejoiced at the timing, and prepared to watch the mayor implode.
It never happened.Read More >
Sources in the oceanfront city of Long Branch report higher than average turnout.
Mayor Adam Schneider appeared to be taking apart his nemesis piece by piece until bombshell testimony by convicted felon Solomon Dwek threw the mayor's reputation into doubt and bumped him off message.
Running against the independent-minded mayor is Councilman Brian Unger, who has the backing of the Monmouth County Democratic Organization and labor.
Also running is fed-up homeowner Bob Krebs.Read More >
LONG BRANCH - Stung by courtroom testimony made last week by Solomon Dwek, then hit with weekend mail underlining that testimony, embattled Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider today blamed his opponent for presenting the statement of a known thief as the truth in a last minute glossy attempt to win Tuesday's election.
At the federal trial of former Assemblyman Dan Van Pelt last Wednesday, convicted felon Dwek said he gave bribes to the mayor of Long Branch through middle men, a bombshell that the 20-year incumbent Schneider promptly denounced as a lie.
On Saturday, the mayoral campaign of Councilman Brian Unger unleashed mail pieces prepared by campaign consultant Pat Politano, which contained the line, "Breaking news: official federal court documents: Mayor Schneider bribed."
The mayor went ballistic.
"I have instructed my attorney to immediately prepare and serve a demand upon Mr. Unger, and Mr. Politano to retract and publicly apologize for the comments made in relation to Mr. Unger's last minute attempt to save his failing political campaign," said Schneider.Read More >
LONG BRANCH - Testimony by disgraced developer Solomon Dwek last week that he offered bribes through middle men to Mayor Adam Schneider outraged Long Branch with just days to go in a municipal election in which Schneider faces two challengers.
Vehemently denying the charges, Schneider is threatening to take legal action against the campaign of Councilman Brian Unger for stirring up the issue in the hours before Election Day.
A third candidate, angry homeowner Robert Krebs, believes he has an opening to win the election with Schneider and Unger battling amid bruising local headlines.
"It's very unfortunate, because eventually the truth is going to come out one way or the other, which it always does," said the candidate, referring to the Dwek story as he faced the ocean on the front lawn of his two-story Victorian that stands in the city's redevelopment zone.
"It's going to start leaking out one way or the other and the public is very distrustful of politicians now because this stuff just keeps coming and coming and coming and they're just tired of it," added Krebs, who has sued the city for refusing to take his property out of an area slated for demolition to make way for newer and more upscale Beachfront South housing to complement the existing Pier Village project.Read More >
LONG BRANCH - A day after he learned that disgraced developer Solomon Dwek told a jury he used middle men to dispense bribe money to the "mayor of Long Branch," Mayor Adam Schneider stood in his his campaign headquarters surrounded by friends and supporters and went on offense.
"Seeing people I have worked with and gone to wrestling matches with, people on the planning board and recreation - people with whom I have served at City Hall for 20 years drop whatever they're doing, leave work, cut their calendar short and come out to show their support means the world to me, my wife, my family, my running mates and the people I have worked with... all of whom are not going to stand for our reputation being trashed by a liar and thief," said the mayor.
Moments later, campaign handlers would have to hurry along the testimonials of support for the mayor - there were so many. Now Schneider paced in a headquarters draped with the red, white and blue finery of a campaign stunned by Dwek's Wednesday testimony during the trial of former Assemblyman Dan Van Pelt.
This coming Tuesday is Election Day, and Schneider faces an aggressive challenge from Councilman Brian Unger.
"I've spent the last 20 years... doing everything we can to make this city the best city we could make it, by working with people who live here, by working with the people who want to live here, and working with investors - and we treasurer that. We've done nothing to embarrass ourselves. We never have and we never will.
"Part of me is so angry about this but part of me is gratified. I'm gratified to know that my friends..."Read More >
With just days remaining before Election Day in Long Branch, disgraced developer Solomon Dwek threw a political bombshell into the mix when he testified at the corruption trial of former Assemblyman Dan Van Pelt that he gave bribes through a middle man to Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider, who adamantly denies the charge.
"There were times where I had a middleman make a bribe payment like to the Mayor of Long Branch or council people of Long Branch or sometimes I would give out auction tickets," Dwek told the U.S. District Court of Judge Joel A. Pisano yesterday.
"The Yeshiva would hold a charity auction every year and I would at times give public officials, like council people in Long Branch, primarily it was the council people in Long Branch and others, free auction tickets for their official assistance in expediting my land use applications, my use for my zoning," added Dwek, in testimony transcribed by court reporter Joanne M. Caruso. Schneider in the past acknowledged that he took legal campaign contributions from Dwek, an investor convicted for bank fraud in 2006 who subsequently donned a wire for the FBI and helped net dozens of political operatives as part of Operation Bid Rig, including Van Pelt. But Schneider said he severed ties with Dwek eight years ago after consultations with allies.
Schneider in the past acknowledged that he took legal campaign contributions from Dwek, an investor convicted for bank fraud in 2006 who subsequently donned a wire for the FBI and helped net dozens of political operatives as part of Operation Bid Rig, including Van Pelt. But Schneider said he severed ties with Dwek eight years ago after consultations with allies.
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The two major candidates for mayor of Long Branch are keeping relatively even in fundraising. Incumbent Adam Schneider, who has been mayor since 1990, has raised $87,118, spent $81,317, and has $5,685 cash on hand. Unger, a Councilman, has raised $72,351, spent $71,003, and has $1,446 cash on hand, combining individual and team accounts.
A third candidate, Robert Krebs, has raised $4,825, spent $3,620, and has $1,204 remaining.
LONG BRANCH - The presence of a third candidate in the mayor's race in a winner-take-all election prompts comparisons to last year's gubernatorial contest, in which incumbent Jon Corzine hoped for third party candidate Chris Daggett to chew away support from under Chris Christie.
In a three-way contest on paper, Mayor Adam Schneider is pursuing re-election against Councilman Brian Unger (the mayor's arch-rival with a busy campaign headquarters located a block and a half from the mayor's digs) and angry homeowner Robert Krebs.
"I thought he did great at the debate," said Schneider, who wasn't referring to himself in the third person.
He was referring to Krebs.
Schneider and Unger both acknowledge that the lower profile Krebs - if he does anything in terms of generating votes - is likely to help Schneider and drain from Unger.
"We're running on some of the same issues - opposition to the redevelopment project," Unger said.
"People see signs and they think 'candidate,'" said the mayor, who doesn't mind Krebs upping his image to turn a Schneider-Unger showdown long in the making into a legitimate three-way contest.
Unger is convinced at this point that Krebs's presence in the race is the only way the mayor can win re-election.
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LONG BRANCH - Mayor Adam Schneider talked to PolitickerNJ.com after the debate tonight at the Long Branch Middle School.
"Carl Jennings does a great job at recreation. He's on the Martin Luther King guild. He's chairman of the housing authority, as well as being head of the recreation department, and he (Brian Unger) starts talking about how he's going to fire him. I thought that was disgraceful.
"And if you're really that concerned about recreation, you've had three years as a councilman, show up at one event. And he makes a flip comment about, 'well, I have a fulltime job.' I've got a full-time job, I have a family, and I make the time, I've made time over the course of the last 20 years to go to these events, because I care about my town."
Coming back on Unger's wrestling comment again during the debate after his initial reaction, Schneider said later, "It's called a reversal."Read More >
LONG BRANCH - Councilman Brian Unger in the Long Branch Middle School auditorium after the mayoral debate, gives his thoughts to PolitickerNJ.com.
"It was a great forum for the voters. I thought the mayor was tired. Some of his responses indicated somebody who has been in office 20 years. He spent a lot of time defending his policies. I thought it was odd he wouldn't support an eminent domain ordinance, while in the same breath claiming he would never use it again. And frankly, I was really surprised that he said he was going to increase taxes this year. He didn't say how much, but I think that's a big question.
"There are different ways to be mayor. I don't plan to spend a whole lot of time walking around the middle school and elementary school hallways. I think it's something I would delegate to the school system. I'm not sure how appropriate it is having the mayor asserting himself within the school system that much. I think it's great to be a fan, but it's kind of a symbolic thing. You show up at a game, you're the mayor, but frankly, we have a lot of issues to address other than who won the wrestling match. We've got high taxes, eminent domain. We have a disenfranchised community here in Long Branch. There are things that are lot more serious than high school sports.
"Adam saw fit to go back again and again and again to Pier Village, but frankly the rest of the community doesn't feel that connected. I wanted to talk about what is happening on the other side of Ocean Boulevard. We have six or seven major neighborhoods in the city, and they feel neglected. That's what they're telling us when we go door to door."Read More >
In 2009, the late John Sheridan, CEO of Cooper University Hospital in Camden, testified at a hearing regarding how to strengthen employer-based health care.Read More >
Bergen County Freeholder forum mostly convivial, but at times confrontational TEANECK - The Bergen County freeholder forum on Tuesday night was a relatively collegial affair until the final two minutes on the 90-minute event. Republican freeholder candidate Robert Avery, flanked by fellow GOP freeholder candidate Bernadette Coghlan-Walsh, referred to...
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1) Afghanistan/Pakistan
UNHCR today kicked off the assisted repatriation
of Afghans back to their homeland. Today's operation is still underway,
and some 120 persons already departed this morning on their hired trucks
from our centre at Takhtabaig, near Peshawar, Pakistan.
We expect the number of Afghans seeking
repatriation assistance from UNHCR to increase rapidly over the coming
(B) Central Africa Region: (1) Angola,
(2) Democratic Republic of Congo
(C) West Africa Region: (1) Regional
overview, (2) Liberia, (3) Sierra Leone
(D) Latin America and Caribbean Region:
(1) Colombia, (2) Bolivia, (3) Guatemala
(E) Asia Region: (1) Sri Lanka
(F) West and Central Asia region: (1)
Regional overview, (2) Afghanistan, (3) Pakistan, (3) Tajikistan
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The Situation
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Note: this Situation Report updates
previous Central Asia Task Force Situation Reports and Fact Sheets.
Prior to September 2001, two decades
of war in Afghanistan, including a decade-long Soviet occupation and ensuing
civil strife, left Afghanistan impoverished and mired in an extended humanitarian
crisis. Government infrastructure, including the ability to deliver
After delivering an unprecedented amount
of food aid into Afghanistan, WFP's massive logistics operation is facing
perhaps its biggest challenge: pinpointing and providing for pockets of
extreme hunger and poverty.
Over the next three months, the Agency
Kenzo Oshima, United Nations Emergency
Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs,
on Friday called for an uninterrupted transition from relief, to recovery
and reconstruction in Afghanistan. In an interview with IRIN in the Afghan
capital, Kabul, Oshima underlined the need for strong international and
MASLACH CAMP, AFGHANISTAN - Hope
would seem an unlikely guest at this muddy, crude refugee camp in western
But for Timor Shah and his family - among
a sea of Afghans forced by three years of drought to live here - the expectation
of a better life back in their prewar homes is starting to grow.
"I am an optimist," Mr. Shah
says, as his wife and children make bread and warm themselves around a
homemade pit oven. "If we receive food and seeds by planting time,
we can go back home."
The United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees will open Friday a facility that will register Afghan refugees
in Pakistan under a UNHCR program to assist an expected increase in returns
to Afghanistan since the establishment of a new government in Kabul.
Called "Voluntary Repatriation Center,"
Originally funded by the European Commission's
Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), the project began at the end of 2000 to
1) High Commissioner's Central Africa
High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers on Monday
arrived in the Republic of Congo capital, Brazzaville, on the second leg
of his Africa mission. He is scheduled to meet senior government officials
as well as Congolese refugees living in remote northern areas of the Oubangui
River which separates both Congos.
Earlier on Monday, authorities in neighbouring
"While many Afghan refugees want
to go home, there are others who are terrified of returning at this time,"
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Chaman in Pakistan's Balochistan province beginning March 2. Distribution
The document, from DFID's Conflict and
Humanitarian Affairs Department, provides an overview of the current situation
as regards UK assistance for Afghanistan.
Before 11 September 2001
Between 1997 and September 2001, the
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to the people of Afghanistan for emergency food, shelter, healthcare and
water supplies, as well as support for agriculture, mines clearance, education,
monitoring and advocacy in relation to human rights, and coordination.
Assistance was channelled through a range
With the Afghan capital Kabul suffering
a series of security breakdowns, an aid worker for UNICEF in the northern
Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif was shot after four armed men raided his
house over the weekend, a UN official confirmed to IRIN on Monday. In a
separate incident, also in Mazar-e Sharif, a worker for the British-based
Focus aid agency was believed to have been abducted on Friday. Afghanistan's
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Department of Energy:
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RCED-98-147: Published: Apr 10, 1998. Publicly Released: Apr 28, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided: (1) information on how the Department of Energy (DOE) plans to alter its climate change research and development (R&D) spending from fiscal year (FY) 1998 to FY 1999; and (2) its observations regarding funding for R&D, based on its previous work.
GAO noted that: (1) DOE is proposing to increase its spending to about $1.06 billion for R&D in FY 1999 to support the Climate Change Technology Initiative, a $331-million increase from funding in FY 1998 for programs related to climate change; (2) the $331-million increase, as well as the remaining $729 million, will continue to support and expand existing R&D programs in energy efficiency and renewable energy, as well as other programs related to climate change; (3) total funding, according to DOE, will address multiple energy and environmental goals, including decreasing the United States' dependence on foreign oil, improving air quality, decreasing energy costs for consumers and businesses, increasing economic competitiveness, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions; and (4) from reviewing its previous reports on R&D, GAO has drawn five common themes that Congress may want to consider as it deliberates DOE's budget proposal.
Sep 22, 2014
Oil and Gas Transportation:Department of Transportation Is Taking Actions to Address Rail Safety, but Additional Actions Are Needed to Improve Pipeline SafetyGAO-14-667: Published: Aug 21, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 22, 2014.
Aug 11, 2014
Electricity Markets:Actions Needed to Expand GSA and DOD Participation in Demand-Response ActivitiesGAO-14-594: Published: Jul 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Aug 11, 2014.
Jul 17, 2014
National Nuclear Security Administration:Agency Expanded Use of Some Federal Oversight Reforms, but Is Still Determining Future PlansGAO-14-588: Published: Jul 17, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 17, 2014.
Jul 11, 2014
Fusion Energy:Observations on DOE's Cost and Schedule Estimates for U.S. Contributions to an International Experimental ReactorGAO-14-750T: Published: Jul 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 11, 2014.
Jun 23, 2014
Advanced Reactor Research:DOE Supports Multiple Technologies, but Actions Needed to Ensure a Prototype Is BuiltGAO-14-545: Published: Jun 23, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 23, 2014.
Jun 9, 2014
Department of Energy:Enhanced Transparency Could Clarify Costs, Market Impact, Risk, and Legal Authority to Conduct Future Uranium TransactionsGAO-14-291: Published: May 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 9, 2014.
Jun 5, 2014
Fusion Energy:Actions Needed to Finalize Cost and Schedule Estimates for U.S. Contributions to an International Experimental ReactorGAO-14-499: Published: Jun 5, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 5, 2014.
May 30, 2014
DOE Loan Programs:DOE Has Made More Than $30 Billion in Loans and Guarantees and Needs to Fully Develop Its Loan Monitoring FunctionGAO-14-645T: Published: May 30, 2014. Publicly Released: May 30, 2014.
May 16, 2014
Oil and Gas:Updated Guidance, Increased Coordination, and Comprehensive Data Could Improve BLM's Management and Oversight [Reissued on May 16, 2014]GAO-14-238: Published: May 5, 2014. Publicly Released: May 12, 2014.
May 15, 2014
National Nuclear Security Administration:Agency Report to Congress on Potential Efficiencies Does Not Include Key InformationGAO-14-434: Published: May 15, 2014. Publicly Released: May 15, 2014.
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