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|North Central is on a bit of
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North Central athletics photo by Steve Woltmann
The emotion of the first week of the playoffs envelopes the national fanbase in three waves.
The initial wave began Sunday night, when the first geographically mixed 32-team playoff bracket in modern Division III history was revealed. Brackets have either officially or unofficially broken down by north, south, east and west. No longer, and that plus a couple of surprise Pool C selections gave us all something to talk about for the past few days.
The final wave starts with Pat Coleman, Ryan Tipps and I setting final score expectations for the 16 first-round games in Triple Take, and ends with the cascade of final scores from all the simultaneous noon kickoffs on Saturday. We process everything we've learned and graduate on to Round 2.
But here we are in midweek, where we're past the initial surprise of the field and the matchups being revealed, but not yet close enough to kickoff to let raw excitement take over. And so D3football.com will satisfy your cravings with 32 team capsules and a handful of Road to Salem features, but we also trot out four perspectives on where this whole thing is heading.
For several seasons, Union broadcaster and In The HuddLLe co-host Frank Rossi, senior writer and Around the mid-Atlantic columnist Ryan Tipps, executive editor Pat Coleman and myself have analyzed the bracket from a unique perspective. We look at the entire field in four quadrants – maybe more necessary this season than in the past – to find where can we expect to see teams perform beyond expectations, who might come up short, and who will be the semifinalist left standing when the games of Dec. 3 go in the books.
Our surprises and disappointments go deeper into the bracket than just that first-round matchup you're focused on, yet we're not skipping all the way ahead to Salem.
I crunched some numbers as I looked at the field overall, and there's a lot more intrigue here than initially met the eye. Once the shock of the mixed-up pod system wore off, here are some things I noticed:
There are the two purple powers, Mount Union and UW-Whitewater, those of the six consecutive Stagg Bowls, at opposite ends of the brackets. There are the five teams Kickoff '11 deemed most likely to break the string – St. Thomas, Wesley, North Central, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Linfield – all in the field and well positioned. There are record-breaking offensive players and potential Gagliardi Trophy nominees – Monmouth quarterback Alex Tanney, Dubuque wide receiver Michael Zweifel and UW-Whitewater running back Levell Coppage all in the field. Offenses like McMurry's 'Air Raid' and Salisbury's ground-based triple option have put up staggering numbers and garnered national attention.
But don't defenses still win championships?
Well, at least at the conference level they do. All but one of the top 11 scoring defenses nationally in the regular season is in the playoffs – No. 1 Mount Union, No. 3 Trinity (Texas), No. 4 (tie) St. Thomas & Wabash, No. 6 Wesley, No. 7 North Central, No. 8 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 9 Linfield, No. 10 Johns Hopkins and No. 11 UW-Whitewater are each in the field and play in Round 1 at home. Sorted by total defense (yardage), teams like Delaware Valley, Western New England, Hobart and Salisbury were also in the nation's top 22 through 11 weeks.
In fact, almost everybody in the playoffs was proficient on defense. All but six playoff teams were in the top 100 of 239 nationally in total defense (No. 115 Norwich, No. 127 Dubuque, No. 136 Franklin, No. 141 Monmouth, No. 176 Redlands and No. 200 Hampden-Sydney), and all but three were among the best at scoring D (No. 149 Hampden-Sydney, No. 151 McMurry and No. 185 Illinois College).
It's no shock that the teams who were shaky on D won with a bunch of offense. All but four of the top 16 total offenses in the country are in the field, and all but three of the top 20 in scoring offenses are in. Only Norwich fields a defense that is sub-100 and isn't backed by a top-25 offense.
It might not surprise you that the teams that score the most and allow the fewest points win the most. But these stats do give us an extra context with which to examine these brackets. Rather than going on name recognition or conference background alone, take a look at some of the power defense vs. power offense clashes scheduled for Saturday:
McMurry (No. 13 total offense, 471 yards per game) at Trinity (No. 3 scoring defense, 9.3 points/gm).
Illinois College (No. 5 total offense, 499 yds/gm) at Wabash (No. 4 scoring defense, 10 pts/gm)
Dubuque (No. 2 total offense, 507 yds/gm) at North Central (No. 7 scoring defense, 10.9 pts/gm)
Monmouth (No. 1 total offense, 556 yards/gm, and scoring offense, 49.3 pts/gm) at Illinois Wesleyan (No. 8 scoring defense, 11.3 pts/gm)
All that is perhaps a long way of saying don't just focus on what's flashy when you look at the bracket. Of course Monmouth and McMurry and Salisbury and Dubuque are surprise candidates because they can score. But it might be who can stop those offenses, and those of a few purple-clad teams you might have heard of, that truly stands out on the way to Salem.
Also, if we don't pick your team to advance, it doesn't mean we don't think they can. By nature, every playoff team comes in with a lot to like. Having to sort out the really great from the extraordinary isn't easy. There are a handful of teams who could lose in the first round or go on a three-week run. It's the playoffs – we wouldn't want it any other way.
Without further ado, here's our foursome – which has not consulted with one another (though one pretty clearly read everyone else's picks first):
Keith: Salisbury. And by surprise I mean give UW-Whitewater a game. Sure, the Kean heads on Twitter will feel slighted yet again, but the Sea Gulls have an advantage no other team in the bracket does: A powerfully efficient option offense that is hard to prepare for on short notice. Only Wesley, which sees it every year, has been able to stop it this season, and the Wolverines are clear on the other side of the bracket. If Salisbury can mix in a few big-play passes along the way, I could see them leading UW-Whitewater in the second half of a quarterfinal matchup.
Ryan: Salisbury. The No. 2 seed in the bracket suits the Gulls well, though perhaps a little surprising considering Kean (which beat Wesley and Montclair State) and Franklin (whose only loss is in a non-region game to UW-Whitewater) are also in the bracket. Salisbury's ultra-heavy run offense led by quarterback Dan Griffin often catches unfamiliar teams off guard, so seeing the Gulls playing in December is a good bet.
Frank: UW-Whitewater vs. an East or South third-round opponent. Normally, this type of situation is reserved if Mary Hardin-Baylor is moved into the West-centric bracket with Whitewater present. This year, a whole different bunch of characters without a history against Whitewater are playing for a chance to see just how raucous and snowy Whitewater's stadium can be in early December.
Pat: I'm going to try Thomas More. Let's throw a bit of spotlight to freshman quarterback Luke Magness, who came in for the final three quarters of the Week 11 game against Mount St. Joseph. The Saints found a little bit of spark on offense and perhaps they could continue to do so.
Keith: Thomas More. Without a win at Franklin and a major upset at UW-Whitewater, the Saints' program will have reached a plateau: Good enough to dominate the PAC and get into the postseason, but not good enough to cause a real ruckus once there.
Ryan: UW-Whitewater's opposition. The Warhawks should skate to the regional finals without much of a challenge. Nobody seems likely to fill the roles Willamette and Trine have played in recent years.
Frank: Potential Salisbury/Christopher Newport second-round rematch. Some early rematches are unavoidable based on geography. Others happen simply because it's not a conference rematch. I'm still not a fan of rematches when they are avoidable -- and Christopher Newport most likely could have safely been placed elsewhere to avoid it here.
Pat: Kean. Not necessarily this week, but I think when Salisbury comes around, it'll be a different story.
Keith: UW-Whitewater. Have to go with the wear-them-down Warhawks until somebody proves it can stand up to a fourth quarter of the rock being pounded.
Ryan: Defending national champion UW-Whitewater. As scary as ever.
Frank: UW-Whitewater. There's just not enough strength in any one team to give Whitewater a challenge -- although, that fact could cause the Warhawks to become lethargic entering a major semifinal game.
Pat: It's purple, royally. I mean UW-Whitewater, in case there was a question.
Keith: Illinois Wesleyan. The last time a CCIW runner-up got out of the considerable shadow Mount Union casts over North Region teams, Wheaton won three games and was a 2008 semifinalist. The Titans will have their hands full from the first snap against Monmouth and might not survive the first round, but there's not a team here it can't match up with. An upset at St. Thomas and a win out East is possible.
Ryan: St. John Fisher. As a two-loss Pool C team, they could certainly validate the committee's decision with a first-round win against Johns Hopkins. JHU has stumbled (but not fallen) the last two weeks against teams with lackluster records, most recently against McDaniel, which, like St. John Fisher, is best when able to move the ball on the ground. But some of JHU's issues at the end of the regular season could be attributed to getting caught looking ahead to the playoffs. JHU will need to step up its rushing defense if it hopes to survive the home game with a win.
Frank: Four undefeated teams. With all the shuffling with regions that we saw, was there really a need to place four undefeated teams in the same bracket? I understand the St. Scholastica perception, but we still have to give some iota of credence to their record. Okay, that's long enough. It just seems like the bracket was unnecessarily stuffed with perfection. One of those games could have rolled up to the UW-Whitewater bracket to distribute the strength.
Pat: St. John Fisher. I think they're going to be a lot more physical than Johns Hopkins is used to. The question is whether having the better passing quarterback, heck, the better overall quarterback, is enough of a difference for the Blue Jays. And Frank, that's one iota too much. You're wasting my editing time!
Keith: Delaware Valley. Depends how disappointment is defined though. I don't think the Aggies live up to their top-seed status, but I do think going 10-0 with an incredibly young offense represents a positive step for the program. They've found a QB in freshman Aaron Wilmer. They will last more than a week in the playoffs. But I find it hard to envision the Aggies as one of the four best teams in the country.
Ryan: St. Thomas not being the No. 1 seed in the bracket. However, I'm not sure that it really matters in the end. Both St. Thomas and the bracket's top seed, Delaware Valley, have equally tough roads to travel, but the MIAC has a strong reputation for deep playoff runs, including last year's regional final matchup between St. Thomas and Bethel. The committee said this year that they were going to give some weight in the seedings to past playoff performance. They missed it in this case, but as noted earlier, it's probably moot.
Frank: Keith McMillan's disappointment in St. John Fisher's selection. Yes, Keith, I do read your columns, listen to your podcasts, appreciate your fashion sense and bless the ground you walk on. That said, we were Fisher fans last year when others weren't. This year, you abandoned me. Look, the team had one of the best strengths of schedule for a team with a winning record, and the two losses were "quality" losses. More importantly, they played some reasonable out-of-conference opponents despite the 36-point Hobart loss. Did you really want to reward a team that played all NEFC teams all season? Was a team that lost to Rochester really deserving of the spot? Could you really differentiate the other two-loss teams in a way to stack them above Fisher's resume? I don't think so. Reboard the bus, my friend -- there's plenty of room.
Pat: I'm going to try Illinois Wesleyan here. The Titans haven't put together a lot of offense. Now, admittedly, the defense is darn good, and Monmouth hasn't faced a lot of top-flight competition. But in a shootout, I find myself wondering how much ammunition Illinois Wesleyan has.
Keith: St. Thomas. The Tommies have given up just 27 points since Oct. 1, they've been nearly impossible to run on, and it's going to take a tremendous effort by an opposing offense to bounce them from the postseason.
Ryan: Illinois Wesleyan. Almost every season, we have a team in the playoffs that surprises us. This year, I think that team will be Titans. Their weakness is a clear lack of a solid run game, but they do have a defense that has already faced the likes of North Central and Wheaton. Perhaps it's a testament to how strong I think the CCIW is, but I don't see IWU facing any challenge greater than what they've already encountered this fall.
Frank: St. Thomas. No Bethel to stop them this year. The Tommies are on a real roll the last couple seasons -- so, it may be their time to shine.
Pat: St. Thomas. But I'm looking forward to that quarterfinal, whether it's against Delaware Valley, St. John Fisher or Johns Hopkins.
Keith: The strength of this group. Maybe we should have made a bigger stink about including Mary Hardin-Baylor, Linfield and Wesley in one bracket, and sending both SCIAC teams on the road. According to my ballot, it's the only bracket featuring exclusively top 25 teams, including five of my top 10. According to the overall top 25, only Hobart is unranked. The Statesmen are the only team I can't see advancing. In terms of surprise teams, the McMurry/Trinity winner could be a problem for UMHB in Round 2.
Ryan: The national nature of this bracket. From New York to Delaware to Texas to California to Oregon. That kind of journey has the makings of a bad country song, but it's a pretty smart setup. There was bound to be a flight after Round 1 in certain regions anyway, so it was wise to organize the pairings this way. The downside is piling Linfield, Cal Lutheran, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Wesley all in one bracket. It's certainly the most stacked of the four brackets.
Frank: The most expensive bracket ever. Look, the diversity of teams has already been chronicled. However, let's quantify the expense we'll be witnessing. There are seven games in this bracket. Of the four first-round games, one is a guaranteed flight (Redlands at Mary Hardin-Baylor). Of the two second-round games, one is an obvious guaranteed flight (Hobart/Wesley winner vs. Cal Lutheran/Linfield winner -- with one team flying across the country). Yet, there is another guaranteed flight. If Redlands beats Mary Hardin-Baylor, the second-round matchup against a Texas team is another flight. If Mary Hardin-Baylor beats Redlands, we have all Texas teams left in that pod. That would guarantee a third-round flight. So, again, there will be either three or four flights in this seven-game bracket. I can't ever remember anything close to this possibility in the past.
Pat: McMurry, with or without Jake Mullin. I feel like Stephen Warren is a pretty good quarterback too, enough to get them to the second round. Did I miss the memo? At least someone picked a team.
Keith: Redlands. A season that started with an upset of highly touted North Central probably ends in Round 1 at UMHB. And while the playoff bid and the games against other top teams make this a seminal season in Bulldogs football history, the second half against Cal Lutheran cost them a home game and a more favorable matchup. Getting through the West gauntlet is always going to be tough; it's too bad Redlands made it tougher on themselves. At 10-0 with a selection committee thinking outside the box, who knows what their path to Salem would've looked like.
Ryan: The Cal Lutheran-Linfield rematch. However, this could play well for Cal Lutheran, which has steamrolled through its conference slate after falling to the Wildcats in the opener. An upset brewing? You bet. Daniel Mosier and a couple of other workhorses in the running back ranks will chip away at the Linfield defense. And the Kingsmen have the passing arsenal to keep the defenders guessing.
Frank: Lack of seedings. I've heard an argument since the release of the brackets that somehow 8-2 St. John Fisher, with a 36-point loss to Hobart, was seeded higher than 7-1 Hobart despite the head-to-head loss by Fisher. That, according to these people, is why Fisher drew Johns Hopkins and Hobart drew Wesley. Yet, the South's regional rankings from four days earlier would suggest that Hopkins was above Wesley. You know what could settle this, right? Yes, a release of the seedings and/or the final regional rankings. We understand that all games don't follow the 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5 convention. It would just help people understand how certain wins and losses could affect the rankings and seedings.
Pat: Oof, tough call. I don't see any "higher seeded" team here likely to lose at home, aside from what I said above. I'm just disappointed we can't have some kind of round-robin between Linfield, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Wesley. What a great bunch of games that would be.
Keith: Mary Hardin-Baylor. It's sort of lame to pick chalk in such a loaded bracket, but the Crusaders have a lot going for them, not the least of which is playing in Texas should it draw Linfield or Wesley. The Cru was also tested in the first half the season, had no scares against inferior teams in the second half and is more than just a one-dimesional, 300-yard-a-game rushing attack.
Ryan: Mary Hardin-Baylor. Against the run and pass, UMHB's defense has stopped it all this season. And couple that with an offense that has plenty of running room to do maximum damage on the scoreboard, there's little doubt the kind of threat this team poses to opponents.
Frank: Mary Hardin-Baylor. I said this last year. I was wrong. I don't mind being wrong. That's why I participate in this column every year. This is the most wide-open bracket to me, so my dartboard was effective for confirming this choice.
Pat: I like all three of those teams, but have to go with ... the Linfield-Wesley winner. I'm sure that's why at least some of the rest of the guys picked Mary Hardin-Baylor, because we can't predict this other toss-up game, especially without knowing where it will be played (Dover).
Keith: The offense/defense contrast in these matchups. Dubuque, Illinois College and Hampden-Sydney are among the most potent offenses in the country. North Central, Wabash and Mount Union are some of the best defenses. If the Tigers-Purple Raiders matchup happens in Round 2, we'll see three defenses snuff out three powerful offenses.
Ryan: Wabash. This is the most solid Little Giants football team in at least half a decade – and it's because there's more to it than just the offense. First-year defensive coordinator B.J. Hammer, a former Wabash standout himself, has tailored a defense around All-American CJ Gum that is both quick and physical. And special teams benefit from the best kicking and punting in years, while having one of the nation's fiercest return threats in Wes Chamblee. This is more than just Wabash's best team in recent memory; it's also the most complete. They will challenge for a deep run.
Frank: Mount Union's competition. Coach Larry Kerhes should be pretty upset with Widener right now. You see, Delaware Valley being undefeated took away Mount Union's East Region Club membership for one year. With that loss of privileges comes a very challenging Round 2 matchup (either Centre or Hampden-Sydney) and Round 3 matchup (likely either Wabash or Dubuque). Purple Raider fans have a right to believe they have the toughest No. 1 seed road to the semifinals. However, Delaware Valley could face two undefeated teams during their road, making the "hardest road" argument somewhat in doubt.
Pat: The last time anyone in Alliance was upset with Widener, they put an extra score on them and made it 70. I am sure they don't care who they face. As far as a surprise, is it fair to take North Central? They're the higher-ranked team in our poll but not in the NCAA's mind. I like.
Keith: Mount Union. You thought I was cheating up there by not picking a surprise team? As we know, anything less than winning in Salem is a disappointment for the Purple Raiders. Every few years they cycle down and then a new generation of dominance begins. Nick Driskill and Charles Dieuseul lead the nation's top defense, which might be good enough to get them to Salem alone. But the transcendent offensive player has yet to emerge, which means the Purple Raiders could be vulnerable in a low-scoring game. The only reservation I have here is something Larry Kehres said after last year's Stagg Bowl, when it was noted that UW-Whitewater had won three of the past four in Salem: "They're kind of ticking me off. I might have to come back and win three of the next four," he said. Probably a bad idea to doubt the most successful coach of all time.
Ryan: Dubuque. A Pool A team like the Spartans, which plowed through a tough Iowa conference and lost just one game, by three points, has to go on the road while a Pool C team like Centre gets to host. Geography reigns when setting up the brackets, I know, but there was hardly a tougher first-round draw for the Spartans than having to face North Central – a team that, with the right bounces, could give Mount Union a run for a spot in the national semifinals. Throwing a little personal subjectivity into the objective criteria, Dubuque played well enough to earn itself an easier path to Round 2.
Frank: Illinois College. After reviewing the West Regional Rankings from four days before the Selection Show, it just looks like the West subcommittee was inconsistent on the subjective treatment of conferences. How else can you explain undefeated St. Scholastica basically being a No. 7 seed (facing St. Thomas) while Illinois College still was able to stay second in the Pool C list in the West? We know the UMAC, through its new-ness, is a weaker conference. Yet, the MWC is viewed as one of the weakest West Region conferences overall. It would have been acceptable to see St. Olaf above Illinois College based on the better objective strength of schedule and, in this case, better subjective strength of schedule (losses to St. Thomas and St. John's).
Pat: That Centre/Hampden-Sydney matchup. I'm not entirely sure where I can quite slide those teams in elsewhere, but something about this pairing doesn't seem right. But then again, the winner has to go to Mount Union, so perhaps it's alright. And Frank, this isn't 2003. Four teams beat St. John's. St. Olaf could have too.
Keith: North Central. One of these seasons, a new power is going to emerge. This is probably not the best Cardinals team, and somebody else might be the next national power, but North Central is in prime position to pull a shocker. The defense, led by Valente Garza and Willie Hayes up front, surrendered just 34 points in seven CCIW games, including only seven against Illinois Wesleyan and Wheaton. They are built to win a low-scoring struggle with Mount Union, if the unit can limit Dubuque and Wabash enough to get that far.
Ryan: Mount Union. Despite some of the close calls the Purple Raiders have had this season, they've been No. 1 on my ballot since the preseason. No reason to get off the UMU bus now.
Frank: Mount Union. Baldwin-Wallace was a wake-up call. Kehres knows no snooze button.
Pat: Mount Union.
And after breaking down all four regions, Frank throws this nugget in for good measure:
Overall Champion: Mount Union. Complain all you want about their road to the Semifinals, Mount Union fans. The tests will make them battle-tested before the most pivotal of games. The Purple Raiders win the rubber match of the seven-game series.
ATN calendar
Your team might be eliminated from championship contention, but
it isn't the last time we'll feature players, as
all-Region and all-American teams, all-star games and Gagliardi
Trophy presentation are among the reasons not to tune out.
Sat. Nov. 19: Playoffs, Round 1 (32 teams), ECAC bowl games (12 teams)
Following week: ATN podcast on Mondays, D3football.com regional wrap-ups and Road to Salem feature stories.
Sat. Nov. 26: Playoffs, Round 2
Following week: Gagliardi trophy finalists named, D3football.com Road to Salem features, ATN podcast
Sat. Dec. 3: Playoffs, Round 3 (eight teams).
Following week: D3football.com All-Region teams announced, Gagliardi Trophy regional finalists (four) announced, Liberty Mutual coach of the year fan voting ends, D3football.com playoff features midweek, ATN podcast.
Fri. Dec. 9: D-III Senior Classic all-star game in Salem, 7 p.m. kickoff.
Sat. Dec. 10: National semifinals (four teams), live webcast with ESPN regional or syndicated coverage possible.
Wed. Dec. 14: Gagliardi Trophy presentation, live webcast
Thu. Dec. 15: Stagg Bowl luncheon, pregame festivities in Salem/Roanoke
Fri. Dec. 16: Stagg Bowl 39, 7 p.m., D3football.com all-Americans announced during pregame broadcast, wall-to-wall coverage of the championship, ATN's year-in-review column
Mon. Jan. 9: Liberty Mutual coach of the year award winner announced.
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PORTSMOUTH -- New Hampshire People of Color Leadership Summit, Saturday, Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth; The leadership summit is designed to gather people committed to social justicePrior registration required. Selina Taylor, 347-628-1601, email@example.com.
ROLLINSFORD -- Seacoast Eat Local Winter Farmers' Market, Saturday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wentworth Greenhouses, 141 Rollins Road, Rollinsford; Winter Farmers' Market. Free. Info: www.seacoasteatlocal.org.
ELIOT — "If only we had known this information sooner!" This is what is heard all too often from those who take the free 12 week NAMI Family-to-Family Education course.When a family member or friend has a mental illness, you need lots of information on brain disorders, how to help your loved one, and also how to take care of yourself around the illness. NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness and NAMI Maine sponsor this highly acclaimed, evidence–based education course. Two trained, experienced teachers will present it at their home on Route 236 in Eliot, Maine. The classes begin on Monday, February 25 from 6:00-8:30 PM.Please call 207-703-0623 for more information and to register.
BARRINGTON — TOPS stands for Take Off Pounds Sensibly and its purpose is to help people who want to lose weight to do so wisely and healthily. This chapter meets every Tuesday night basically from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at the Restoration Church on Rte. 125 next to the Federal Savings Bank. Both men and women (and children) are welcome to join. Patricia Newhall, Weight Recorder, 664-2816.
DOVER/ROLLINSFORD — Knitting For World Peace is a group of volunteers who knit, crochet, quilt and use fiber to create items for community members in need. They meet at Panera Bread, Dover, on Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m.; and Sun Moon Stars Herbals, 38 Front St., Rollinsford, Sundays 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Call Lin Richard at 603-337-5124 for more information.
The Seacoast Community Garden Network website can be found at www.SeacoastCommunityGardenNetwork.org and is on Facebook at "Seacoast Community Garden Network." For more information, contact Jenny Isler, email@example.com, 207-809-3102.
DOVER — Create a peaceful world by sustaining our future. For over 5 years a multimedia discussion series has explored building community and sustaining the earth's resources through sessions on renewable/nonrenewable energy, food issues, economic, financial and health issues. Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Dover Friends Meeting, 141 Central Ave, Dover.
DOVER — The GFWC Dover Area Woman's Club meets the second Wednesday of each month at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, 6:30 p.m. The organization is looking for women 18 and older to join. The club strives to enhance the lives of others through community service. For more information call 603-842-4654.
DOVER — Dover Duplicate Bridge Club games are held on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the McConnell Center on Locust Street. Games are open to players of all abilities and are stratified. Coffee and desserts are served. The cost is $5 per person. Contact Carl Vancelette at 664-7129 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
DOVER — The Widowed Support Group of Southern New Hampshire meets at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, 2nd floor auditorium, second Sundays of the month. For information call Toni, 742-0208.
KENNEBUNK, Maine — The Astronomical Society of Northern New England (ASNNE) meets on the first Friday of the month at the New School, 38 York St. (Route 1) in Kennebunk. Beginning Astronomy classes start at 6:45 pm. Regular meeting at 7:30 pm Please see the club's website for details (asnne.org).
KINGSTON — The Sit 'n' Stitch group meets every first and third Tuesday from 5:30-7 p.m. in the children's room of the Nichols Memorial Library, 169 Main St., Kingston. 603-642-3521.
LEE — The Lee Firemen's Association meets on third Tuesdays monthly at 7 p.m., at the Lee Safety Complex. For more information, call Barbara Gingras at 659-3919.
NOTTINGHAM — Do you love horses? Have you always wanted to learn to ride? Join the 4-H Deerfield Riders Horse Club. The club is open to ages 8 and up and will focus on horses, horse management, and styles of riding. You do not need to own a horse to join! For more information, call Kim Gilman at (603) 509-7366.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine — The Zonta Club of York County meets the second Thursday of the month, September through June, at 6 p.m. at the Captain's Galley Restaurant in Old Orchard Beach. For more information, contact the club president, KT Snyder, at email@example.com or at www.zontadistrict1.org.
PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Good Sam RV Club, area chapters throughout Maine focus on family friendly RV fun, as well as activities that "give back to the community." For information go to www.MaineGoodSams.org or email@example.com.
PORTSMOUTH — The Knit-Wits have changed their name to Sit 'n Stitch and now welcome all needle crafters.Meeting every Wednesday from 10-Noon, the Sit 'n Stitch gathering offers an open space to knit, crochet, embroider or work on other lap work.It's a time to pick up tips and share projects.All skill levels and ages welcome!The meeting is held in the Hilton Garden Room on the second floor of the library at 175 Parrott Avenue.
For more information please contact librarian, Lisa Harling at 603-766-1713 or via email, email@example.com.
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Area NAACP Unit holds its monthly meetings on the first Monday of each month, unless the first Monday falls on a holiday weekend or there is extreme inclement weather in which case the meeting will be held on the second Monday. The general membership meeting begins at 7 pm. The meeting location is: One New Hampshire Avenue Portsmouth, (Pease Tradeport) 03801. Meetings are held in the third floor conference room, take the elevator. For more information contact Fred Purnell at 603-749-6362 or visit www.seacoastnaacp.com.
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Toastmasters club meets from 7-9 p.m. at the United Methodist Church on Miller Avenue in Portsmouth on the first and third Thursday of every month. Guests are always welcome. Contact bessette. firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit www.toastmasters.org for more information.
PORTSMOUTH — Great Bay Duplicate Bridge Club meets at 10 a.m. every Monday at First United Methodist Church, 129 Miller Avenue in Portsmouth. You may come without a partner. Refreshments available. Short break for lunch. For information visit www.greatbaybridge.com or call (603) 436-8357.
ROCHESTER — Rochester Humane Lodge 21 was constituted March 1810 and Chartered in 1811. It has a long history of chartitable fund raising and local community involvement and islocated at 31 Hanson St in Rocheser. Our meetings are held several times a month. For more information or membership contact Secetary Jeff Brown at 603-320-7010.
ROCHESTER — All are welcome at the monthly Healing Circle in the Community & Education Center next to Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester. We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
WAKEFIELD — Community String Band in Wakefield: Come Join the Fun! Come and learn to play traditional music with others (jigs, reels, hornpipes, waltzes and other tunes) in a very supportive and fun atmosphere! No previous experience needed. All instruments welcome. Thursday evenings at the First Congregational Church of Wakefield, 2718 Wakefield Rd., across from the Wakefield Inn. A group for beginners starts at 6, and a mixed levels group begins at 7. Classes are $10 and are taught by wonderful multi-instrumentalist Seth Austen. Call 522-3189 for more information.


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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Watertown Retirement Board,
v. Docket No. CR-06-643
Public Employee Retirement
Administration Commission (PERAC),
Appearance for Petitioner:
Thomas F. Gibson, Esq.
2400 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140-1854
Appearance for Respondent:
Barbara Phillips, Esq.
Five Middlesex Avenue, # 304
Somerville, MA 02145
Administrative Magistrate:
Sarah H. Luick, Esq.
Pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 16(4), the Petitioner, Watertown Retirement Board, is appealing the July 10, 2006 determination of the Respondent, PERAC, refusing to reconsider its calculation of the pension reimbursement level that the State Board of Retirement has to make each year toward the pension portion of the retirement allowance of a retiree of the Watertown Retirement System. (Exs. 6 & 7.) The appeal was filed September 26, 2006. (Ex. 8) The Watertown Retirement Board waived its right to a hearing and submitted its case on a documentary record under 801 CMR 1.01(10)(c). ("A") On January 2, 2008, I was assigned as the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) Administrative Magistrate to decide this appeal. Also on January 2, 2008, the Watertown Retirement Board filed its documentary submission, which included Exhibits 1-8, and a set of proposed findings of fact numbered 1 - 10. The Board included its legal arguments. ("B") PERAC had agreed to do its filing by January 31, 2008, but that date was extended to February 15, 2008 when the record closed. ("A") PERAC agreed to all the Exhibits and to all the proposed findings of fact. PERAC also provided its legal arguments. ("C")
1. John Bartley, d.o.b. 3/25/56, was retired from the Watertown Retirement System through G. L. c. 32, § 10(2)(a), effective January 2, 2004. ("A". Exs. 1 & 2.)
2. In 1996, Mr. Bartley became a member of the Watertown Retirement System because he was a compensated elected official of the Watertown School Committee. He failed to win re-election in 2003, and decided to retire. ("A". Ex. 2.)
3. As a compensated member of the Watertown School Committee, Mr. Bartley served from January 1996 through December 2003, at $175.00 per month, or $2,100.00 annually. He received nine years of creditable service for this membership service from the Watertown Retirement Board. ("A". Exs. 2 & 3.)
4. Mr. Bartley had prior membership service as a member of the State Retirement System when he served as an elected member of the Massachusetts Legislature from January 1, 1979 through December 31, 1991. He received compensation for this service, and thirteen years of creditable service. ("A". Exs. 2 & 4.)
5. The Town of Watertown did not accept the provisions of Chapter 473 of the Acts of 1984, a local option, which amended G. L. c. 32, § 10(2)(a) and provided that only the member's three highest years of earnings were to be used in the retirement calculation. ("A". Ex. 2.)
6. In calculating Mr. Bartley's retirement allowance, the Watertown Retirement Board recognized a total of twenty-two years of creditable service. The Board did not need to use the three highest annual salaries and instead used his five highest annual salaries in the calculation, which were earned while he was working as a legislator. The average salary used in his retirement calculation was $37,232.40. ("A". Exs. 2 & 4.)
7. The Watertown Retirement Board filed its retirement calculations for Mr. Bartley with PERAC on or about February 26, 2004. PERAC approved the retirement for Mr. Bartley effective January 2, 2004, calculating an annual pension portion of $12,410.76 of his annual retirement allowance of $14,554.20. PERAC informed the Board by letter of March 18, 2004 about its approval of Mr. Bartley's retirement, noting he was receiving "a superannuation retirement allowance calculated under option B." ("A". Exs. 1 & 2.)
8. By letter of March 29, 2004, PERAC informed the State Board of Retirement that the Board was responsible for an annual reimbursement of a portion of the pension component of Mr. Bartley's annual retirement allowance. PERAC computed this portion in accordance with the terms of G. L. c. 32, § 3(8)(c). The State Board of Retirement's portion was based on Mr. Bartley's length of service as a member of the State Retirement System from January 1, 1979 through December 31, 1991, or thirteen years. PERAC found this portion to be 59.0909% of Mr. Bartley's total service of twenty-two years, and instructed the Board to reimburse the Watertown Retirement System $7,333.63 each year. PERAC copied the Watertown Retirement Board on this letter. ("A". Ex. 5.)
9. By letter of June 2, 2004, the Watertown Retirement Board asked PERAC to recalculate the amount of the State Board of Retirement's reimbursement under Section 3(8)(c) because of the substantial discrepancy between Mr. Bartley's average of his five highest years of earnings through his state service of $37,232.40 compared to his annual earnings as a member of the Watertown School Committee of only $2,100.00. ("A". Ex. 6.)
10. By letter of July 10, 2006, PERAC responded to the Watertown Retirement Board's request for a recalculation of the State Board of Retirement's annual pension reimbursement level. PERAC's actuary explained:
Mr. Bartley retired from Watertown under G. L. c. 32, § 10(2)(a). The increased benefit pursuant to that section is the result of his termination in Watertown. When a
member retires under that section, the Board from which the member retired may not request a recalculation of the reimbursement amount. Since he failed of re-election in Watertown, only the State Retirement Board could request such a recalculation in this case. (Ex. 7)
11. The July 10, 2006 letter did not contain any information in it that the Watertown Retirement Board had a right to appeal this determination to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB). (Ex. 7)
12. By letter of September 23, 2006, the Watertown Retirement Board filed an appeal with CRAB challenging the failure of PERAC's actuary to recalculate the amount of annual pension reimbursement the State Board of Retirement had to make, because the compensation Mr. Bartley received while a legislator was so much larger that the small compensation he received for service with the Watertown Retirement System. (Ex. 8)
I conclude the appeal was timely filed. This is because of the failure of PERAC to include in any correspondence sent to the Watertown Retirement Board describing its calculation of the State Retirement System's pension reimbursement, any information that this was a final PERAC calculation and could be appealed to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB) for further review.
Just what factors the PERAC actuary should consider in calculating an annual pension reimbursement owed by one retirement system to another, is set forth in the case of Massachusetts Port Authority Employees' Retirement Board ( Mass. Port Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, CRAB, PERAC, and the Danvers Retirement Board, Appeals Court 1:28 Decision No. 02-P-561 (2/18/05).("D") This case concerned a retiree, Mr. Hersey, who retired through the Mass. Port Retirement Board. He worked for the Massachusetts Port Authority for eight years and ten months, all with retirement system membership. He had four prior years of service as a Selectman in the Town of Danvers that he purchased for four years of creditable service before retiring. For his Danvers service, he had been paid $800 per year. He retired under superannuation, G. L. c. 32, § 5(2). The calculation performed to secure his retirement allowance used his three highest years of salary, which were all while he worked for the Massachusetts Port Authority. The average of those three years was $64,012.61. Factoring Mr. Hersey's age into the retirement calculation resulted in an annual pension portion of his retirement allowance of $7,916.76.
The Appeals Court addressed how Section 3(8)(c) allowed the Mass. Port Retirement Board to be reimbursed for the pension amounts attributable to service under a different retirement system, and that this provision required that PERAC's actuary compute the amount of pension reimbursement this other retirement system [Danvers] had to make each year. PERAC performed a calculation pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 3(8)(c) that relied on the length of service Mr. Hersey had under both retirement systems, and determined that the Danvers Retirement Board would be responsible for an annual pension reimbursement of $2,467.65. This represented 31.17% of Mr. Hersey's years of creditable service or four of his twelve years and ten months of creditable service. Thereafter, the Danvers Retirement Board requested that PERAC recalculate this reimbursement amount to take into account the small annual salaries Mr. Hersey had received for his service in Danvers of $800 per year. PERAC agreed, and recalculated the pension reimbursement amount down to $44.57 per year. The Mass. Port Retirement Board appealed this recalculation. The Appeals Court sided with PERAC's recalculation, upholding the CRAB decision that also agreed with PERAC's recalculation. The Appeals Court addressed how PERAC had done its recalculation. PERAC's recalculation took into account the amount Hersey would have received if he had retired independently of his Massport service and the amount he would have received if he had retired independently of his Danvers service, and calculated the Danvers reimbursement obligation based on the relationship between the two independent pension amounts.
Mass. Port Retirement Board, at 2.
The Appeals Court noted as significant that the provision requires that the actuary "consider" the employee's "length of service" in determining the amount of pension reimbursement, but does not mandate that length of service is the only factor the actuary can consider in determining the amount of annual pension reimbursement. Specifically, the Appeals Court explained:
Those provisions invest the actuary with some measure of discretion regarding the method for making the required computations, for rarely, if ever, will there be only one computational approach. Here, we cannot say that an approach based on the economic consequence of each year of Hersey's service was an abuse of discretion.
Mass. Port Retirement Board, at 2.
As further support for its interpretation of the PERAC actuary's discretion to calculate the pension reimbursement under Section 3(8)(c) considering economic impacts, the Appeals Court emphasized:
This is a pension statute and the ability to predict distant, sometimes long distant, pension obligations is an important ingredient of any retirement system's ability to assess current and future financial needs …. Accordingly, employment for a relatively short period and for a modest amount could generate a pension liability many ultiples of the employee's annual salary. The actuary's method of calculation in this case avoids those problems by creating at least a rough relationship between a system's contingent reimbursement obligation and the retired employee's time and pay in the employ of the governmental unit the system was created to serve.
Mass.Port Retirement Board, at 3.
But, PERAC contends that Section 3(8)(c) is not applicable to determining the proper pension reimbursement the State Board of Retirement will be owing to the Watertown Retirement System. PERAC reasons that because Mr. Bartley retired through G. L. c. 32, § 10(2)(a) with a termination allowance, the length of service factor in Section 3(8)(c) is not pertinent. PERAC notes that the calculation of a Section 10(2)(a) termination allowance does not take into account the exact years of creditable service once twenty years of service is reached. PERAC argues:
The basic eligibility requirements [for a Section 10(2)(a) termination allowance] are the nature of the termination and having been granted at least 20 years of creditable
service. Once basic eligibility for the benefit is met, the allowance is calculated either based on three years or five years, depending upon whether the System from which the member is retiring has accepted the provisions of Chapter 473 of the Acts of 1984. If a member has more than 20 years of service, the benefit is not increased. ("C" at 2.)
I reject PERAC's argument. Mr. Bartley's retirement comes within the reach of Mass. Port Board, supra. The PERAC actuary must take into consideration in determining the annual pension reimbursement for the State Board of Retirement, the significant discrepancy in salary levels between Mr. Bartley's service with the State Board of Retirement and his service with the Watertown Retirement System. As the Watertown Retirement Board points out, nothing in Section 3(8)(c) or in Section 10(2)(a) "excuses or restricts the application of Section 3(8)(c), and would disallow PERAC's review of 'all factors' in arriving at a rational proportioning of retirement funding obligations." ("B" at 7.) I also agree with the argument of the Watertown Retirement Board that a Section 10(2)(a) termination allowance is a kind of superannuation retirement allowance. See, Kaplan v. CRAB, et al., 51 Mass. App. Ct. 201, 205-206 (2001). The ruling in Mass. Port Board, supra, is controlling even though Mr. Bartley received a Section 10(2)(a) termination retirement allowance. There is still a pension portion of that allowance with the need to apply the provisions of Section 3(8)(c).
For these reasons, the case is remanded to PERAC to perform a recalculation of the annual pension reimbursement that the State Board of Retirement has to make to the Watertown Retirement Board in line with the recalculation done for Mr. Hersey in Mass. Port Retirement Board, supra.
Sarah H. Luick, Esq.
Administrative Magistrate
DATED: June 27, 2008
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Exar, a provider of high performance analog mixed-signal and data management products, has announced the XRP2523, a next-generation single channel switch for USB VBUS power distribution applications. The XRP2523 is compliant with the latest USB 3.0 specification as well as the established USB 2.0 specification. The new specification provides higher power to the downstream peripherals and enables more efficient battery charging over USB.
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The XRP2523 is available in volume quantities and comes standard in a RoHS compliant, halogen free 5-pin SOT-23 package. The 1,000-unit suggested retail is US$0.69 each. Exar also offers an evaluation board for customers to quickly and easily test the features of the XRP2523.


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Joe Hart insists Manchester City remain confident of retaining their Premier League title, despite falling nine points behind Manchester United over the weekend.
The champions' 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday coupled with United's win over Fulham a day earlier has left Sir Alex Ferguson's side with a comfortable gap at the top of the table.
However, City chased down an eight-point deficit to win the title last season and still have to face the Red Devils at Old Trafford, where they won 6-1 in that campaign, filling Hart with hope.
"Of course we still feel we can do this," he told reporters. "That's who we are, and that's what we are. We've put ourselves in a worse position than we would like to be, but that's football sometimes.
"The only time we can have an impact on them is when we play them. They do what they do, and I'm sure they have realised that if they play well they have a very good chance, but we know that we will always be there."
Sergio Aguero rescued a point for City against Liverpool with an incredible finish after Pepe Reina's error, while Hart preserved the draw with a close-range save from Daniel Sturridge in the game's dying embers.
"You could say it was a good result for us in the end – it was a tough one," the England No.1 added.
"You want to win, but we went behind and Sergio has had to pull something out for us to get a result. He didn't have any impact on the game whatsoever, but that's what great players do, and he scored a goal that counted.
"I hope it [Hart's save] can help keep us in the title race.
"Daniel managed to put one past me in the first half but you can only save what you can save. If it's possible to save it, I like to think I'll be there, and hopefully that will help us."


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Glenn Reynolds once noted that he has a great wife; I do too, as evidenced most recently by her willingness to spend part of her birthday evening watching a light-heavyweight title bout. We previewed the fight between undefeated Welshman Joe Calzaghe and the ageless and indestructible Bernard Hopkins here.
The fight turned out to be a good one, with too much clutching and grabbing to be considered great. But there was plenty of drama. A minute into the first round, Hopkins, the underdog, decked Calzaghe with a right for the bout's only knockdown. So Calzaghe was playing catch-up against a champion who, although 43 years old, was in great condition and used every trick in the book.
Calzaghe controlled the action throughout with his relentless style, and eventually wore Hopkins down. In the tenth, Hopkins took advantage of an inadvertent, not-particularly-low blow to get a breather that lasted for several minutes, as he limped around the ring in well-simulated pain. Hopkins, who needed the rest badly, tried the same trick in the eleventh, but the referee didn't bite.
In the end, Calzaghe won a split decision that shouldn't have been as close as two of the judges had it. Hopkins deserves great credit for his savvy, tough performance, but it's hard to see how a judge can vote to award the fight to a boxer who is outpunched 232-127, as measured by CompuPunch.
The fight's aftermath was marred by Hopkins' rather graceless insistence that he won the fight easily and made Calzaghe look like an "amateur," but that didn't dampen the spirits of the many Wales natives in attendance, including Tom Jones, who sang the Welsh national anthem, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. This account in a Welsh paper is a partisan but fair account of the fight.
PAUL adds: With this victory plus Cardiff's City participation in the FA Cup final, this may turn out to be the year of the Welsh.


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South San Francisco Station
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Welcome to South San Francisco
Emerging from a portion of old Rancho Buri Buri, South San Francisco occupies the basin and portions of the sides of a broad valley formed by the San Bruno Mountains on the north and the Coast Range on the west.
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Musikfest has seen its share of great performances and many forgettable ones. Reporter Geoff Gehman has been there for most of them, and here's his take of the best and worst of the longtime Bethlehem festival.
1. The gypsy devil in Carlos Montoya (1986). Performing with the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, the 82-year-old flamenco guitarist conjures Moorish tambourines, the clicking heels of dancers and guttural singers with gutted hearts.
2. Arlo Guthrie's restaurant (1986). The folk-rock troubadour throws a stone-soul picnic at Kunstplatz, the old headliner site, with songs rebellious ("Customs...


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January 1, 1965 – Orange Bowl Stadium
First Night Game a Classic
Texas upset No. 1 Alabama 21-17 in the first night game in Orange Bowl history. The Longhorns stopped Alabama quarterback Joe Namath inches short of the goal line on a crucial fourth-down play late in the game that would have given the Crimson Tide the lead.
The defeat overshadowed a heroic performance by Namath, who didn't start the game because of a knee injury. He completed 18-of-37 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns and was named the game's Most Outstanding Player.
The Longhorns' Ernie Koy ran for a 79-yard touchdown on Texas' first possession. Texas went up 14-0 after quarterback Jim Hudson hit George Sauer for a 69-yard score.
Alabama head coach Bear Bryant then sent in Namath to replace starter Steve Sloan. He completed 10 passes on an 87-yard touchdown drive. Koy gave Texas a 21-7 lead with 27 seconds remaining in the first half. Namath came out firing in the second half, hitting Ray Perkins with a 20-yard pass to close the gap to 21-14.
When Texas' Marvin Kristynik fumbled late in the fourth quarter, Namath was at the controls once again. Three plays later at the one-yard line, Namath tried a quarterback sneak and Longhorn left tackle Frank Bedrick and All-American linebacker Tommy Nobis stopped him short of the goal line. Prior to the game, Alabama was named national champions by both the UPI and AP polls.
TEXAS: Koy 79-yard run (Conway kick); TEXAS: Sauer 69-yard pass from Hudson (Conway kick); ALA: Trimble 7-yard pass from Namath (Ray kick); TEXAS: Koy 1-yard run (Conway kick); ALA: Perkins 20-yard pass from Namath (Ray kick); ALA: Ray 24-yard FG MOP: Joe Namath (Alabama)
Texas Head Coach: Darrell Royal
Alabama Head Coach: Paul "Bear" Bryant
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840 Ilex glabraCommon Names: gallberry, inkberry, bitter gallberry, evergreen winterberry, inkberry holly, Appalachian tea Family: Aquifoliaceae (holly Family)
Gallberry is a slow growing medium sized evergreen shrub with fine textured foliage. It has an upright rounded habit, developing multiple trunks and spreading and becoming open and leggy as it grows to a mature height of 4-8 ft (1.2-2.4 m). The smooth dark gray brown to greenish black stems arise from heavy tuberous rhizomes. They branch into flexible light green twigs with alternate narrowly oval leaves that are shiny and dark green on top and duller and lighter on the underside. The leaves are 1-2 in (2.5-5.1 m) long and 1/3-1/2 in (0.8-1.3 cm) wide and have smooth edges except near the tip, where there are several teeth. Tiny creamy white flowers appear half-hidden in the foliage in late spring. On male plants the flowers are borne in clusters, whereas female plants bear single flowers. They are followed by 1/3 in (0.8 cm) green berries that turn black as they ripen in the early fall. These fruits hang on the bushes all winter, but are too sparse to be of ornamental value. Sometimes the foliage develops a plum colored cast in the winter. The horticultural varieties of I. glabra are all more dense and compact than the species and less inclined to spread by suckering. They include 'Compacta' - a broad, slow growing female form that reaches 5 ft (1.5 m) tall and bears lots of berries, but gets leggy at a relatively young age; 'Nordic' - an especially cold tolerant male variety that grows to 4 ft (1.2 m) tall and retains a tighter growth form; 'Chamzin' - a very hardy compact cultivar that reaches a height and spread of 4 ft (1.2 m); 'Densa' - a form that does not lose lower foliage as it ages; 'Viridis' - a fast grower with a broad upright form; and 'Green Magic' - a dark-leaved slow grower that retains its lower branches. 'Ivory Queen' and 'Leucocarpa' produce white fruits.
Gallberry, Ilex glabra, is native to the pine flatwoods of the eastern and south-central United States.
CultureGallberry grows on relatively infertile sandy to peaty soils with low pH. It will not perform satisfactorily on alkaline soils. If the foliage begins to look chlorotic, treat with a fertilizer containing nitrogen, iron, and micronutrients. Gallberry grows less than 12 in (30.5 cm) per year, so it does not need frequent trimming, although it tolerates shearing and benefits from pruning to enhance density. It can be cut back severely for rejuvenation when it begins to get leggy. This species comes from fire maintained habitats and is adapted to survive fire by resprouting from root crowns and rhizomes. Repeated annual summer burning will weaken the shrubs and eventually kill many of them, however. Gallberry has few pest problems other than occasional leaf spot. It may be afflicted by spider mites in especially dry situations or show foliage burn on harsh exposed sites. Light: Gallberry can be grown in full sun or partial or light shade Moisture: Gallberry tolerates drought well, but prefers sites that are moist to wet most of the time. Hardiness: USDA Zones 5 - 10. Gallberry foliage is subject to freeze burn when the temperature drops below around -15ºF (-26ºC). The branches are prone to breakage under a heavy ice load. Propagation: Gallberry may be grown from seed, but it is a slow process. The pulp must first be removed from the fruit. The clean seeds should then be planted 1/8 in (0.3 cm) deep in rich sandy loam and kept moist. It may take 2-3 years for them to germinate. Then the slow growing seedlings should be potted up and cared for in half-shade for 2-3 years before they are planted out. Gallberry readily sprouts from root crowns and rhizomes and may be propagated from stem cuttings, root cuttings, or suckers. Taking mature cuttings in winter and rooting them under glass is recommended. Roots about 3/8 in (1 cm) in diameter are best for root cuttings. They should be planted partially exposed. Another propagation alternative is to prune back the top growth, then root prune a shrub on one side, wait a year, and then dig up and replant the roots.
Gallberry may be used in foundation shrubbery, mass plantings, or informal hedges and borders, as well as in naturalistic landscapes, ecological restoration projects, or habitat enhancement plantings. Bobwhite, turkeys, bluebirds, brown thrashers, hermit thrushes, and other birds frequently eat gallberry fruits and raccoons, coyotes, and opossums feed on them when other food is scarce. Marsh rabbits and white tailed deer browse on the leaves and black bears even eat them on occasion. Gallberry is also an important honey plant. Bees feeding on it produce a highly flavorful amber colored honey. Gallberry is not particularly invasive, but it may become a nuisance by forming larger clumps than desired and spreading into adjacent plantings.
Gallberry is a useful native American species to substitute for less vigorous landscaping shrubs in creating masses of year round green. In northern climates, gallberry can be substituted for Japanese holly (Ilex crenata), which is much less cold tolerant. It also makes a good replacement for boxwood where a larger and faster growing shrub is desired.
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So the answer to the question "What the heck were you doing in Caracas" is "Enjoying myself". I worked for a telecommunications company in the early 90's and we had to make a trip – several trips – to support an installation of wireless units used by the banking industry.
And Caracas was a trip. Really. I went in the middle an attempted military uprising, and there were soldiers with guns, everywhere. And lots of distant shooting at night – sounded like fireworks. Since we were working with the banking industry it was especially tricky, what with private security forces and the military exchanging wary glances at each other as we would pull up to an ATM machine, electronic equipment in tow.
I loved the exotic nature of the city, and would go back in a heartbeat. But it was especially frustrating because I was a runner, doing about 5 miles a day, and at that time no one ran in Caracas unless they were guilty of something, and those suspected of being guilty of something were often shot first, questioned later. So I resorted to running up and down the 8 floors of stairs in my hotel. It was not nearly as satisfying but it provided a workout.
I worked in a 26-story office complex with one working elevator. People packed into it like sardines in spite of the weight alarm going off at every floor. I took the stairs.
Caracas was (and still is) a typical large, third-world city, and is a great example of a middle-classless economy: You end up with the filthy rich and the shantytown poor. Just down a ways from the Gold District is a stream about the width of Tonawanda Creek, only it's an open sewer. You can smell it from blocks away. Sanitation systems were and are not a high priority to the Venezuelan government. Beggars with deformed body parts were everywhere. And where they were not there were beautiful women and handsome men in fancy clothes. If you had beauty – especially if you were a woman – you had a path to a great job; if not, you cleaned hotel bathrooms for a pittance.
It was obvious from La Mancha Negra that road construction, too, was not a high priority for the government. Nor did there seem much in the way of decent health care or, for that matter, good educational facilities; though the Venezuelan government does have a pretty well-funded military.
While the U.S. has a long way before tumbling into such chaos, it is to our country's advantage that we not let our middle class erode to the point where climbing back up becomes an exercize in futility.


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Vince Vaughn and Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams are dating, according to MediaTakeOut.
Vince, 37, and Vanessa, 44, have reportedly been sneaking around Los Angeles together
"Vanessa's really trying to keep this a secret," says one Hollywood snitch. "She feels that the press helped ruin her relationship with Rick [Fox], so she's trying to keep what she has with Vince private."
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AVALON >> A 26-foot commercial fishing boat with two people took on water about four miles offshore from Santa Catalina Island Tuesday night, but no injuries were reported.
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ADRIAN — A discussion of disability issues turned into a wide-ranging political debate Friday between 57th District state House candidates Nancy Jenkins and James Berryman.
Berryman, the Democratic challenger, criticized incumbent Republican Jenkins' votes to cut state spending, especially for education, while lowering businesses' taxes. Berryman said good teachers are being driven out of the profession as their incomes fall to the point some are losing their homes. Jenkins said the new Republican majority has stabilized Michigan's budget after years of deficits and uncertainty, spurring the business growth and jobs needed to support education and social services.
The one-hour debate was before an audience made up mostly of HOPE Community Center clients. Scott Watson, the agency's program director, said the candidates were given a list of five questions regarding disability issues before their appearance.
Both voiced support for services that allow those with disabilities to remain in their communities.
They then clashed over education funding.
"You don't cut $1.3 billion from public education to give corporations a $1.8 billion tax cut," Berryman said. As a Michigan Education Association union official, he said, he sees on a daily basis how education cuts have made life more difficult for teachers.
Berryman said his son, a special education teacher, recently told him, "If I had known the state of Michigan would do this to me I would have done something else."
He said Jenkins was aiming to punish the teachers' union by voting for a bill to stop schools from continuing payroll deductions for union dues.
Jenkins said a financial crisis in state government had to be fixed in order to preserve the education system and other services. For years under Gov. Jennifer Granholm, she said, the state was dealing with budget crises year after year.
"We were making promises we couldn't afford," she said. There was a
$48 billion deficit in the teacher pension fund, Jenkins said, a figure almost as large as the entire state budget.
"In order to ensure there is education funding and education support, we have to ensure there is sound budget stability," she said.
Responding to a question about increasing an employment rate of 17.8 percent for people with disabilities, Jenkins said the overall economy and employment rate have to be improved.
"The public sector is funded by private dollars," she said. More funding of social programs depends on creating an environment where businesses will expand and employment will grow, she said.
"That's what I ran on, getting people back to work and the economy moving again," Jenkins said. "Things are starting to do well," she said, crediting lower business taxes and fewer regulations.
Berryman said job growth is too slow. Private and public partnerships are needed to create more opportunities for the disabled, he said. Economic development programs he supported as a state senator in the 1990s brought what is now called the Inergy plant to Adrian, he said, and aided a dozen other business projects in the county.
Last year, Berryman said he actively supported a county millage to fund new efforts by the Lenawee Economic Development Corp.
"My opponent refused to come out and support that millage," Berryman said.
Both said they support maintaining the state's Medicare program.
Budget changes enacted under Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican leadership have tapped into more federal funds for the program, Jenkins said.
"We are doing what we can to preserve these dollars for Medicare because that's an important program," she said.
Berryman said he supports expanding the program by covering an estimated 500,000 more eligible people.
"There's no people who ought to be left behind," Berryman said. "If we can afford tax breaks for people at the top, we can certainly afford services for people at the bottom."
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ADRIAN — A discussion of disability issues turned into a wide-ranging political debate Friday between 57th District state House candidates Nancy Jenkins and James Berryman.


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CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano says he is open to being traded in the offseason.
The 36-year-old is having his best season in years. He said Wednesday that "I just want to have one more shot to go to the World Series before I (retire)."
Soriano has two years remaining on his contract and says he will consider walking away when the deal is up.
The Cubs lost 100 games for the first time since 1966. Depending on how long they expect the rebuilding process to take, Soriano is not opposed to staying.
He is slated to make $18 million each of the next two seasons. Soriano hit 32 home runs with a career-high 108 RBIs this season.
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The compassionate, vote-scrounging Democrats have again and again exploited the poor and minorities with their political tricks. Those 500,000 welfare recipients who received letters from Gov. Deval Patrick urging them to vote, at a cost of $173,000 to the taxpayers, would have been much better served had the governor spent those monies for bread.
Shortly after the election, a newspaper article indicated that 600,000 suffer from hunger in Massachusetts. Who is feeding those hungry? Based on annual charitable giving figures published in the Telegram & Gazette, it is the �greedy� conservatives, not the �compassionate� political liberals. Annually, Massachusetts, along with other liberal states like New York and California, are at the bottom of the giving heap. Perhaps the $70 million contributed by Democrats to Elizabeth Warren�s Senate campaign left not a penny for the poor and hungry.
Sadly, that $70 million was not enough for Ms. Warren. She overspent, and is not begging for more. Sounds like the government, doesn�t it? Tax and spend. Tax and spend. Then beg for more.


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AR15 Optics: 0-300 yards....out to 500 in a pinch
So, I have an AR....actually 2. One is setup as a short range, lightweight, kid /tactical rifle. The other is a short to mid range SHTF type rifle. Like Nutnfancy says in the video below, I could get a Leupold in the $1500 range and be done, but I really don't need all that...
I need a:
-lightweight <15 oz
-1x-2.5x min for close work
-4x-8x for reaching to 300 and beyond
-need to be able to shoot at night and very fast up close
-need some kind of BDC to get to 500yds
-would like a lit reticle for close work with a big ~15 MOA circle.
Looking at:
Keep my Millet DMS1
Burris MTAC 1-4x
Burris FFII TAC30 1-4x
Leupold?? 2x- or 1x-??
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Nutnfancy AR15 Optic Video
This is a pretty good AR optic discussion. It was worth the 53 min of my life. He discusses "real" AR optic use. Some key points:
- Weight - Sure the $2000 big name scopes are great, but they take the fight out of a fighting rifle quick.
- Field of View - This is what allows you to see and shoot well at smell their breath distances.
- Turrets - on a short range 25 - 300yd(not his ranges) these are just weight. A BDC reticle will get you on target quicker in a short range rifle. Also, tactical turrets are costing money in the design which takes away from glass, coatings, etc.
- Objectives - A ring size objective is really too small, especially for night shooting. Something is the 30's is good. 40's and 50 are large for an AR SRT(Short Range Tactical)
- Toughness - If you can avoid banging your scope on the door of an armored vehicle, a normal size/weight scope will be fine.
- math is better than money - This is something I have drawn from real life also. That is a 2x scope with a 30mm objective is pretty bright in any reasonably priced scope. This is due to the exit pupil(30/2=15mm) being soooo large. A 10x scope with 30mm objective has a 3mm exit pupil. Now, a 10x30 can be built that equals the 2x30's brightness, but that costs $3000 for the coatings and glass.
- Non-critical eye relief - This is the key to an SRT scope. Pick the rifle up and shoot. No adjusting. This is why EO Tech's are fast!
-1x - 3x is OK on the bottom end - 3x is a hair slow and a hair dark at night on a SRT, but doable. I like 1x - 2x. This also allows me the smallest possible objective.
He lists by model some really pretty good choices. Well, I'm off to Cabela's to look around more today!
So in a nutshell, I'm going to look for a lightweight 1x - 4x or better a 2x - 7x with a 1" or 30mm tube and ~35mm objective.
|April 1, 2013, 07:40 PM
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Wow. . nobody??
Anybody want to discuss their 1-4x scope?
|April 2, 2013, 04:01 PM
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what about the nikon x4 BCD carbine scope? they seem very highly rated, and for a good price.
|April 2, 2013, 04:25 PM
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I'd use a 1-4X20 or 2-7X32 at most. You don't need a large front objective at those powers for low light shooting. A 4X scope with a 20mm objective lets in exactly the same amount of light as a 10X scope with a 50mm objective.
With your budget I'd be happy with this
With my budget, this is close enough for me, and what I use.
I really like Leupolds for several reasons. The best eye relief, lighter weight, tough as nails, and great Customer Service in the rare case you need it. You can find equal or better glass for the same or less money, but no one else has the complete package for the dollar to match Leupold.
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|April 2, 2013, 08:27 PM
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So, anybody know of a 1.5-6x32 with a BDC/CQB reticle, illumination, and weighs under 15 oz?
The Leupold above looked pretty nice and amazingly light!
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Why ACOG? I've looked through one. It looked like a 4x scope to me. The glass quality seemed good, but. . . still, it was a $1300 3x or 4x scope. Did I miss something?
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I dont know much about scopes etc but you'll get an ACOG for $200 wont you ??...
|April 4, 2013, 06:40 PM
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I have a Horus Vision 1-4x24 and it is a very nice optic, but it's weight is the one negative. Great glass and the Horus reticle is excellent. I have it on my M1A. I have no problem taking a 400yd shot with it.
|April 7, 2013, 11:54 AM
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It works great in COD.
|April 7, 2013, 06:31 PM
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Maybe that's why I don't get ACOG's....what is COD?
|April 7, 2013, 06:35 PM
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That will make your real ACOG seem that much better!
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ACOGs are great scopes but if you want a variable zoom then don't consider it.
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|April 8, 2013, 02:59 PM
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You didn't really indicate what your price range is and that's a big consideration.
I've been using a Burris 1-4 XTR since they first came out and I like it a lot, but there are very good new options available now. I'm not sure I'd get another one.
I didn't watch that video but I have a couple observations. First, if you want the 1X range, then I'd urge you to go with a true 1X optic, not a 1.2 or 1.65 or 2X. Being able to use it a close range with both eyes open is a huge bonus. If you can't do that, then you may as well just get a 3-9x scope and be done with it.
BDC reticles, in my experience, never match up to how the bullet actually travels. It's good enough at close range but gets a lot worse at distance. It's ok if you can remember you hold over/under.
Magnification is only one aspect of the problem when you get to 300 meters and beyond. Mirage is a significant issue and more magnification often helps to just see the target. 4X is workable in good conditions. Unless your target is huge, like a National Match target. If the target is a IDPA cardboard with a dirt background with heavy mirage, it's a different story.
There was a scope that I want to think is a Vortex, but cannot remember precisely if that's correct, the zoom range is 1-4x but is only switchable, so it's either 1x or it's 4x with nothing between. I think that's perfect because the zoom rings usually stink and the only time I've ever used a magnification other than either 1x or 4x is when I was moving the ring while running from position to position and didn't turn the ring all the way to the stop point. Flipping a lever seems like a better idea.
Going back to the first point, if your budget allows check out the Swarovski Z6i, which is a 1-6x scope, with a price tag to match.
Also the US Optics SR8 1-8x.
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MANCHESTER - Police were able to grab a man early Friday morning just as he started over the edge of the 4-foot wall on the roof of the parking garage at Mechanic and Canal streets.
Police were alerted about 2 a.m. by a caller. Officer Ryan Boyd saw a man climbing the stairs to the roof and alerted other officers.
Officers Dan Wood and George Mallios, who used another stairwell, found the man walking toward the south side of the garage roof.
When the man spotted the officers, he dropped his bag and ran toward the wall, but officers were able to grab hold of him just as he started over it, and he was pulled back.
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Forza: Horizon is to receive a rally DLC pack in December, and Playground Games' design director Ralph Fulton has discussed the incoming content in a new interview. Expect stage-by-stage rallies and a more pure rally experience. See what he had to say about it below.
As part of an IGN interview, Fulton described the full-on process of developing the rally DLC since Forza: Horizon went gold, and stated that the content would be independent of the game's open world. However, he also stressed that the pack would tap into the rally vibe that some of the game's off-road sprints were aiming for.
Fulton said of the DLC's development process, "Everybody here now is totally heads down on rally. And they have been for maybe about a month or so, maybe six weeks, because obviously work finishes on Horizon in advance of it coming out.
"That work really continues right the way up until December when we put the pack the pack together and release it on Xbox Live."
On the content itself, Fulton offered an overview that seemed to fall in line with other rally game experiences out there, "We're trying to put together a really enthralling rally package.
"I think there's an opportunity to go much deeper into that pure rally experience," he continued. "That's maybe something we didn't have the chance to do in the broader context of Horizon itself but we identified that pure, one-car-on-a-rally-route, really intense rally experience that you can get if you go deep into rally is something that I think a lot of people are going to respond to and really look forward to."
It should be a substantial expansion, as Fulton suggested, "Now I'm not sure of figures, right off the bat, but I know there are, I think, seven individual rallies within the pack. Each event is broken up into multiple stages so you get that stage by stage experience in each rally, and that's really what we're trying to do there.
"We're just trying to go a little bit deeper [into that] rally experience that you get from just having one car on a really narrow, intense, undulating route.
"It's not going to be part of the open world, because obviously we're changing quite a lot of the world and that's going to make synching up between people who have and don't have the pack difficult.
"So instead you're going to choose to enter the Horizon Rally Championship. That's going to take you off into a separate mode in which you get to experience the new routes and the new terrain that we've built."
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