Matt Mowers – Gov. Christie’s man in New Hampshire

Christie advance man Matt Mowers – Mel Evans AP photo

Rutgers-grad Matt Mowers is Gov. Christie’s man in New Hampshire, working out of an apartment and coffee shops to build relationships for his boss in the first-in-the-nation primary state.

A GOP strategist says of Mowers work: “You get a sense they have thought through where they need to go to get the votes you need to win.”

Read Mattie Hanna’s Philadelphia Inquirer piece here  


    

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Memorial Day 2015

Thanks for your photos:

Ed Murray
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Gov. nominates four to NJ Water Supply Advisory Council


Governor Chris Christie re-filed the following nominations with the State Senate. These nominations were filed during the 2014 annual session, but were not acted upon by the Senate. The Governor’s nominations are subject to the advice and consent of the State Senate. 

Water Supply Advisory Council
Nursery/Landscape Industry Representative
Nominate for reappointment Peter F. Haran (Marlton, Burlington)

Municipal/County Water Company Representative
Nominate for appointment Stephen R. Blankenship, P.E. (Williamstown, Gloucester)

Golf Course Superintendent Representative
Nominate for reappointment Michael A. Stachowski (Robbinsville, Mercer)

Academic Community Representative
Nominate for appointment Taha F. Marhaba, Ph.D., P.E. (Bridgewater, Somerset)

    

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‘A Beautiful MInd’ Princeton Prof dies in auto accident

[Additional news coverage added at 9 p.m.]


John Forbes Nash, Jr., the Nobel laureate known for his groundbreaking work on
game theory and differential equations, was killed along with his wife in a
taxi crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, police say. He was 86. 
National Public Radio has this to say about Mr. Nash: 

His death was first reported by NJ.com citing a police official. NPR has confirmed the report through longtime colleague Louis Nirenberg. The couple were killed on Saturday.
Nash is best known to the general public as the subject of the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, which depicted the troubled mathematician struggling with paranoid schizophrenia even as he pressed ahead with his research. Nash was played by actor Russell Crowe.
According to NJ.com, Nash and his wife of 60 years, 82-year-old Alicia Nash:
“[Were] in a taxi traveling southbound in the left lane of the New Jersey Turnpike, State Police Sgt. Gregory Williams said. The driver of the Ford Crown Victoria lost control as he tried to pass a Chrysler in the center lane, crashing into a guard rail.
“The Nashes were ejected from the car, Williams said.
“‘It doesn’t appear that they were wearing sea tbelts,’ he said.”
Nirenberg, with whom Nash shared the 2015 Abel Prize, tells NPR’s Lauren Hodges that he and his colleague had just returned from Oslo where they received the award. Nirenberg said Nash and his wife were supposed to take a limo home but the driver never showed. So, instead, they took a cab.
Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber later issued a statement saying the university was “stunned and saddened by news of the untimely passing of John Nash and his wife and great champion, Alicia.”
“John’s remarkable achievements inspired generations of mathematicians, economists and scientists,” Eisgruber said.
A bio on Princeton University’s website, where Nash was a professor, notes that A Beautiful Mind was “loosely” based on his life. Nash received his doctorate from the institution in 1950.
According to the website:
“The impact of his 27 page dissertation on the fields of mathematics and economics was tremendous. In 1951 he joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. His battle with schizophrenia began around 1958, and the struggle with this illness would continue for much of his life. Nash eventually returned to the community of Princeton.”

Read the full story here 
Other coverage: 

John Forbes Nash, Jr. (1928-2015) | Big Think 

Russell Crowe Mourns John Forbes Nash Jr: A Beautiful Mind

Noble Laureate Professor John Nash Dies in Car Crash …

The Inspiring Case of John Forbes Nash, Jr. – Forensic Psych

    

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Rutgers says it’s bred the Mother of All Strawberries


“After a decade of quietly, painstakingly sowing their seeds, Rutgers agricultural scientists are finally reaping the fruits of their labor. And soon, so can you. It is the mother of all strawberries — one cultivated by cross-breeding different types of strawberry plants over the years until the best traits of all come together in one blessed blossom,” John Petrick reports today in The Record.


“The “Rutgers Scarlet,” as it is appropriately named, is being unveiled this month. What’s its great appeal? It’s sweet – but not too sweet, say its growers. Acidic, but just a touch. It has just the right bouquet, and color. The strawberry emerged through endless rounds of taste-testing among farmers in the field, scientists in the lab and focus groups in the board room.”

Read John’s story to learn when and how you can get your hands on (and teeth into) a Rutgers Scarlet. 

    

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To no one’s surprise, the Pinelands pipeline is back in play



The much debated and twice-rejected South Jersey Gas proposal to build a natural gas pipeline through the Pinelands is back in the news.

As before, South Jersey Gas is seeking to construct the pipeline so that the coal-dependent B.L.England power plant can convert to natural-gas fueled turbines that will generate cleaner energy and avoid an environmental regulation shutdown.

“This project is being built primarily to benefit the Pinelands,” says South Jersey Gas’s VP Bob Fatzinger with a straight face. (See the video).

Liar, liar pants on fire is basically the response from the Sierra Club’s Jeff Tittel and Pinelands Alliance‘s Jaclyn Rhoads.

There is no surprise that the proposal is being revived. The company and its political backers, including Governor Chris Christie, his Department of Environmental Protection, and local state Senator Jeff Van Drew, who has close ties to local utility workers, all pushed mightily to get Bob Barr appointed as a new member on the Pinelands Commission so he could provide the crucial ‘yes’ vote to break a 7-7 deadlock.

The only plot twist so far this round is that Barr proclaims that he will not play a rubber stamp role. Perhaps for that reason, pipeline advocates now are taking the position that a vote of the commission is not necessary. The Pinelands plan, they contend, already allows for approval since the pipeline will run along existing roadways, will not impact forests, and won’t require the filling of wetlands.

In the video above, NJTV News’ Brenda Flanagan introduces the latest sequel in this multi-season, eco-drama. Feel free to supply your own fuel in the comment box below.

    

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