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When he's not in the studio recording a new album, Ludacris is acting (the upcoming movie Fast Five), working with youth at The Ludacris Foundation, or chatting up diners at his Atlanta restaurant, Straits. The Grammy-winning rapper could easily be described in the same way he prefers his cuisine and his Cognac–full of flavor and very, very smooth.
What's your favorite recipe to make at home?
I'm not that good of a cook yet, but I'm learning. I own a restaurant in Atlanta called Straits, and I love to make their Kung Pao Chicken "Lollipops"–crispy fried drumettes in a sauce made with dried red chiles.
You're a co-owner with chef Chris Yeo, who specializes in Singaporean cuisine. What was it about him that convinced you he'd be a good partner?
When I decided to open a restaurant, everyone was wondering, Is he gonna do soul food? I wanted to do something totally out of the norm. I love all the sauces and spices Yeo uses in every dish that make each one so different. The food is immaculate.
Did you help shape the menu for the restaurant?
Absolutely. Knowing that Atlanta, as a city, has a southern palate, there were certain spices and flavors I wanted to make sure were used, whether they were in the lobster or shrimp. Having peach cobbler on the menu had to happen, too, since we're located in Georgia.
Speaking of soul food, where do you go when you want a fix?
My favorite soul food restaurant is The Beautiful Restaurant in Atlanta. I order the catfish, greens, and candied yams.
Where was your most romantic meal?
Dante's Down the Hatch, which is also in Atlanta. It's a fondue place where you can share and cook your own meals.
Tell us about your Cognac.
My Cognac is called Conjure. I went to France and worked with Philippe Braastad Tiffon, Birkedal Hartmann's master blender, to create the perfect blend. It's VS, VSOP, and XO–all the premier Cognacs from France's Cognac regions, like Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, and Borderies–mixed with eaux-de-vie. It's really smooth and very mixable. I like to drink it straight because you can taste how smooth it is.
Of all the places you've traveled, where's the best food?
France. Everything is so well prepared and fresh, you can taste it. My favorite dish when I'm there is duck confit.
What would you never eat again?
What are your must-haves when you're on tour or a movie shoot?
Fiji water, spinach salads, almonds, tilapia, and fresh fruit. Those are my staples.
What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten?
Ostrich eggs. I thought they were unusual until I tasted them.
Do you have a particularly memorable meal?
On my birthday, I went to Cafe Martorano, an Italian restaurant in Fort Lauderdale. Since it was my birthday, they just kept bringing out dishes, family-style–everything from chicken Parmesan to lobster, chicken wings, and Philly cheesesteaks.
When you visit your home state of Illinois, what do you crave?
Chicago thin-crust pizza from Giordano's with mushrooms, green olives, and extra cheese.
Any comfort foods?
Soft tacos filled with a little lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and turkey, beef or fish. They're one thing I do know how to cook. I'm having them for dinner tonight.
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The vision for a new hotel in the town of Dunkirk is still in the works.
During the public hearing held Thursday, County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency Project Manager Kristine Morabito read the legal notice to the public for Dunkirk Kasturi Limited building another hotel in the area.
The family-owned company is part owner of the Best Western and Comfort Inn on Vineyard Drive, which is also where the new hotel is planned.
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County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency Project Manager Kristine Morabito asks Councilman Robert Penharlow if he has any comments on the proposed hotel project.
Pravin Patel is experienced in the hotel business. According to town officials, he is a "top-notch man."
"He (Patel) is a great person to work with. He looks out for the town," Town Clerk Jean Crane said. "We are very pleased he is coming to benefit the town."
"The town welcomes any business that wants to come in and build," Councilman Robert Penharlow added.
CCIDA is in charge of assisting Patel with the tax portion of the project. The hotel has yet to go to the planning board, as it is still in the beginning stages. The CCIDA is the lead agency on the project.
"We passed a resolution last meeting. We are taking steps in the right direction to make this project a reality," Morabito said. "We had to have a public hearing to collect comments and bring them back to the (CCIDA) board. Next Tuesday the (CCIDA) board will meet and consider all comments."
Patel would like to break ground on the project later in the year.
"The town is familiar with him," Crane said. "When we had problems with Applebee's, he was the first to move on it. He is out to help the town."


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SPRING LAKE -- Grand Rapids'Joan Garety came from behind one more time to win her fourth Spring Lake Invitational Thursday at Spring Lake Country Club.
Similar to her semifinal match Wednesday with Julie Massa, Garety was down four strokes after eight holes to Maddi Massa (Julie's daughter). She needed 19 holes to defeat Maddi, who plays golf for Michigan State, Garety's alma mater.
Garety parred the playoff hole and Maddi Massa bogeyed.
"It is always good competition here," said Garety, who led the Spartans to the Big Ten championship every year she golfed there in the 1970s. "I've played good players all three days. Julie's just an excellent player and Maddi's got a wonderful game."
Garety parred the playoff hole and Maddi Massa bogeyed.
Garety gained a stroke after a birdie on the ninth hole and then was only two down after 14.
"I won 16 which got me to one down and birdied 17 to draw even," Garety said. "We both parred 18 and I parred the extra hole and she bogeyed it."
Tournament co-director Mary Kay Taylor couldn't have written a better championship round.
"It was such a dramatic ending," said Taylor, of the 87th invite. "We were all on a high at the end; it was fun. And she did the same thing yesterday with Maddi's mother Julie."
"She is just so tough you never can count her out. She's real special at Spring Lake."
Garety, a member of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame and two-time Michigan Amateur champion, has been runner-up in the Spring Lake invite 10 times as well.
"It's competitive; I just love it," Garety said. "We don't play that much match play and match play is just fun. Here, particularly, it's so special because so many people come out and watch. I'm a happy camper right now."
Next year, she'll have to contend with the entire Massa family. Maddi's two sisters, Megan and Mariah, will play at Spring Lake for the first time.
Up next for Garety is an attempt to win her 11th championship at the Women's City tournament next week at Egypt Valley Country Club.
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If you want to get up and move while you game with your iPhone, you should check out TheO ball.
Created by Physical Apps, LLC, TheO is a soft foam ball that serves as a cradle for your iPhone or iPod touch. It was introduced at the 2012 Toy Fair in New York where it won the Popular Science Best of Toy Fair 2012 award.
The iPhone or iPod sits in the center of the foam ball and the system lets you toss or roll your iPhone across the floor as part of a game. Currently, Physical Apps has three free games including a bowling app, Hot Potato and Interrogo, a social game you play with friends.
The company is wisely releasing an API so other developers can take advantage of this motion-based system. It's very Wii-like in it's approach to mobile gaming and may catch on if developers can convince people it's OK to toss their US$600 iPhone across the room.
TheO is expected to debut in May with a street price of $24.95. Games will likely be priced from $1.99 to $4.99. You can watch a promotional video of the system below.
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Theres some people from tampa and clear water here too.
Hey WII People! Just checkin on if anyone is from Florida? Im up in the Panhandle so I guess I could call out Alabama too..but they are redneck so ill stick with Florida ANyhow, hit me up if your from Florida and add me, maybe we can get some group games going on etc! hit me up by a PM or here and add your wii number and ill add yours etc. We can maybe meetup sometime and go at it on some games!
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The Aucklander
"People were always complaining to me about it," says Mr Iosefo, a member of the Neighbourhood Support group. "Some were saying the company had no right to stop the bus run."
From April to August, there had been eight incidents involving boys from the neighbourhood pelting buses with rocks.
NZ Bus general manager Darek Koper says the issue has become one of safety for passengers and drivers.
"The lady bus driver dreads making the turn to that street. She always instructs her passengers to duck," says Mr Koper.
Mr Iosefo says residents are incensed at being made to suffer for the boys' misbehaviour.
In September, NZ Bus asked Auckland Transport to allow it to divert its services from the area.
The following month NZ Bus rerouted its services after 6pm to avoid Johnstones Rd, Hills Rd, Pearl Baker Drive and Valder Ave.
This week, however, the company intends lifting the diversion after representatives of the community convinced the firm it is safe to return to the route again.
Otara Local Board member Poutua Papalii interceded on behalf of the community.
"The community rallied together and put in a process to have the service reinstated.
"This process included rounding up the offenders and making them see the consequences of their actions," he says.
The neighbourhood watch group identified those responsible for the mischief.
Girl Komene, who heads the watch, made the boys write letters of apology with a promise not to do it again.
She says a passenger was injured after the boys threw a rock.
"We've kept them from doing that [since]," she says.
"They said they were bored and looking for things to do, so we made sure they had something to occupy their time."
Mr Koper says he is happy with the intervention. "They have given us enough assurance to understand that the community has taken us seriously and will make it safer for our drivers," he says.
The company is not planning to lay charges against the boys.
"We don't support punishment or prosecution but we will work with the group to find ways to engage them positively." The company had reported the incidents to police but they had no luck in identifying the culprits.
Mr Koper says his company has hired former league star Tea Ropati to work with the community and the children (see panel).
"We are very pleased with the positive outcome," he says.
"We obviously want to provide a safe working environment for our drivers and we want the community's assurance that such incidents will not happen again."
Breaking the cycle
Idle minds are the devil's playground. In Otara, bored youths throw rocks at buses. In Papakura, they trash the walls with graffiti.
Former rugby league star Tea Ropati is working with community groups to provide opportunities for young people to become involved in positive activities.
The Break Away School Holiday Programme is part of the Government's campaign to help young people reach their full potential by furnishing them with structured, enjoyable activities during the holidays.
"It is aimed at young people who would not normally have the means or opportunity to access holiday programmes. With Youth Pride Break Away they can," says Mr Ropati.
The programme will bring some heavyweights in, among them boxers David Tua and Shane Cameron, plus another league international, Tawera Nikau, to inspire the participants.
"Young people can get new skills, new challenges, and [have] the chance to meet new people and to meet new role models," he says, pointing out that the programme sessions are free to young people and their families.
Mr Ropati says they are designed to meet the needs of the communities they operate in so a wide range of activities are offered - sports, hip-hop, kapa haka and arts and crafts.


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FREMONT -- For generations, local residents gathered at Samuels Family Restaurant in Fremont for a hot cup of coffee, a hardy meal and community group meetings.
An early morning blaze Friday has taken that place away.
The landmark restaurant was a total loss after the fire caused "everything to cave inside," said Fremont Assistant Fire Chief Brian Hettinger. The cause of the fire, which was reported at 2:45 a.m., is still being investigated, Hettinger said.
Samuels Family Restaurant, a community anchor at 1042 W. Main, was known for its family-friendly food, its support of community events and providing a meeting place for local groups. The restaurant sponsored community events and hosted gatherings for the local chamber of commerce and the Lions Club, among others.
Morey DeKuiper, 82, has owned the building since he bought it in the early 1960s from Emil Samuels. DeKuiper ran the restaurant until about eight years ago, when Jill Hunt, a manager at the time, became the business owner, he said.
The restaurant was "really a part of Fremont," DeKuiper said. "That's the part that's sad. That history is now gone."
No decision has been made about rebuilding, DeKuiper said. He needs to discuss the matter with Hunt and the insurance company.
Fremont Police Detective Sgt. Steven Heiss said he went to the restaurant every Saturday morning with his family.
"You would see everybody in town there, it seems like," Heiss said. "I'm hoping that they rebuild."
Rob Zeldenrust, general manager of Fremont Cooperative Produce Co., said Samuels was a gathering place for the whole community, including the area's many farmers.
Ron Vliem, executive director of the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce, called it big loss.
"It's a very sad day -- especially for the owner and the employees," Vliem said. "I can't imagine waking up in the morning and having your business gone."
Firefighters from the Fremont department and eight others battled the fire.
Hettinger said firefighters spent about four hours on the scene before they could extinguish the blaze. He said the fire was difficult to battle because it was an old building that contained many spaces because of remodeling and additions over the years.
When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke was coming from the eaves and flames were shooting out of some windows, Hettinger said.
No one was inside at the time of the fire. There were no reported injuries.
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Former St. Anthony High School standout, Jasmine Brandon of The College of New Rochelle was selected as the Association of Division III Independents (AD3I) Basketball Rookie of the Year.
Brandon, a freshman, averaged a team-leading 16.8 points and 9.3 rebounds per game for the Blue Angels while shooting at a team-best 51.9 percent clip from the field. She ranked second on the team in steals, tallying 2.7 steals per game.
The forward/center reached double-figures in scoring in 24 of 26 games, including a stretch of 19-straight and scored 20 or more points eight times, highlighted by four consecutive 20-plus point performances late in the season. The Jersey City native recorded 12 double-doubles on the season, including a 24 point, 21 rebound performance in a win over Yeshiva University. She earned AD3I Player of the Week accolades on four occasions and was named the AD3I Student-Athlete of the Month for the months of November and February.
Brandon and New Rochelle sophomore Alyssa Pechin earned First Team All-Conference accolades.
This marks the second consecutive season that a Blue Angel has earned AD3I Rookie of the Year honors, as Pechin became the first CNR basketball player to receive the conference's highest rookie honor last season.
The Blue Angels finished the 2012-13 season with a 10-16 record. The win total was the most for the team since the 1999-2000 campaign.
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"Perfection is the Enemy of Good"
By Martin VanTrieste
I made this simple statement during a presentation last year, based on Voltaire's quote "the perfect is the enemy of good," to explain the importance of moving swiftly to protect patients, and it has since become a mantra of Rx-360.
But what does it mean exactly? Read more
Thank You for Visiting Us at the PDA Annual Meeting
Rx-360 exhibited at the PDA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, spreading the word of the organization's mission and progress.
At the PDA meeting there were many interesting presentations about manufacturing science but there were also a few key take-a-ways about new GMP developments. Read more
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June 3-4 Seminar: Global Supply Chain Integrity and Anticounterfeiting (ISPE)
The integrity of the pharmaceutical supply chain is becoming the focus of increasing concern and scrutiny. The supply chain is becoming more complex, the number of environmentally sensitive products is rising sharply and the sophistication of counterfeiters is alarming.
Consequently, the industry is facing increasing legislative scrutiny and guidance on ensuring the quality of its products throughout their entire lifecycle. The FDA, the European Commission, and WHO have both issued recent guidance documents to address these challenges while regulatory agencies around the world are in the process of reviewing their regulations in an attempt to assure safe, efficacious drug supply from the manufacturer to the final delivery to the patient.
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Hogan & Hartson Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Update:
Current Trends in FDA's Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Warning Letters
In the past twelve months, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued more than 25 Warning Letters to manufacturers of finished pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for violations of the current good manufacturing practice
(GMP) regulations. A detailed review of these Warning Letters provides a number of useful insights into where the FDA is currently focusing its limited GMP enforcement resources, and where the agency may start to place greater emphasis in the future. Read more
Trade versus Trust in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Courtesy of Clarkston Consulting
Life sciences organizations invest a significant percentage of revenue into building brand awareness and company reputation. Like most manufacturing business, they know that losing control of their supply chain threatens the investment in their brand. It only takes one case of contamination, from any source, to cause loss of life and destroy the public's trust, along with your sales, brand image and shareholder's confidence. Read more
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Drug and Device Accountability Act of 2009
Drug and Device Accountability Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to deem a drug or device to be misbranded unless certain conditions related to registration of establishments, identification of prior transactions, labeling for country of manufacture, and provision of required information on importation are met. Read more
News - 14 April 2009
FDA Uncovers a Show and Shadow Factory Related to Heparin API Production
Two Warning Letters were issued by the FDA which only highlighted the necessity for Rx-360 to be successful. From reading these FDA issued Warning Letters it appears that the FDA uncovered a "Show Factory" at Shanghai No. 1 Biochemical & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, and its "Shadow Factory" at Qingdao Kangyuan or Qingdao Jiulong. Read more
News - 18 April 2009
Spanish Ministry of Health has demanded to recall 14 batches of the injectable product Clindamicina
The Spanish Ministry of Health has demanded to recall 14 batches of the injectable product Clindamicina as the Chinese manufacturer of the API, Zhejiang Tiantai Pharmaceuticals, has failed to comply with GMP. The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) has also suspended their CEP.
In parallel, Spanish Ministry of Health is requesting the audit reports that support GMP declaration by the QP only for Chinese manufacturers.
We should all be aware of these types of events and increase our diligence when selecting and auditing suppliers.
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The Red line is the primary subway line serving Cambridge. Stops within the city include, from west to east, Alewife, Davis (in Somerville), Porter, Harvard, Central and Kendall/MIT. Trains run regularly throughout the day, starting at approximately 5:15 a.m. weekdays and Saturdays, 6 a.m. on Sundays, and at intervals of ten to 14 minutes (except during rush hour, when trains run every seven or eight minutes), until approximately 12:15 a.m. the following morning. The current fare on the Red Line is $1.70 with a CharlieCard or $2 with a CharlieTicket.
Green Line
The Lechmere station on the green line is also located in Cambridge, near the CambridgeSide Galleria mall. The Green line servicing Cambridge has cars every ten minutes on weekdays and Sundays (five or six minutes during rush hour and Saturday during the day), starting at 5:41 a.m. (6:37 on Sundays) with the last trip from Lechmere into Boston at approximately 12:30 a.m. the following morning. Cambridge Green Line stops include Lechmere and Museum of Science. The fare is the same as the Red Line.
Commuter Rail
The Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line also operates out of Porter Square and additional Commuter Rail service is accessible at North and South Stations in Boston. Outbound Commuter Rail Line trains are scheduled through Porter Square station starting at 7:37 a.m. Inbound train departures vary based on the location. The last outbound train from North Station leaves Porter Square at 8:55 p.m. Fares vary depending on destination and point of origin.
Over 30 local bus routes serve Cambridge. Most buses cost $1.25 with a CharlieCard or $1.50 with a CharlieTicket/cash-on-board.
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115 miles- Hartford, Connecticut
175 miles- Albany, New York
235 miles- Bangor, Maine
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There is a Cambridge exit off of Interstate 93, a major north-south route.
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As part of the city's ongoing efforts to quell violence, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said Wednesday that the community must focus on helping ex-offenders leaving prison to find a job, a home and a peaceful place back in society.
The challenge must be tackled by the city as a whole, he said, including religious and community leaders and private companies who hold the jobs.
"Those most at risk have to make good choices, but we have to give them the opportunity to do so," Landrieu said.
Landrieu launched the NOLA For Life murder-reduction strategy in 2012, when the city had the nation's leading murder rate, fueled by gun violence. The program has several goals: aggressive prosecution of drug kingpins, making teens aware of consequences to crime, mentoring and education programs and conflict-resolution.
Now, the administration is pressing forward with another pillar of the plan, a pilot workforce reentry program that targets ex-offenders leaving prison who are most at risk of returning to lockup again, those who are between 16 and 30 years old with a high school diploma or less for education.
The aim is to bring ex-offenders into the program within 72 hours of their release and have case managers to guide them through challenges both big and small -- from getting a driver's license to finding steady work and reuniting with family.
"Within that first six months is really the key time that we need to make sure they have access to all of the supports they need to make a transition back to society," said Charles West, whose office manages the NOLA For Life program, during a news conference Wednesday (June 25).
The administration made the announcement at the city's JOB1 Business and Career Solutions Center on Tulane Avenue. City officials were joined by other leaders already at work on reentry issues, including U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite, who has challenged the business community to get involved; Orleans Parish Judge Laurie White, who helped start a program focused on job skills training in prison; and Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman who touts his own reentry program.
West said the pilot program will take referrals from the existing programs with the court and sheriff's office, religious leaders and "anyone who knows someone who needs help."
In Louisiana, 45 percent of released offenders return to prison within five years. At any given time, there are about 7,000 people on probation or parole in New Orleans.
Among African-American men in New Orleans, 1 in 14 is behind bars and 1 in 7 is either in prison or on probation or parole.
West said the city has been working with other organizations over the past nine months to build a pipeline to help and jobs for those leaving incarceration. Ex-offenders who get referred will start at the city's JOB1 center to work with a transition specialist.
Then, ex-offenders will move on to a case manager with one of four partner groups: Community Service Center, Total Community Action, The Urban League of Greater New Orleans and Goodwill Industries. Those case managers should link former prisoners to education, housing, health care, job training, parenting and other services.
Ultimately, the Business Council of New Orleans & the River Region, the New Orleans Business Alliance and Greater New Orleans Inc. will play a role in developing job opportunities, according to a poster displayed at the event.
To pay for the program, city officials said the strategy "leverages existing funding, works to raise additional funding to build capacity for resource and service providers and augments resources by creating connections between providers to improve efficiency."
Goodwill, the Urban League and Odyssey House organizations have their own funding through a Labor Department grant for case management and other workforce services for reentry, a city spokesman said.
The city also received a $614,000 grant from the Justice Department to fund more training and mentoring opportunities and another $50,000 grant from the department for case management software in the NOLA For Life reentry program, the spokesman said.
Greg Rusovich, CEO of Transoceanic Trading and Development Co. LLC, said the Business Council will have a meeting Thursday bringing business leaders together with reentry program and service providers to discuss the issues and how employers must play a part.
For people who have served their time and worked hard at education during incarceration, Rusovich said, "shame on us if we can't find an opportunity to assist."
"This is a moral imperative," he said.
Dwayne Bernal, Royal Engineering president who chairs a Business Council task force on reentry, said the council will be helping other companies by researching the fundamentals of reentry and sharing that knowledge, while also taking the lead in hiring former prisoners.
In some cases, he said, it's about getting companies to trust former offenders.
But on closer examination, he said, employees who are on probation or parole face more serious consequences for their workplace behavior than other employees.
"It actually makes them a safer hire than a traditional hire off the street," Bernal said.


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One of the leaders in the trenches for Greater Latrobe High School has announced where he will continue playing college football.
Dylan Colucci, a 6'5, 300-pound offensive tackle/defensive tackle for the Wildcats, has issued an oral declaration to Youngstown State, according to his head coach, Ray Reitz. Reitz said Colucci made his choice Thursday.
"He's going to a very good program and a good situation - they (YSU) believe they'll be competing for the FCS national championship in a few years," Reitz said.
"I think Pitt and West Virginia missed the boat (on Dylan)," Reitz continued. "He's better than most of the kids they recruited, but it is what it is. I don't care if you put that in print."
Colucci didn't field many offers during his recruiting process - in fact, Youngstown State was the only program to offer him during his process. Division-1 pograms like Cincinnati, Connecticut, Michigan State, Penn State, Pitt, Wisconsin and West Virginia all showed interest at times through his process, but never pulled the trigger on a scholarship offer.
National recruiting service Scout.com rated Colucci as the 149th-overall offensive tackle prospect in the 2012 recruiting class and assigned him a two-star rating.
"He projects as an offensive tackle in college," Reitz said. "And he's only 17. He's not done growing. He might get to 6'6 or 6'7."
Colucci played on both the Latrobe offensive and defensive lines as a senior, paving the way for an offensive unit which averaged 14.4 points per game. He was also one of the leading tacklers on defense. He's been among Latrobe's tackle leaders each of the last two seasons.
"He played well on both sides of the ball this season, but especially on defense," Reitz said.
Latrobe finished 5-4 overall, but missed the WPIAL AAAA playoffs, as the Wildcats were not among the top four qualifiers from the Foothills Conference.


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EAST BRUNSWICK — Mercer County held its own in the Bear Invitational high school wrestling tournament today at Churchill Junior High School.
Hopewell Valley tied for second place in the 16-team event, while Gordon Wolf of Lawrence, Nick Maher of West Windsor-Plainsboro South and Mike Markulec of HoVal won individual championships.
East Brunswick won the tourney with 84.5 points. HoVal tied with Lacey with 72 points. Lawrence placed fourth with 61 and WW-P South 12th with 38 points.
"I thought we wrestled pretty well as a group," HoVal coach Mario Harpel said. "It's not bad for us; it's nice to place in the tournament."
Mike Markulec's win at 220 pounds secured second place for HoVal. Teammates Merk Gerstacker (126) and Eric Barbera (160) took seconds.
Markulec took a 3-2 lead in the final period with a neutral, then got a takedown with 1:20 remaining to put it away.
"I really had to step it up and I think I have been," said Markulec, now 8-0. "My teammates wrestled great. We always wrestle hard; we always work hard."
Valley also had a third and four fifth-place finishes.
Wolf improved his record to 10-0 with a technical fall at 132 pounds. Junior Mike Jennings, who won here for Lawrence the past two years, fell in the semis for his first loss of the season. Jennings lost to eventual champ Mike Palomba, unbeaten at 145 and a state qualifier a year ago.
Sophomore Mujahid Ewell placed second for HoVal at 120, losing to unbeaten John Mele of Governor Livingston. Mele, a state qualifier last year, won his 100th match earlier this season.
He is on schedule to break the school record for career victories.
Ewell, a transfer from Cleveland, is now 7-2.
"On the whole, we did pretty well," Lawrence coach Chris Lynne said. "I always look for our guys to finish over .500, and we did."
Lawrence brought only 12 to the tournament, two being sick. Two placed fifth, one fourth, one third, one second and Wolf's title, which came via technical fall at 15-0.
Lawrence will next take part in a quad at North Hunterdon, with Princeton and Voorhees.
Maher, a freshman, improved his record to 5-2 at 106 pounds.
South coach Darren Schulman was also pleased with his team's outing, despite having only seven kids making the trip.
"I think we did excellent," said the former East Brunswick High School state champion (Class of '86) and a two-time All-American at Syracuse University. "We had one champion, two thirds and a fifth place. And the other guys all won a match."
Despite a couple of guys on vacation and some others out with injuries, Schulman expects a full squad in time for the January duals.
"Once we get everyone back, I think we can be somewhat competitive," he said. "I don't think we're the best in the CVC, but I think we could be some place in the middle and just build from there."
In addition to the recently completed Howell tournament, South will step out of the county to face teams like Somerville, South Brunswick and Sayreville.
Not to mention the Bear Invitational.
"The kids I have can wrestle," he said. "I have a lot of sophomores, and I want to develop them, and I want them to see the tougher competition so they can see what's out there and they can work harder and get to where they need to be."
1. East Brunswick 84.5; 2T. Hopewell Valley and Lacey 72; 4. Lawrence 61; 5. Governor Livingston 56; 6. South River 51.5; 7. Matawan 51; 8. Perth Amboy 50.5; 9. Bishop Ahr 50; 10. Spotswood 44; 11. Colonia 42; 12. WW-P South 38; 13. Highland Park 27; 14. Metuchen 25.5; 15. North Brunswick 17; 16. New Brunswick 6.
106: Maher, WW-P South p. Saulle, Spotswood, 1:08; 113: Mrozinski, Lacey Twp. d. Colder, Gov. Livingston, 5-1; 120: Mele, Gov. Livingston p. Ewell, Lawrence, 3:03; 126: Brady, Bishop Ahr d. Gerstacker, Hopewell Valley, 7-0; 132: Wolf, Lawrence tf. Marcantonio, Metuchen, 15-0, 4:12; 138: Glasgow, East Brunswick d. G. McCrystal, Bishop Ahr, 6-5; 145: Palomba, South River tf. B. McCrystal, Bishop Ahr, 20-5: 152: Hartigan, Matawan, d. Zyskowski, South River, 4-3; 160: Schleifer, East Brunswick, md. Barbera, Hopewell Valley, 18-7; 170: Fernandez, Lacey Twp. p. Kim, East Brunswick, 1:33; 182: Batista, Perth Amboy d. Nazaro, North Brunswick, 5-2; 195: Haddad, Gov. Livingston p. Ryan, South River, 3:53; 220: Markulec, Hopewell Valley d. Schinder, Lacey Twp., 5-3; 285: Odzelashvili, Spotswood, md. Abdelaziz, Matawan, 8-0.
106: Nick Maher, WW-P South d.Tyler Shwartz, East Brunswick, 8-4; Thomas Saulle, Spotswood p. Chris Sergio, Gov. Livingston, 1:51; 113: Joe Colder, Gov. Livingston d. Ryan Fahy, Spotswood, 5-4; Ben Mrozinski, Lacey Twp. d., Etai Yonah, WW-P South, 12-9; 120: John Mele, Gov. Livingston md. Connor Garrity, Lacey Twp., 10-1;Mujahid Ewell, Lawrence d. Rumarvin Torres, New Brunswick, 7-3; 126: Kyle Brady, Bishop Ahr tf. Eric Osorio, Lawrence, 16-0; Mark Gerstacker, Hopewell Valley d. Eric Webber, East Brunswick, 2-1; 132: Gordon Wolf, Lawrence md. Humberto Argueta, Perth Amboy, 14-6; Robert Marcantonio, Metuchen Md. Jack Cruz, South River, 10-2; 138: Sean Glasgow, East Brunswick p. Andrew Garrity, Lacey Twp., 1:40; Greg McCrystal, Bishop Ahr p. Dean Clarke, Hopewell Valley, 3:33; 145: Brian McCrystal, Bishop Ahr tf. Frank Albergo, Metuchen, 17-2; Mike Palomba, South River md. Mike Jennings, Lawrence, 14-4; 152: Mike Zyskowski, South River d. Ben Schulman, WW-P South, 5-3; Chris Hartigan, Matawan, p. Pete Melendez, Colonia, 3:30; 160: Jonathan Schleifer, East Brunswick p. TJ Matty, Colonia, 1:05; Eric Barbera, Hopewell Valley p. David Seigle, Highland Park, 4:51; 170: Samuel Kim, East Brunswick d. Jeremy Hunt, Hopewell Valley, 2-1; Luke Fernandez, Lacey Twp. p. TJ Curran, Colonia, 0:28; 182: Josh Batista, Perth Amboy, by default over Glenn Cross, Matawan; Ron Nazaro, North Brunswick, d.Max Pavlis, Spotswood, 8-3; 195: Shane Haddad, Gov. Livingston, p. Tom Cardaci, Bishop Ahr, 1:38; Doug Ryan, South River d. Hashaun Fullwood, Perth Amboy, 3-1; 220: Mike Markulec, Hopewell Valley p. Mike Chakivisky, Perth Amboy, 1:03: Pat Schinder, Lacey Twp. d. Michael Quintin, East Brunswick, 9-4; 285: Sultan Abdelaziz, Matawan p. Ian Butler, Hopewell Valley, 3:08; Amiran Odzelashvili, Spotswood p. Oliver Piuri, East Brunswick, 0:51.
106: Tyler Shwartz, East Brunswick md. Chris Sergio, Gov. Livingston, 17-9; 113: Etai Yonah, WW-P South p. Ryan Fahy, Spotswood, 5:58; 120: Connor Garrity, Lacey Twp. p Rumarvin Torres, New Brunswick, 1:08; 126: Eric Webber, East Brunswick d.Eric Osorio, Lawrence, 9-4; 132: Humberto Argueta, Perth Amboy md. Jack Cruz, South River, 17-5; 138: Andrew Garrity, Lacey Twp. d. Dean Clarke, Hopewell Valley, 5-4; 145: Mike Jennings, Lawrence tf. Frank Albergo, Metuchen, 18-3; 152: Ben Schulman, WW-P South p. Pete Melendez, Colonia, 4:26; 160: David Seigle, Highland Park p. T.J. Matty, Colonia, 1:34; 170: Jeremy Hunt, Hopewell Valley md. TJ Curran, Colonia, 11-2; 182: Glenn Cross, Matawan p. Max Pavlis, Spotswood, 3:58; 195: Hashaun Fullwood, Perth Amboy d.Tom Cardaci, Bishop Ahr, 7-2; 220: Michael Quintin, East Brunswick d. Mike Chakivisky, Perth Amboy, 3-2; 285: Ian Butler, Hopewell Valley d. Oliver Piuri, East Brunswick, 2-1.


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Allen also said that officials have decided that they can leave the Macondo capped if the site needs to be evacuated for the storm.
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In public forum, Poulsbo mayor demands civility
A recent exchange between City of Poulsbo staff and a concerned citizen that led to the citizen's removal from a public meeting has drawn both criticism and applause.
Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson was thanked and chided for asking Molly Lee, a land owner in Poulsbo's Urban Growth Area, to leave a recent meeting in which Erickson said Lee was disruptive. The trouble came when Lee challenged a city planner and voices began to rise, Erickson said.
"That's where I start to draw the line," she said.
Lee was asked to leave a meeting of the Poulsbo Urban Trails Committee, where she was protesting a conceptual trail in the sensitive Johnson Creek corridor which crosses a portion of her property. Lee has spoken publicly several times on the issue. She frequently attends meetings at the city and county, and was part of a lawsuit filed against the city's Comprehensive Plan last year.
Erickson admitted the situation escalated quickly, and because there is no clear definition of inappropriate behavior in city code, her decision was a "judgment call."
"I obviously always should respect everyone's right to know," Erickson said. "But we don't have an obligation to be abused nor to let our other citizens be abused."
Councilwoman Linda Berry-Maraist, who was also in attendance, stood behind Erickson's decision to ask Lee to leave, she said at a later council meeting.
Erickson said her decision protected the rights to free speech for others in attendance.
She said public meetings should carry a standard of civility and respect. When those practices are neglected, "not only is it my right but it's my responsibility to stop it," she said. "It's not something I like to do, but it's my job."
This isn't the first time Lee has been singled out. In December, Lee received notice from Erickson that city staff were instructed to respond to her only in writing. Erickson said Lee had been making several lengthy phone calls to staff in various departments.
Earlier this month, Lee said she was not helped in person when she came to the planning department at City Hall with a question. She was cautioned by Erickson in 2009 to refrain from making comments against the city's North Viking road construction project, which Erickson deemed inaccurate and inflammatory.
Lee said being asked to leave the meeting was "disconcerting," but because her position as a land owner is relevant she will continue to supply the city with her comments in writing.
"I have a vested interest. I'm not going to be quiet, I care about my property. The law provides me with that opportunity," Lee said. "If Ms. Erickson expects me to just sit there and to accept what people are doing ... it's fairly inconceivable."
Lee has several concerns over the conceptual trail, including that a map bearing the trail will be adopted into the city's Comprehensive Plan and become enforceable in the future. She and several other property owners in that area have told the city they are not willing to give portions of their land to a public trail, and the city has insisted it has no plans to force them to do so.
Lee is also concerned that a new designation for the watershed, changing it from an "open space" to a "wildlife corridor," has left it without policy protection, she said.
She said she was speaking, not yelling, and left time for others to speak at the meeting she was asked to leave.
"I was very motivated and passionate about it," she said. "I wasn't loud, I wasn't yelling, I was not calling people names."
Lee wondered if her frustration at not being heard is shared by others, and if it is linked to sparse attendance at city meetings.
"Does it warrant being kicked out because you're concerned? No. In fact, it warrants to be paid attention to," she said.
According to minutes from the meeting, which occurred Jan. 13, the committee agreed to move the mapped conceptual line out of the Johnson Creek environmental buffer, despite establishing it had been placed there only for planning purposes. The minutes hold no mention of Lee being asked to leave, but do document that she was in attendance.
Erickson's recent "judgment call" didn't sit well with Lee's husband, John, who said he couldn't respect the mayor's decisions regarding his wife.
"I believe that that is a misuse of power. It's a misuse of your authority, I'm appalled by it," he said at a council meeting last month.
The nature of committee meetings differs from City Council sessions, which are more formal and regulated by rules of order. Committees tend to be more relaxed; often the public is invited to join staff and council members at the table, or chime in on discussions. They are lightly attended, and serve the purpose of informing council members more thoroughly on issues. Members then report back to the full council, which retains decision-making power.
City Clerk Jill Boltz said publicly advertised meetings are held to accomplish a business agenda, and usually citizens don't interfere. Through its committee system, the city is especially transparent for members of the public who do have concerns, she said.
"I just can't imagine us being any more open to the public's participation, but obviously there have to be limits and boundaries. It can't impede other people's right to give their input and opinions," Boltz said.
City codes are light on how municipal meetings should be governed, and there is no stipulation that public comments be taken, though they are allowed, Boltz said.
Washington's Open Public Meetings Act requires all governing bodies to meet in public, but does allow for the removal of anyone responsible for an interruption that renders the "orderly conduct of such meeting unfeasible."
Erickson holds open office hours at City Hall each Saturday for citizens who want to converse. Valuing transparency is a trend she began her first day as mayor, when she removed the door to her office. She knows what it's like to be outside city government and to have unpopular opinions. She fought the annexation of her Noll Road farm, which eventually occurred in 2007, before being elected to the City Council and, later, the mayor's office.
She said citizen input, though sometimes harshly delivered, is important, and she'd like to see more of the public take note of business at City Hall. She hopes to implement a Neighborhood Congress program to encourage people to become invested in their immediate surroundings.
"Not only is it the citizens' rights, it's their responsibility to speak up," Erickson said. "Citizen involvement is imperative, but you have to be nice."
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The Jersey Journal spoke with chef and owner Omar Giner about cooking, philosophy and everything in between:
NAME: OMAR GINER AGE: 40 PROVENANCE: Giner was born and raised in Hudson County and attended the Hudson County Community College Culinary Arts School. Giner has been working in the kitchen since 1987, with just a two-year gap in which he tried out sales. He's worked at the Plaza Hotel, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Russian Tearoom in New York. He is the co-founder of La Isla, which means "The Island" in Spanish.
A QUICK HISTORY: The restaurant was around under the same name for many years before Giner came in 14 years go and made it the Cuban cuisine destination it is today. "The place has always been Spanish or Latin," he said. "But (in the past), if the cook was Puerto Rican, that's what the food was. If the cook was Dominican, that's what the food was. There was never really an identity of the restaurant. So one of the things we wanted to do when we took over is to give it the identity."
PHILOSOPHY: Giner is a strong believer in home-style cooking. He makes everything from scratch in the kitchen and that's what makes this quaint restaurant so unique. "The great thing is, occasionally you have people that (say) 'Oh, this tastes like my mother used to make or this is almost like my grandmother used to make,' he said. "It means you're doing something right."
HIS SIGNATURE: His favorite dish to make is chicken with garlic sauce because although it's simple, it's a customer favorite. Whether you want simply Cuban with rice and beans or something a little more unique, like ox tail - on Thursdays - you can find it at La Isla.BEHIND
THE SCENES: La Isla is a compact place that has a small kitchen. The kitchen is usually crowded with the dishwasher, salad preparer, two breakfast or evening chefs and another cook working just to prepare more time-consuming homemade foods, like empanadas. Fridays and Saturdays are especially busy in the back, with food vendors coming by and breakfast and lunch both served at once because breakfast is extended an hour on Saturdays.
AMBIANCE: The restaurant is a fun place to relax, with Latin music playing and someone or another cracking a joke. "We are known for being kind of like a home-y place," Giner said. "That's the feeling I like you to have when you come here."
DEMOGRAPHICS: Everyone from all walks of life and with all sizes of wallets visits this little Cuban restaurant, which is just the way Giner wants it. "I didn't want to alienate or just target one specific type of clientele," he said. "My thing was to get the construction worker that would want to spend maybe $5 or $6 on lunch and also to get the Wall Street guy."


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October/November 1986 | Volume 37, Issue 6
On even the briefest visit to Annapolis, Maryland, you'll find yourself wandering the same streets over again; and each time is an occasion for wonder. It's that compact—the historic district measures a mere third of a square mile—and that rich, dense, and rewarding.
When it comes to tarrying, you might be drawn as I was to two special places that together evoke the essential Annapolis; as it was in the first stirrings of its mid-eighteenth-century golden age and as it is, reborn, today. One destination lies along the harbor; the other occupies a walled garden.
Start, then, at the harbor fronting on the south bank of the Severn River, where the town began. Here, in 1650, Thomas Todd built a shipyard on what is now Spa Creek, one of many inlets that still flow, fingerlike, into the lower town. Today only the name Shipwright Street survives as a reminder of Todd's risky venture, but the harbor itself is ringed with relics from the early days. An innovative preservation group called Historic Annapolis, Inc., has seen to the restoration of many of these early commercial buildings. Open to visitors are the victualling warehouse with exhibits on Annapolis's early maritime history, the Tobacco Prise House (a tiny warehouse for tobacco remnants that were shipped in hogsheads to England), and the Market House, which was saved just in time from being torn down to make room for a parking lot. The Market House story is a classic in the annals of preservation: racing against a city plan to destroy the building in 1968, Historic Annapolis uncovered a deed dating back to 1784 which proved that the property belonged to seven Annapolis merchants. Should the market ever be demolished, this document read, the land would revert to the original owners. A scramble to track down surviving descendants ensued: the group located three survivors, who agreed to join them in a lawsuit. Faced with the historical evidence and a favorable citywide referendum, the city council caved in—a victory for locals and tourists alike. Currently, nine vendors exist harmoniously in the wood frame open-market space, offering clams and oysters on the half-shell, spicy crab soup, and tempting pastries.
Riding a tide of prosperity that swept over Annapolis at the close of the French and Indian Wars, its harbor, giving on to the Chesapeake Bay, became a busy commercial arena. A rope walk, chandlery, customshouse, and cooperage, plus seafood houses and taverns, all sprang to life down by the docks. Annapolis was soon designated an official port of entry, and by the time the Revolution began, it had grown into a major outfitting port, an import center, and a staging area for troops and matériel.
Much of the colonial harbor still stands, even if gift shops and boutiques have invaded the scene. A harbor-side Hilton hotel has been built partly on pilings over the water, providing an extremely pleasant long outdoor deck used as a drinking spot and lined with bollards to allow yachtsmen to tie up and take their refreshment. Where working fishing vessels once plied these waters, today's harbor swarms with pleasure craft—million-dollar yachts, three-masted schooners, excursion boats, water taxis, and the periodic, always dramatic, visit from a Connecticut-based windjammer. These days the waterfront where Thomas Todd decided to build his boatyard is considered the sailing capital of the East Coast.
First named Providence, and then Anne Arundel Town (after the wife of a Calvert lord to whom King Charles I deeded the province), Annapolis took its present name in 1694 when it was appointed the provincial capital. At that time the governor, Sir Francis Nicholson, designed a new look for the town, replacing a grid with a series of streets radiating from two main circles, known as a baroque plan. Today's historic district faithfully reflects that original design. An English traveler of 1784 found the streets "remarkable for their singular and whimsical manner of being laid out from the province house in directions like rays from a center."
Annapolis's days of glory didn't last much beyond the Revolution; by that time the harbor had silted in and trading power shifted to the nearby city of Baltimore. Nevertheless, the golden age, considered to be the decade or so leading up to the Revolution, produced what may well be the finest flowering of colonial architecture in this country. Here is a matchless legacy of Palladian dwellings fashioned from local brick, much of which was hand-rubbed and faceted, laid painstakingly in unique patterns that still seem to glow from within. Amazingly, the homes of all four of Maryland's signers of the Declaration of Independence still stand, chief among them the 1765 masterpiece belonging to Gov. William Paca, one of the state's greatest public servants.
Approached from Prince George Street, the main entrance of the two-and-a-half-story mansion with its five-part connecting wings and end buildings, is built nearly flush to the curb yet rises high above it. There's not much room to stand back, so one stares straight up and wonders about the man who commissioned it. Just from the evidence of Paca's home we can guess that he began his career in harmony with Britain, with its arts, its forms of government, and only gradually, in stages, joined the opposition. After independence, he was the man who proposed to amend the Constitution to protect individual rights.


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The Android Market is getting a refresh ('Bout time!)
It's been a long time coming. But it looks like we're finally about to have a good chunk of complaints regarding the Android Market addressed. I haven't seen anything indicating app screenshots (have you?), but check out the slick new layout in these images from cnet. I'd say it looks much more polished and user-friendly than the raw app dump we're all used to.
Top paid, Top free, and Just in buttons grace the top of the screen along with search – making those features more readily available. Cnet reports that these shots come from an early access Sholes user, and that this is the same (in-progress) Market that devs have had their hands on since they were given access to Donut. (cont.)
Rob Jackson of Phandroid was clever enough to point out that we might be looking at some aesthetic changes attributable to Motorola's Blue UI in addition to changes in the actual Market. We're expecting to learn more from the Motorola event in San Francisco on September 10th, and I hope Mr. Noah Kravitz can confirm that the Market will sport app screen grabs.


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A healthy salt marsh is a complex ecosystem delicately balanced between the marine and terrestrial environments. It appears as a flat, low growing, meadow of lush, salt tolerant, grasses. A system of meandering creeks distributes tidal water throughout a healthy salt marsh. Because they are intimately associated with tidal
waters, salt marshes in New Hampshire are only found along the coast and around the Great Bay estuary. There are about
6,200 acres of salt marsh in New Hampshire.
Healthy salt marshes provide many important values to the residents of New
Hampshire's coasts. They are habitats for fish, birds, and other wildlife. Some wildlife
species such as sharp-tailed sparrows are only found in healthy salt marshes. Salt marshes
are a major feeding grounds for snowy egrets and great blue herons.
Salt marshes also function to improve the water quality of coastal waters. Salt
marshes are visually attractive and provide much of the open space along the coast.
Healthy marshes breed fewer mosquitoes than deteriorating marshes. Unhealthy salt marshes
can subside or erode away, leaving muddy basins.
A healthy salt marsh has several requirements including sufficient tidal flow. In
some places tidal flow is blocked by roads, railroads, and other obstructions. Even where
culverts and bridges have been installed, the opening may be too small to allow adequate
flow. The photograph below shows a restrictive road culvert which is too small to allow
adequate tidal flow.
Another common problem with salt marshes are ditches which were dug in the past in a
failed attempt to reduce mosquito populations. Often, attempts to drain and manipulate
marshes actually resulted in more mosquitoes not less.
A sick salt marsh may become choked with common reed (Phragmites
australis) as shown
in the photograph above right. Phragmites and other plants such as purple loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria) which invade unhealthy marshes have very low value for wildlife and may crowd
out more beneficial plants.
The photo below shows aerial views of a salt marsh in New England with
meandering tidal creeks that provide salt water to all parts of the
marsh. It is the salt water that is the life blood of a salt
marsh, as it limits the growth of species other than naturally adapted
salt marsh vegetation.
First, learn about the importance of keeping salt marshes healthy. There are plenty
of opportunities, just call one of the offices listed below. Help educate your neighbors
about the significance of salt marshes to the ecology of New Hampshire's coast.
Second, learn to use the tools available to help you evaluate the potential for
restoring salt marshes in your community such as methods and brochures on our
Ecosystem Restoration web site.
Third, volunteer to take an active role in salt marsh evaluation, monitoring, and
restoration. Many coastal towns in New Hampshire are getting involved in maintaining the
health of our coastal marshes. There are opportunities for citizens to participate in
ongoing restoration and monitoring of salt marshes in New Hampshire.
Your town Conservation Commission or:
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Durham, NH 03824-1499
(603) 868-7581
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Concord, NH 03301
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Concord, NH 03302-0095
(603) 271-8811
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Plants vs. Zombies 2 Coming This July
Plants vs. Zombies is definitely a great game, but it can get a little old. It's been out for a long time already, first released in 2009. It's about time for a sequel, right? Well PopCap released a new trailer for Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time featuring people getting overly emotional about the lack of a sequel. It's quite funny, so give it a watch. Just like with the original, it should come to Android at some point. We're excited for the sequel to such a fun little game, are you?


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Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Light wind becoming south between 11 and 14 mph. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.
Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers between 10pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming north. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 38. North wind between 6 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 60%.


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Three veteran players could be getting boosts to their fantasy football values, mostly from outside factors. Ray Rice is getting offensive line help. Eli Manning goes on a run of soft matchups, and Fred Jackson could be the last man standing in the Bills' backfield.
Ray Rice, RB, Baltimore Ravens: The Ravens traded for offensive tackle Eugene Monroe, who represents a huge upgrade over 34-year-old starter Bryant McKinnie. Monroe is a much better run blocker, a good indication that Baltimore will reinvest in Rice and the ground game.
The Ravens are still searching for their identify after an uneven performance through four games. They've strayed away from the run after compiling the third-worst rushing average (2.6 ypc) in the NFL, relying instead on the right arm of QB Joe Flacco.
Rice missed one game with a hip injury and has rushed for 89 yards on 30 carries. As the most accomplished weapon on Baltimore's offense, Rice is a good bet to be a focal point of the game plan this week at Miami and beyond.
Eli Manning, QB, New York Giants: Manning has a prime matchup this week at home against a Philadelphia Eagles secondary that has allowed the second-most passing yards (325 ypg) in the NFL.
But this could just be the start of good things to come for Manning and the struggling Giants. Five of New York's next six opponents rank among the 10 worst pass defenses in the NFL, including Nos. 31 and 32, Philadelphia and Minnesota.
It's now or never for Manning, one of the most inconsistent quarterbacks in fantasy football. The matchups certainly lend credence to the idea that Manning will bounce back in a big way.
Fred Jackson, RB, Buffalo Bills: Jackson has been the most valuable running back on the Bills' roster, outperforming starter C.J. Spiller through the first four weeks.
Against Cleveland in Week 5, Jackson might be the ONLY viable running back on the Bills' roster. While both are nursing injuries, Jackson has said he'll "definitely play" while Spiller looks iffy, at best.
It's a short week for the Bills, giving Spiller less time to heal the quad injury he aggravated last week. Jackson could have another window of opportunity to produce and, perhaps, make a case for an even bigger workload.


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Briefly, Feb. 15
FELC hosting herb program
"Herbs: Every day in so many ways" is the title of a program at the Franciscan Earth Literacy Center 10 a.m.-noon Saturday.
Ann Boyd of Findlay, owner of My Own Backyard Herbs and Flowers, is to present the program, which includes handouts. A freewill offering is to be taken.
FELC is at 194 St. Francis Ave.
For more information, call (419) 448-7485.
Natural nourishment
workshop slated March 8-9
Sister Rita Wienken, a sister of St. Francis, is planning a weekend workshop 7 p.m. March 8 to 8 p.m. March 9 called "From the Soil to Your Table Nourishing Your Family."
Since 1982,Wienken has been helping produce organic foods. In 2005, she founded Seeds of Hope Farm at St. Francis, a small, sustainable farm dedicated to the production of healthful, natural produce and pastured poultry and eggs. Under her direction, the farm has grown from 2 to 20 acres.
She also started a community-supported agriculture operation that fed 170 households in 2010, distributed produce to Catawba Island Club in Port Clinton and ran a farm stand on the Sisters of St. Francis property.
Wienken now uses her 35 years of experience in organic vegetable production in Bryan, as a consultant for gardeners and farmers who are interested in growing organic produce. She is carrying out her vision of eating locally and seasonally by growing, or purchasing 70 percent of the food she eats within a 100-mile radius of where she lives.
Wienken plans to help participants explore their food system and learn how to make changes in purchasing habits to have an impact on the nutritional value and healthiness of food.
She is to offer methods for growing food organically through the square-foot gardening and teach the basics of organic gardening. Participants can design on paper their own raised-bed garden and discover how to raise fresh produce with little effort.
Cost is $105 for overnight workshop, $65 for a commuter or $50 for Saturday only.
For more information or to register, call (419) 443-1485.


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Oregon's injury issues seem to be mostly resolved. The only player of note who didn't look to me like a full-go was quarterback Daryle Hawkins (knee).
Everybody else of note -- on the offensive line, at receiver, at linebacker, at tight end -- was in uniform and practicing.
UO coach Chip Kelly was all business in a brief, post-practice session with reporters. There were no references to the Lion King, Winston Churchill or Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Kelly said he wasn't sure what to make of Stanford's defense, which is ranked 11th nationally after beating up on Sacramento State, UCLA, Wake Forest and Notre Dame.
"It's tough to tell because you're trying to judge apples to oranges," Kelly said. "I've never seen Notre Dame play, so I don't know if Notre Dame is good or bad. I've never seen Sac State play. I've never seen Wake Forest play. Sometimes you don't know until you see guys in person and say wow, this team is pretty good.
"It's the same thing with (Arizona State quarterback) Steven Threet, trying to judge him. Then you see him in person, and you say, 'Wow, that kid is a great player.'"
Kelly said Stanford's offensive balance will be an issue for the UO defense.
"They run the ball as well as they throw the ball," Kelly said. "They present problems in both aspects. You just can't say it's a running team or a throwing team. They're pretty balanced in how they do it."
The ESPN College GameDay set is taking shape in the Casanova Center parking lot on the west end of Autzen Stadium. Festivities start there at 6 a.m., with an hour hosted by Erin Andrews that can be viewed on ESPNU.
I wrote earlier this week that GameDay begins at 7 a.m., and that is when the traditional show featuring Kirk Herbstreit, Chris Fowler, Desmond Howard and Lee Corso gets underway on ESPN.
I was corrected on Twitter by Andrews herself, who wrote: "Gm Day starts @ 6 am..not 7! We need that crowd out there early!!"
So, set those alarm clocks, 6 a.m. it is.


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JACKSON, MI – Slowly but surely, something remarkable happened to Jackson County government: It became civilized.
My best theory traces this surprising development from an event that happened exactly 20 years ago this month.
At that time, Jackson County commissioners were famed for bitter shouting matches and tedious bickering. They sometimes stalked out of public meetings in anger or disgust. Power struggles and conspiracy theories were common as dandelions in May.
Verbal assaults were routine and included accusations of "Gestapo tactics" and "violent attacks." The chairman became so fed up he issued a letter pleading with commissioners to "respect each other."
One winter day in 1992, the late Commissioner Thomas Ratchford blew his top over former Commissioner Dorothy Decker's habit of tape-recording public meetings.
"You're not going to have my voice on that silly tape. Period," Ratchford declared.
Decker had a clear right to tape, but commissioners were so paralyzed by in-fighting they obtained a legal opinion on the question of whether they could record each other at public meetings.
That sort of stuff has disappeared now.
Commissioners still disagree on issues, but without fist-pounding and shouting.
On Wednesday, Commissioner James E. Shotwell Jr. was unanimously elected to an unprecedented eighth year as chairman. Any challenges to leadership now happen quietly and behind the scenes, instead of as open political warfare.
Having given far too much thought to the subject, I conclude this new atmosphere is not strictly a matter of personalities. If it were that simple, past commissioners had to be functionally inferior. I refuse to believe that is true.
My explanation lies in one thing that often explains human conflict: Pressure for fundamental change.
County government, in the most contentious days, still operated in a largely obsolete style featuring elected commissioners who ran county offices with minimal administrative buffer.
Reformers called it a fiefdom of "good old boys" and pressed for the hiring of professional, college-trained public administrators to oversee county offices.
So-called good-old-boys, who despised that label, resisted change for reasons less ignoble than their critics noticed. For one thing, they really believed elected representatives ought to tend to the people's business without high-priced managers.
Defending the status quo, as is often the case, was ultimately a losing proposition.
On Jan. 4, 1993, the first-ever Jackson County administrator started working. It seems no big deal now, but at the time it was important enough that Ratchford resigned in protest.
Any group of people is likely to treat each other in a more civilized way when pressure for fundamental change goes away. For county commissioners, that process began 20 years ago this month.
-- Reach Brad Flory to complain, vilify, heap scorn, or even agree at firstname.lastname@example.com


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An MRI on Tuesday revealed a high right ankle sprain from the injury he suffered in Monday night's game against the Cleveland Indians, and Detroit manager Jim Leyland said it would have kept him out nearly three weeks.
However, in this instance, it only will cost Cabrera the last six games of a season in which he batted .328 with 38 home runs and a major league-leading 126 RBIs.
Leyland's response when asked to sum up his cleanup hitter's year: "MVP. That pretty much tells it all for me. He probably gets more respect than any hitter in the league.
"People probably have their minds made up. But do I think he's the MVP? Yes. But do I think there are other candidates? Yes. Does he deserve it? Yes. I think he's been the best player in the league this year."
Cabrera jammed his heel on the bag at first when retreating to avoid a pickoff attempt by Cleveland catcher Luke Carlin and now is limping with a walking boot.
Leyland said the area in which Cabrera improved the most this season was in "not throwing at-bats away." He had 63 fewer at-bats than in 2009 but still managed 23 more RBIs, 15 more runs and an additional four homers and four doubles this season.
Although, his defense dropped off. Cabrera's errors nearly doubled from seven to 13, and he did not have the glove presence of MVP contenders Josh Hamilton and Robinson Cano.
Still, with a bat in his hand, perhaps no hitter was more feared in 2010 than Cabrera. His 32 intentional walks -- two shy of Ted Williams' American League record set in 1957 -- are testament to that.
Cabrera leads the league with a .420 on-base percentage and is a close second to Hamilton with a .622 slugging percentage and 1.042 on-base percentage.
Leyland said Cabrera, who had numerous family members with him in Cleveland, was being sent home and would not travel to Baltimore for the final four-game series.
"He's done all he can do," Leyland said.
The slugger spent last offseason splitting time between South Florida -- where he underwent alcohol abuse counseling as well as physical training -- and his native Venezuela.
"It's strange not putting Cabrera's name in there," said Leyland, glancing at his lineup card. "But that it wasn't broken, that's a blessing. But a high ankle sprain is bad."
Leyland said the injury won't alter his offseason plans or preparations for 2011.
"After this year, I hope he doesn't change anything," Leyland said.


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Profile of Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker is the managing editor of The Navigator magazine. He is also a former Telegram reporter who covered, among many other beats, the fisheries. In his blog, he will be colourful, different and saucy — all aimed to amuse and provoke, and most importantly, bring fisheries issues in the province to the forefront.
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Reforms Good, If Long Overdue
For 20 years while Darrell McGraw was West Virginia's attorney general, fellow Democrats in the Legislature did nothing about his abuses, wasting millions of dollars in taxpayers' money and engaging in conflicts of interest. Now, suddenly, some lawmakers have "gotten religion" in terms of reining in the attorney general.
Some may speculate that is because a Republican, Patrick Morrisey, now holds the post. Morrisey defeated McGraw in the 2012 election.
Better late than never, however. Enacting some restraints on the attorney general, no matter who and of which party holds the office, is a good thing – providing they are intended as an improvement, not just a partisan assault on Morrisey.
House of Delegates Speaker Tim Miley, D-Harrison, proposed the legislation Sunday.
A primary target is conflicts of interest. Both Morrisey and his wife have worked for drug companies, and the attorney general's office is suing two of them. Morrisey already has removed himself from involvement in both cases, handing them off to his chief deputy.
Some legislators say that is not enough. They want a law requiring that when such conflicts occur, the cases must be assigned to private lawyers outside the attorney general's office.
That may not be a bad idea – though clearly, there still would be room for conflicts.
McGraw was infamous for using the proceeds of lawsuit settlements in his own office, not turning the money over to the state treasury. Early in his term, Morrisey said he would refrain from that practice.
Miley and some other legislators want a law requiring that any funds received from lawsuits must be paid into the state general revenue fund. Providing the attorney general is allowed to retain enough money to cover the costs of such lawsuits, that, too, is a good idea.
Morrisey probably views the proposals as partisan assaults on him. He may well be right, especially in light of the abuses legislators tolerated from McGraw for two decades.
Morrisey also may wonder if legislators plan to set similar curbs on themselves regarding conflicts of interest. Some still maintain involvement on issues in which they have personal interests.
In all likelihood, the proposals are politics as usual in the Mountain State. Still, providing enactment of Miley's package does not hamper the attorney general in doing his job, the restraints may be a good idea. One never knows who will serve as attorney general in the future, after all.