Rutgers study favors racetrack slots
gamingtoday.com, 11/17/2014
Atlantic City casinos should partner with the horse racing industry says a study by Rutgers University. In
its report titled, "2014 State of the New Jersey Horse Racing Industry," the study by the Rutgers Equine
Science Center says that since the Atlantic City casinos stopped subsidizing racing purses, "the health of
the racing industry" has been hit hard by "the cessation of the purse enhancement awards in 2010 and by
competition from the purse and breeder incentive structures that exist in neighboring states where racing
is supported by alternative gaming." Authors of the report are Dr. Karyn Malinowski, director of the
Rutgers Equine Science Center, and Dr. Paul Gottlieb, chair of the Rutgers Department of
Agricultural, Food, Resource Economics.
Edison Volunteer Receives Award for Excellence as a Master Gardner
thealternativepress.com, 11/17/2014
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension is recognizing two Master Gardeners as recipients of this year's
Awards for Excellence at the 2014 Middlesex County Master Gardener Fall Conference. Master
Gardener Linda Larson of Edison was recognized for her efforts in the Evergreen Garden of Memories
and Susan Herzig of Old Bridge was recognized for her efforts in the Breast Cancer Awareness Garden.
"The Masters Gardeners work hard to make Middlesex County a more green and beautiful place," said
Freeholder Kenneth Armwood, Chair of the County's Business Development and Education Committee.
Master Gardeners visit Little Sprouts Early Learning Center
NJ.com, 11/18/2014
A group of Master Gardeners under the leadership of Claudia Kunath recently continued their education
program at the Little Sprouts Early Learning Center with a presentation about the season of autumn. "Our
goal with this presentation was to focus on the season of fall and what happens to trees and seeds,"
explained Claudia Kunath, the Team Leader for the Master Gardeners for Little Sprouts. The group
staged a story complete with puppets and props, and then set up stations for crafts and further
examination of seeds and fall foliage.
The Green Bay Packers' New Workout Plan
online.wsj.com, 11/18/2014
NFL teams are asking the same question as weekend-warrior runners and cyclists: How much should you
push yourself just before the big day? The surging Green Bay Packers have a counterintuitive answer. It's
called "Feel-Good Friday," a recent Packers creation in which Friday practice is canceled but deep-tissue
massages or other treatments are mandatory...Experts say that nearly all training within a day of a game
should be focused on replenishment of glycogen, a carbohydrate storage material. Practicing the day
before a game could in fact put a team at a disadvantage, said Shawn Arent, an associate professor in
the department of exercise science and sport studies at Rutgers University.
Small volcanic eruptions could be slowing global warming
sciencecodex.com, 11/18/2014
Small volcanic eruptions might eject more of an atmosphere-cooling gas into Earth's upper atmosphere
than previously thought, potentially contributing to the recent slowdown in global warming, according to a
new study...Climate projections typically don't include the effect of volcanic eruptions, as these events are
nearly impossible to predict, according to Alan Robock, a climatologist at Rutgers University in New
Brunswick, N.J., who was not involved in the study.
Grant funds, green schools in Central Jersey
MyCentralJersey.com, 11/19/2014
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County recently announced that, along with their
partners Hillsborough Township and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SBMWA), it
successfully obtained a $175,539 grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to
address flooding problems that are associated with the Royce Brook...Patricia Rector, environmental
and resource management agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) of Somerset County, will
lead the project. Key partners in this effort are the Hillsborough Township Committee, Sustainable
Hillsborough Steering Committee, the Hillsborough Environmental Commission, RCE Water Resources
Program, RCE Master Gardener volunteers, and Stoney Brook Millstone Watershed Association staff.
Could volcanoes help slow global warming?
cbsnews.com, 11/19/2014
Volcanic eruptions from Iceland to Alaska may not only be messing with air travel. They could be helping
slow global warming. A new study concluded that small volcanic eruptions from 2000 to 2013 may have
ejected more of the atmosphere-cooling sulfur dioxide gas into Earth's upper atmosphere than previously
thought, and that they may have made a significant contribution to the slowing of global warming over the
past decade and a half...Until now, volcanic eruptions weren't included in climate projections, since these
events are nearly impossible to predict, according to Alan Robock, a climatologist at Rutgers
University in New Brunswick, N.J., who was not involved in the study.
Bleak outlook for New Jersey horse racing according to Rutgers study
examiner.com, 11/19/2014
The State's casino industry must work in partnership with the horse racing industry in New Jersey to
enable both industries to remain sustainable according to a research paper released earlier this month by
the Rutgers Equine Science Center. The report, written by Karyn Malinowski, a Professor and
Director of the Equine Science Center and Paul D. Gottlieb an Associate Professor in the
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, compares racing in New Jersey with that
of neighboring states Pennsylvania and New York where alternative gaming revenue supports the horse
racing industry.
There's growing evidence that global warming is driving crazy winters
washingtonpost.com, 11/20/2014
It may be the timeliest -- and most troubling -- idea in climate science. Back in 2012, two researchers with
a particular interest in the Arctic, Rutgers' Jennifer Francis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's
Stephen Vavrus, published a paper called "Evidence linking Arctic amplification to extreme weather in
mid-latitudes." In it, they suggested that the fact that the Arctic is warming so rapidly is leading to an
unexpected but profound effect on the weather where the vast majority of us live -- a change that, if their
theory is correct, may have something to do with the extreme winter weather the U.S. has seen lately.
The case for the cranberry, New Jersey's native Thanksgiving fruit
NJ.com, 11/20/2014
Pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin pies, pumpkin picking. Given the preeminence of the orange squash and
the number of products using its name, it'd be easy to think there's no other fall flavor. Yet what about the
pride of the Pine Barrens - that tart, ruby bauble known as the cranberry?...Enter Nicholi Vorsa, a
scientist who's worked with New Jersey's cranberry crop since 1985. Director of Rutgers University's
Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research in Chatsworth, at the heart of
cranberry country, he's working on a way to make cranberries less tart, potentially allowing for the
addition of less sugar.
Cold snap caused by climate change-weakened jet stream, scientists suggest
america.aljazeera.com, 11/20/2014
Arctic conditions in eastern United States this week may have been the result of climate change-induced
stressors on the jet stream that regulates weather over the northern hemisphere, according to
meteorologists...Ironically, though, it was warmer-than-usual temperatures that likely sent the cold
weather southwards. Climate change-induced ocean warming in the Pacific turned Typhoon Nuri into a
"supertyphoon" that punched the jet stream off its course, bringing the North Pole's weather down over
the eastern U.S., according to experts..."If you think of the jet stream as a rope and you take that rope
and whip it, that's what (Nuri did), it gave it a big whip," said Jennifer Frances, research professor at
Rutgers University and author of "Rapid Arctic warming and wacky weather: Are they linked?"
Could volcanoes help slow global warming?
13wmaz.com, 11/20/2014
Volcanic eruptions from Iceland to Alaska may not only be messing with air travel. They could be helping
slow global warming. A new study concluded that small volcanic eruptions from 2000 to 2013 may have
ejected more of the atmosphere-cooling sulfur dioxide gas into Earth's upper atmosphere than previously
thought, and that they may have made a significant contribution to the slowing of global warming over the
past decade and a half...Until now, volcanic eruptions weren't included in climate projections, since these
events are nearly impossible to predict, according to Alan Robock, a climatologist at Rutgers
University in New Brunswick, N.J., who was not involved in the study.
Global warming - you must be joking! How melting Arctic ice is driving harsh winters
theecologist.org, 11/21/2014
"Historic" snowfalls have the US northeast this week, with Buffalo, New York under an astonishing 2.4m
(8ft) of snow - enough to cause some roofs to cave in under the pressure...Scientists now have evidence
that these persistent extreme weather patterns are increasing in their frequency, due to the rapid heating
up of the Arctic that is changing the behaviour of the jet stream, and in turn, the polar vortex. And
Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University, one of the leading US scientists studying the relationship
between Arctic warming and changes in the jet stream, believes that it's thanks to 'global warming' that
northern hemisphere weather is becoming more extreme - and it's not about to get any better.
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