We hit the ball real well and had some good quality at-bats. We got off to a nice start and made it easier for (pitcher) Donnie (Potter) and our defense.

We'll have to see what happens, but there's only so much you can cut before it impacts the quality of education. I don't think anyone wants to see that.

We are excited about the upcoming essay contest for Henderson County's third and seventh graders. Each year the quality as well as the quantity of essays increases as teachers make it part of their Black History Month focus for their students.

This consolidation gives us the best of both worlds: Island-wide perspective on issues like water quality and shellfish restoration, and enhanced commitment to protecting and preserving the local places where we have long had a presence. It carries the banner for the most innovative conservation work on Long Island.

It's exciting to me, ... because we're getting back some high quality players that have been missing for a while.

To deliver TV or DVD quality IPTV content, we need bandwidth of three to four mega bits per second (mbps) but the maximum bandwidth available in China is one mbps. So infrastructure has been a problem as well.