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AMES, Iowa — Individuals who would like to be able to sell morel mushrooms legally within the state of Iowa can take a three-hour certification workshop in March or April.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is again offering the workshops this spring at several locations across the state.
"The aim of the workshops is to help assure that misidentified mushrooms are not sold as morels. People can be poisoned by eating mushrooms that are misidentified as morels," said plant pathology professor Mark Gleason, who is coordinating the workshops.
The workshops fulfill a requirement for anyone wanting to legally sell morels in Iowa. The certification lasts for three years. Registration is open to out-of-state individuals.
The workshop agenda includes: pre-training identification test; PowerPoint presentation on recognizing morels and false morels; examination of fresh and preserved morels and false morels; post-training identification test (and re-testing as needed); and presentation and signing of wall-size and wallet-size training certificates.
This year's workshop locations are:
Friday, March 30, Dubuque
Dubuque County Extension Office, 14858 West Ridge Lane, Suite 2, Dubuque, Iowa
1 to 4 p.m.
Monday, April 9, Altoona
Polk County Extension Office, 1625 Adventureland Drive, Suite A, Altoona, Iowa
9 a.m. to noon
Friday, April 13, Iowa City
Johnson County Extension Office, 3109 Old Highway 218 South, Iowa City, Iowa
1 to 4 p.m.
The training costs $45 per person, payable at the session by cash or check. Credit cards are not accepted. Those planning to attend one of the workshops need to register with Gleason by Monday, March 26, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 515-294-0579.


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New documents to be launched at the Device Developer Conference
MISRA is releasing new documents to clarify use of the MISRA C Guidelines in developing any application with high integrity or high reliability requirements – both safety-related and security-related. The release will take place at a MISRA workshop at the Device Developer Conference in Cambridge on 27 April 2016.
The MISRA C Guidelines are internationally accepted as setting out a subset of C for use in critical systems. Generally this is understood to mean for use in safe systems. However the guidelines are equally appropriate for secure systems, a topic of increasing concern with the growth of the Internet of Things. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14 (the committee responsible for maintaining the C Standard) has published its C Language Security Guidelines (ISO/IEC 17961:2013). MISRA has carried out a coverage comparison between this and MISRA C:2012 and is publishing the resulting coverage matrix as MISRA C:2012 Addendum 2. Alongside MISRA C:2012 Amendment 1 "Additional security guidelines for MISRA C:2012", which includes a small number of additional guidelines, to improve the coverage of the security concerns highlighted by the ISO C Secure Guidelines, particularly in the use of "untrustworthy data", MISRA C is demonstrably suitable for both safe and secure applications.
To read the full press release click here.
MISRA is pleased to announce that a set of code examples for MISRA C:2012 is available to download. These can be found in the "Resources" section of the MISRA Bulletin Board (free registration is required to access this area of the Bulletin Board). See "Resources" above for a link,
This set of files is intended to illustrate issues addressed by the MISRA C rules as expressed in MISRA C:2012 "Guidelines for the use of the C language in critical systems". The code examples are mainly taken from the example sections in the MISRA C:2012 guidelines. It is not intended to be an exhaustive test suite and should not be used as such; however they may help users of the document understand compliant and non-compliant code.
A more comprehensive exemplar suite may be produced in the future.
De facto standard for embedded C programming completed and on sale
MISRA, the organization behind many guidelines for critical systems, is pleased to announce that MISRA C:2012 is now available at our webstore.
MISRA C:2012 extends support to the C99 version of the C language (while maintaining guidelines for C90). It also includes a number of improvements that can reduce the cost and complexity of compliance, whilst aiding consistent and safer use of C in critical systems.
Click here to read the full release.
MISRA is pleased to announce the publication of MISRA C ADC: Approved deviation compliance for MISRA C:2004.
MISRA C is intended to be used within the framework of a disciplined software development process. The MISRA C:2004 guidelines (Section 4.3.2) permit controlled deviation from the rules when software safety and/or quality requirements cannot otherwise be satisfied.
It should be understood that a deviation can only be adequately justified when supported by information such as:
MISRA C ADC is a technical note that is intended to be a first step in describing the requirements in greater detail. It focuses solely on the first of these topics, the common reasons for raising a deviation.
De facto standard for embedded C programming to be available from 18 March 2013
MISRA, the organization behind many guidelines for critical systems, is pleased to announce that the latest version of MISRA C, its world-recognised standard for embedded C programming, will be available at www.misra.org.uk/shop from 18 March 2013. MISRA C:2012 extends support to the C99 version of the C language (while maintaining guidelines for C90), in addition to including a number of improvements that can reduce the cost and complexity of compliance, whilst aiding consistent, safe use of C in critical systems.
To download the full press release click here.
Several members of the MISRA Steering Group gave presentations recently at an IET event on safety assessments with the theme of ISO 26262 compliance. The keynote was given by the MISRA Project Manager, Dr David Ward from MIRA Ltd, and other presenters included the MISRA Steering Group Chairman, Roger Rivett from JLR. Together the presentations gave a wide perspective on what "compliance" means covering OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers and safety assessors.
Webcasts of the event can be found on iet.tv (search for "26262" or try this link [will open in new window])
MISRA is working on an updated version of MISRA C and we intend to have a version available for public review in January 2012. We have now closed the call for reviewers and would like to thank everyone for their interest. We will be in touch with all those who have registered to advise them of next steps shortly.
MISRA AC GMG and MISRA AC SLSF were published in May 2009

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Budd Mackenzie operates the nonprofit Trust in Education, that promotes village-to-village programs and builds schools in Afghanistan. In 2010 they also began to ship a few solar oven kits to the area. The kits were prefabricated by Jack Howell, a long time advocate of solar cooking, and fellow resident of Lafayette, CA, USA.
News and recent developments
- April 2013: Jack Howell reports that once the 100 volunteer-built solar ovens were delivered, a solar box cooker variation with a wooden base and 1" of rigid insulation, refugee families were bused to the Trust in Education office in Kabul, Afghanistan. They were given a four-hour lesson on how to use the solar ovens, and each family was given an oven to take back to their camp. Since this initial project, the new cookers are a CooKit variation, being produced at a local box manufacturing company in San Leandro, California. The reflective material used for the solar panel cookers is recycled Mylar coffee bean bags from Peet's coffee headquartered in Berkeley, California. They are cut open and cleaned by adults with developmental disabilities by the people from Futures Explored in Lafayette, CA. With the reflective interior surface facing out, they are then stapled to the cooker panels by the Afghans. We have delivered 2,000 cookers to Afghanistan and collected over 20,000 bags from Peet's (keeping many Mylar bags from the landfill.) The new cookers are working very well and Afghans love them.
- September 2010: An initial shipment of five solar cookers have been sent to Afghanistan.
Articles in the media
- May 2013: Going Solar, Peet's Coffee donate mylar bags for solar cooker reflectors in Afghanistan - Peet's newsletter
See also
Budd Mackenzie
Trust In Education
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Procrastination is a college student's worst nightmare. The biggest impediments that you'll face in school will be self-created time restraints. Time management is crucial. You have to balance the fun with the not so fun if you want to succeed in college.
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Light affects how much melatonin your body produces. During the shorter days of winter, your body may make melatonin either earlier or later in the day than usual. This can lead to symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
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Key Items are important and cannot be sold. They are used often and can help with catching Pokémon, holding TMs and HMs, and carrying accessories or game coins.
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These items can be held by Pokémon, but sometimes the Pokémon won't know how to use them.
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Green Building Standards
This article was researched and written by students at Allegheny College participating in the Encyclopedia of Earth's (EoE) Student Science Communication Project. The project encourages students in undergraduate and graduate programs to write about timely scientific issues under close faculty guidance. All articles have been reviewed by internal EoE editors, and by independent experts on each topic.
Building standards have been around in the United States for nearly 100 years and have changed a great deal over time. Initially, policies were implemented to ensure the safety and adequate sanitary conditions for occupants and the public (from fire, electrical problems, sewage treatment, etc.) while more recently, emphasis has been placed on energy efficiency and sustainable buildings. The process for green buildings is ongoing and the movement has been a gradual process with much of it still evolving. That said, federal, state and local governments are grappling with ideas regarding building policies and the potential benefits to not only the people that use them but the environment in which the buildings exist.
Green Building and Energy Efficiency Policy History
United States green building policies developed not only as a result of environmental awareness, but also because of innovation driven by high energy prices. The first such instance came about during the Arab oil embargo which took place between October 1973 and March of 1974. Oil supplies were restricted to the point that energy rates skyrocketed and in turn, many governments considered means of avoiding such a situation again. In 1974, faced with high energy costs, California was the first state to pass legislation establishing energy standards. Following suit, in 1975, the first Federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act passed, providing money to states that implemented energy efficiency plans.
It was during this time that Standard 1975 was issued by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) was developed, also in response to the energy price and availability concerns of this time. Over the years, this Standard has evolved to the current form of ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007. Standard 90.1 is is the basis of energy efficiency codes and regulations across the USA, and is also the basis from which energy efficiency is measured in LEED green building rating evaluations.
Issues have varied over time, but more recently the catalyst for policies has come about as a result of rising greenhouse gas emissions from energy consumption, as well as land use practices such as deforestation. Federal, state and local governments have enacted policies to try and reduce energy consumption in buildings because they account for around 40 percent of all global carbon emissions.
Green Building Policy Goals
United Nations conferences in Rio (Brazil) and Johannesburg (South Africa) brought the issue of sustainability to the forefront in international circles. Subsequently the organization has defined goals that buildings should seek to achieve in order to obtain green building recognition. These six goals are:
- Increase in reliability
- Increase in indoor air quality
- Decrease in natural resource use
- Considerable decrease of energy costs over the lifetime of the building
- Improving comfort due to improved energy efficiency in buildings.
- Raise of employment as a result of increased activity in energy improvements in buildings.
These benefits can theoretically take care of any type of increase (typically 3-5%) in construction costs and making improvements will have a direct positive impact upon life-cycle costs.
The U.S. Green Building Council
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
The U.S. Green Building Council is a non-profit organization that not only promotes green buildings, but rates buildings to give recognition to environmentally friendly structures. This organization developed a method for rating green buildings called The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system. This rates the performance of nine major aspects of a building:
- Choosing of a sustainable site
- Water efficiency
- Energy and the atmosphere
- Materials and resources used
- Indoor environmental quality
- Location and linkages into the community
- Awareness and education
- Innovation in design
- Regional priority.
The rating in these categories reflects the score a building receives to determine if it is platinum, gold, silver, or LEED certified. This program provides a standard for green buildings and allows them to be compared to one another and benefits brought to the forefront. Many states require a building to be LEED certified if government funds are used. Colorado requires that a building be LEED certified if more than twenty five percent of the project cost come from state funds. Similarly, Florida requires all new government and college buildings to follow LEED or other green building rating systems. The LEED program is at the forefront of sustainable design within the United States. Similar organizations include the Green Globes Initiative, used predominantly in Canada, and the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), which is dominant in many other parts of the world.
ASHRAE Standard 189.1-2009 and the International Green Construction Code
The LEED program was originally intended as a voluntary, green building rating system. Starting around 2005, localities and states began to require LEED certification for building projects within their juristiction. The LEED program was not intended for this purpose, nor is the language really suitable for an enforceable building code. To fill this gap, ASHRAE, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council and the Illumination Engineering Society (IES) joined together to created ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, "Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings". This Standard has been accepted as an alternative juristinctional compliance option for the new International Green Construction Code (IGCC), in development by the International Code Council. The IGCC and Standard 189.1-2009 are vehicles by which green building practices may become more widely adopted through mandatory requirements by local or state juristictions.
Government Involvement
Government Incentives
Through providing incentives and more demanding building codes for construction of new, green buildings, or renovation of existing, non-green buildings, federal, state and local governments seek to encourage and/or mandate green standards. Governments seek to achieve full participation through a multitude of ways.
Existing incentive programs include, expedited review/faster permitting processes which lower the amount of time it takes to receive a building permit (saving money). Density bonuses, which allow green buildings to stand out from regular buildings by exempting them from some permitting laws. This can include an increase in floor area ratio or the height of the building, allowing more space to be rented out. Tax credits and abatements may be made available to allow the owner of a green building to be able to lower taxes or be exempt from paying taxes for a certain amount of time. Fee reductions and waivers disregard fees associated with permitting processes. Grants may also be given out by the government as revolving loan funds which provide developers with low interest loans. Technical assistance and marketing assistance can be provided in the form of free expert advice and advertising.
Although these monetary outputs are withdrawing money from public funds, there is a monetary gain in the long run. These policies result in increased property values, taxbase, and an improved reputation which may lead to population and tax revenue increase.
Federal Government
The federal government has encouraged green building through investment and the devotion of resources that are meant to help the builder and occupants alike. One of the earliest federal incentive programs for energy efficiency in building designs came about in 1994 with the introduction of the Energy Star program. Green building policies apply to virtually all new buildings constructed by the federal government including the Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army and Navy, among others, that require all new buildings to meet a certain LEED standard.
The federal government has also developed policies benefitting federal, state and private interests. The federal government has designated $4.5 billion to the construction and retrofitting of federal buildings in a way that will have the greatest positive impact on efficiency and $3.1 billion to states to encourage the construction of and retrofitting to create green buildings. This money is provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Financial assistance from the Department of Energy to businesses that wish to increase their use of renewable energy is available. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 establishes tax credits for energy efficient home improvements, efficient automobiles and installation of solar panels and fuel cells.
State Government
State governments provide many incentives to green building owners and builders. Hawaii recently passed a bill requiring faster permitting processes to LEED buildings certified at silver or higher. Maryland, New Mexico, New York, and Oregon all have tax credits available at different amounts corresponding to different levels of LEED certification. Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington offer grants that correlate with the LEED certification level mainly for schools but also for the construction of new homes and renovation of existing homes. 34 states have LEED requirements for their government buildings. Many states also provide economic incentives to the private sector to encourage green building construction. New York recently enacted a program that pays for the upfront costs of energy improvisions, such as solar panels, and allows the individual to pay over fifteen to twenty years through increased property taxes. California recently passed Bill AB 920 which instructs utility companies to pay households that act as energy producers instead of consumers. Other examples include, California's Emerging Renewables Rebate Program, New Jersey's Smart Future Planning Grant, and Massachusetts' Renewable Energy Trust, among others.
Local Government
Local governments throughout the United States are also enacting programs to encourage the construction of green buildings in the private and public sector. Nearly 200 cities in the U.S. have adopted LEED standards for their government buildings. Many cities offer economic, government funded incentives for the construction of green buildings. Berkley, California has instituted a program which accelerates the benefits of photovoltaics to the investor through loans that can be repaid over twenty years. These low payments make solar power more attractive to the average consumer. Public governments are supporting green projects not only by providing favorable financing programs, but offering logistic support. Oakland, California is providing technical assistance, building guidelines, and promotion for free to green buildings. Many other cities are supporting green standards such as Arlington, Virginia's Green Building Incentive Program, Austin, Texas' Energy's Green Building Program, and Portland, Oregon's Green Investment Fund.
- ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1-2009. http://www.ashrae.org/greenstandard
- Circo, C. (2008). Using Mandates and incentives to promote sustainable construction and green building projects in the private sector: a call for more state land use policy initiatives. Penn State Law Review,112(3).
- International Green Construction Code. http://iccsafe.org/cs/igcc/pages/default.aspx
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change. (2009, March). Key Provisions: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Retrieved March 16, 2010 from http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/Pew-Summary-ARRA-Key-Provisions.pdf
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change. (n.d.). States News. Retrieved March 16, 2010 from http://www.pewclimate.org/states-regions/news
- Rainwater, B. (2009). Local leaders in sustainability: green building policy in a changing economic environment. Local Leaders in Sustainability, Retrieved from www.aia.org/aiaucmp/groups/aia/documents/document/aiab081614.pdf
- Randolph, J. a. (2008). Energy for Sustainability. Washington D.C.: Island Press.
- United Nations, . (2007). Buildings and climate change status, challenges and opportunities (PDF), Retrieved from http://www.unemg.org/sustainableun/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=-bTwM-lK_z8%3D&tabid=2009&language=fr-FR
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2009, December 11). Funding Opportunities. Retrieved March 2, 2010, from Funding Opportunities | Green Building | US EPA: http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/tools/funding.htm#national
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Holiday Painted Wine GlassItem# 28903
Bring holiday cheer to your party with these stenciled wine glasses!
Designed by Cathie Filian, Steve Piacenza, Plaid Creative Team.
Clean glass with rubbing alcohol. Tape off the stem. Tear the masking tape in half to create a jagged edge. Tape off the lip area of the glass with the jagged edge facing down.
Pour a small amount of Warm White and Hydrangea on foam plate. Dip the medium brush into Warm White, tap off excess and tap into the Hydrangea paint. Blot on paper towel. Press the brush onto the wine glass creating a snow pattern. Dip the brush into Calypso Sky and add highlights to the snow. Dip the small brush into Engine Red; paint polka dots under the base of the glass. Let dry 3 hours.
Position the reindeer stencil on the snow. Pour a small amount of Coffee Bean on foam plate. Dip the medium brush into the paint; blot on paper towel to remove excess. Apply paint to the stencil. Remove stencil while paint is wet. Wash the stencil.
Apply Coffee Bean over the polka dots on the base of the glass; let dry and recoat if desired.
Let dry overnight, then bake to cure before using. Place glass in cool oven; set oven to 350° and bake for 30 minutes. Turn oven off and allow glass and oven to cool. Remove when completely cool.
FolkArt® Peel & Stick Painting Stencil – Holiday
FolkArt® Enamels Paint: Warm White, Hydrangea, Calypso Sky, Engine Red, Coffee Bean
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Lacquer Flatware Box
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Safe keeping. This beautiful box holds a 20 piece flatware set with a sizable, separate drawer for serving pieces. A lacquer finish lends a modern sheen to the traditional design, while the box's hinge-top makes the lid one less thing to put back.
14.75"w x 11"d x 6"h.
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Marvin "Corky" Taylor was recognized by NERA (National Economic Research Associates) for his contributions to the completion of NERA's October 21, 2010 report to the City of Minneapolis on the City's purposeful failure to meet its diversity, equity and affirmative action responsibilities. NERA's crack global research team of Wainwright, Holt, Kim Stewart and J. Wesley Stewart wrote: "This study would not have been possible without the assistance and perseverance of Mr. Marvin Taylor of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights."
In Mr. Taylor they found a dedicated and persevering professional refusing to join in the sabotage of the research report. The response of his bosses at the City and its Civil Rights Department was his demotion and eventual loss of job. The things that were done to Mr. Taylor after his demotion were calculated to break him. He was put into a dank basement office surrounded by asbestos. Continue Reading →


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The Fifth Street Corridor Master Plan was adopted by City Council on May 23, 2006. The plan establishes the vision for a rehabilitated and revitalized corridor that serves the needs of the surrounding neighborhoods. The City has committed Community Development Block Grant, Capital Improvement Program and Water and Sewer funds to improve the underground utilities and streetscape over three phases. Phase I was completed in September 2009 and included the construction of water and sewer lines in addition to a modern urban roundabout and complimentary streetscape between Jackson and Harrison Streets. Phase II is currently under construction and extends from Harrison Street to Main Street with an anticipated completion of August 2013. Phase III will extend streetscape and utility improvements south between Jackson and Taylor Streets. Phase III construction is anticipated to start in the Spring of 2014.
The Fifth Street Corridor is seeing considerable private development interest as a result of the streetscape improvements. The Red Shoe Dance Academy located at 409 Fifth Street opened in the renovated Moser Furniture building in 2012. The former Fisher Auto Parts building located at 400-406 Fifth Street and the former Coiner Auto Parts building at 500 Fifth Street are currently under renovation. 702-709 Fifth Street are also currently under renovation and the Lynchburg Housing and Redevelopment Authority is working with private entities to develop 701-709 Fifth Street. Word Works Literacy Centre located at 801 Fifth Street in late 2012.
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San Jose, CA, August 8, 2008 – ETMG announced today that it is offsetting its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country's leading carbon offset organizations. ETMG has donated to offset 35 tons of carbon, an amount that qualifies it as a carbon neutral company. This commitment establishes ETMG as an environmental leader in the high technology marketing community and demonstrates the proactive steps it is taking in the fight against global climate change.
ETMG, a technology marketing agency, has created a virtual business model, based on advanced communications and collaborations solutions, that has allowed it to decentralize operations. The team of more than 100 consultants operates out of home offices through virtual connections, eliminating the need for office space, energy consumption, paper use, business or industrial processes, business travel, and commuting. As energy prices skyrocket, and the impact of consumption has shown its adverse effects, ETMG felt it was time to take a more proactive step toward supporting the environment by offsetting the company's carbon footprint.
ETMG has partnered with Carbonfund.org to offset the already small amount of carbon dioxide emissions it produces in an effort to completely neutralize the impact its operations have on the environment. Additionally, ETMG will donate 500 pounds of carbon credits through Carbonfund.org for every new purchase order opened by a client.
ETMG elected to partner with Carbonfund.org after careful research because of the high impact green causes Carbonfund.org supports, and the success that the foundation has had creating momentum for environmental issues.
"Taking care of our environment has become part of our central mission to provide a unique and affordable service offering to our clients," said Michael Grodin, co-founder of ETMG. "Our ability to leverage cutting-edge technology for all our communications and operational needs is a tribute to our clients and the incredible products they develop, and showcases the possibilities of a new era of conservation."
"By eliminating the need for environmentally-destructive commutes and wasteful office fundamentals such as parking, paper, and air-conditioning, ETMG has already established itself as an environmental leader in the communications sector by reducing all it can," said Eric Carlson, Executive Director of Carbonfund.org. "Now, by offsetting the emissions they cannot avoid, ETMG is fully living up to Carbonfund.org's motto: 'Reduce what you can, offset what you can'tTM.' We're thrilled to welcome them onboard."
About ETMG
Founded in 1998, Envision Technology Marketing Group, Inc. (ETMG) is a 100% virtual marketing communications agency that provides high technology companies with a comprehensive range of marketing services. With over 100 specialists at their disposal, ETMG offers project management, content development, and demand creation capabilities, including writing, editing, print production, web production, interactive media, and design, meeting the daily and strategic needs of clients large and small. Clients include Applied Materials, Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems, and Hewlett Packard, as well as numerous smaller start-up businesses. ETMG's scalable business model allows it to provide a range of services and gives clients the option to choose the services they need to meet their current and long-term tactical and financial objectives.
About Carbonfund.org
Carbonfund.org is one of the country's leading carbon reduction and offset organizations, making it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact. Carbon offsets enable individuals and businesses to reduce carbon dioxide emissions they are responsible for in their everyday lives by supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects where they are most cost effective. Carbonfund.org works with over 700 corporate and nonprofit partners including Discovery, Volkswagen, Amtrak, Dell, Orbitz, Staples, and JetBlue.


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Maison Zahara Joins Carbonfree® Partnership to Further Environmental Mindfulness
New Carbonfree®Business Partner Maison Zahara is a lifestyle brand and online boutique offering ethically sourced products for the home and personal wear, made in non-mechanized ways using high quality local ingredients. The company's work reflects its philosophy that aesthetic beauty and sustainability are not mutually exclusive; environmental mindfulness is truly luxurious.
"Our future depends on community, preservation, protection of peoples, cultures and traditions," explains Marisela Feldman, Founder and CEO of Maison Zahara. "Maison Zahara is committed to providing conscious consumers with a sustainable alternative to ubiquitous mass production. Developing strong partnerships with organizations such as Carbonfund.org is less of a choice and more of a responsibility of any scalable business in today's world."
Maison Zahara's business is structured to bridge the gap between social and environmental sustainability, as they are of equal importance, yet the former is often overlooked. Sourcing products directly from specific peoples and cultures with a mastery in their particular craft allows Maison Zahara the opportunity to add authenticity to its overall mission. The careful curation of its artist/partner network is an important aspect of the company's responsibility as a sustainable business. Extending this environmental responsibility to carbon neutral operations further demonstrates Maison Zahara's commitment to a philosophy and practice of environmental mindfulness and stewardship.
Dukes Coffee Roasters Keeps 1% Pledge to Planet through Forest Preservation
Dukes Coffee Roasters is a group of like-minded individuals who share a love and passion for great coffee while maintaining a focus on social and environmental responsibility. Dukes is a proud member of 1% For the Planet, a not-for-profit network of businesses from around the world who have committed to creating a healthy planet. In the decade since 'One Percent' was founded, 1,400 member businesses have invested more than $100 million in environmental change.
Through 1% For the Planet, Dukes has pledged 1% of annual sales to the preservation of the natural environment. For the past two years, Dukes has chosen to support forest preservation and conservation projects through Carbonfund.org and to neutralize a portion of Dukes' business operation emissions with their donation.
For the folks at Dukes Coffee Roasters, coffee quality is more than just the flavour in the cup; environmental and social sustainability stand at the heart of everything the company does, dedicated to reducing any negative impact on the earth and supporting the communities that take part in their coffees' production process. All Dukes coffees are ethically traded and sourced from individual farms or small cooperatives. Each lot of coffee is traceable down to farm level, and there's a preference placed on purchasing organically grown coffees when possible.
The Dukes roasteries in Melbourne and Perth, Australia produce freshly roasted coffee each day. Each lot is carefully selected and then profiled, tweaked and cupped rigorously before being made available to customers. Dukes also serves the coffee it roasts in its own cafes and coffee bars. The Dukes team of baristas is also a vital part of the quality control process; they provide constant feedback to help tweak the coffee singles and blends.
The Dukes Coffee Roasters' approach to environmental responsibility within its own business is a great example of leveraging a commitment to the planet while reducing its own operational impact by supporting the protection and preservation of critical forestry around the world. Carbonfund.org is proud to partner with Dukes and with 1% For the Planet in these efforts.
Greenwave Foods Celebrates Fifth Year as Carbonfree® Business Partner
The team at Greenwave Foods, which makes "cruncha ma-me" edamame snacks, is driven by a zealous belief in their core values, which focus on ethical business practices, environmental sustainability, and holistic plant-based nutrition. Their core mission is to provide unique snacks that are truly healthy, not just "healthier" versions of junk food.
Freeze-drying and shipping their cruncha ma-me snacks uses energy, so Greenwave Foods reduces its carbon footprint by partnering with Carbonfund.org to purchase carbon credits that fund reforestation, renewable energy, and energy efficiency projects around the world.
From inception five years ago, Greenwave Foods has maintained a commitment to neutralizing its estimated annual operating emissions by supporting Carbonfund.org's third-party validated and verified carbon offset projects. As a Carbonfree® Business Partner since 2011, Greenwave Foods has mitigated over 360,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the greenhouse gases emitted by driving a passenger car almost 400,000 miles.
We're all busy - We are always on the run, so it is often hard to eat fresh vegetables. With cruncha ma-me snacks, we can reach for an all-natural wholesome veggie snack that is nutritious, tastes great and can be eaten anytime, anywhere. Cruncha ma-me edamame snacks provide good sources of protein and fiber and are a tasty alternative to highly-salted chips or sugary candy bars and other unhealthy snacks.
When you reach for cruncha ma-me snacks, you're supporting a company that supports environmental preservation, too. Carbonfund.org thanks Greenwave Foods for five years of partnership in helping to reduce the negative impact of greenhouse gases on our environment.
Paper Culture Leads Online Stationers in Environmental Sustainability Commitments
The New Year is a great time for individuals and businesses to reevaluate their recycling efforts and overall carbon footprint and seek to reduce their impact every day. Currently less than 35% of US households recycle. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides great information about how to increase recycling efforts in your everyday living, and how your efforts will help your community.
Paper Culture, a Carbonfree® Business Partner for the past seven years, and online retailer of personalized cards, gifts and wall décor, evaluates and optimizes reductions in their carbon footprint on a regular basis. Through its seven-year participation in the Carbonfree® Business Partnership, Paper Culture has neutralized operational emissions equivalent to the carbon dioxide sequestered by planting 12,615 tree seedlings, then growing those trees for ten years.
They make sure that all of their business practices fall under their four pillars for sustainable operations (aka T.R.E.E):
1. Trees – Plant a tree with every order
2. Responsibility – Offer only eco-friendly products
3. Ethos – Operate sustainable business practices
4. Education – Help through community outreach and teaching
After evaluating the packaging in which products were sent to customers, the folks at Paper Culture felt there was an opportunity to engage and reinforce the importance of recycling and the power of planting one single tree. With most of their customers being parents with young kids, they also wanted it to find an interactive approach.
As a result, they came up with the ReversibleBox. The outside of the box is printed with eco-friendly water-based inks and is much more than just pretty typography; it's a reminder of the true impact of trees, from the air we breathe to the natural habitat they provide. On the reverse side of the box is a tree pattern with the recommendation that customers reuse the box the next time they need to send a package, store old photos or any other use they can imagine. In addition, the box contains tree seed packets with planting instructions.
Since the company plants a tree with every order, Paper Culture wanted their customers to be able to plant a tree of their own so they could enjoy and teach the benefits to the next generation.
Paper Culture CEO & Co-founder Christopher Wu says, "We are in a fortunate position to be able to connect to the future generations through our customers. We loved the idea of parents and their kids planting trees together, which creates both a teaching moment and the appreciation for one of earth's finest gifts."
Since the inception in 2009, Paper Culture has been providing modern and eco-friendly products, including personalized holiday cards, birth announcements, birthday invitations, gifts and wall decor. Carbonfund.org appreciates Paper Culture's ongoing commitment to reducing and neutralizing its operational emissions through its support of Carbonfund.org's reforestation projects around the world.
The Tower Companies Announce Carbon Neutral Operations Renewal through New Sustainability E-Newsletter
The Tower Companies "envisions a world where buildings inspire and enrich the lives of their occupants, and create a positive social change." In this envisioned world, people seek out buildings that improve their health and well-being, connect them to thriving communities and help to sustain the environment.
The Tower Companies strive to be leaders in the green building industry – they believe it's not only a responsibility, but also an opportunity. One of the company's goals is to "lead by example on environmental responsibility, by developing and managing high performance properties, being a global voice on environmental stewardship, and sharing our sustainable and innovative practices."
Since 2008, the Tower Companies has been a carbon neutral company, offsetting 100% of energy consumption by purchasing wind power and carbon credits, equal to over 150,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Carbonfund.org has been fortunate to partner with the Tower Companies to help achieve some of their carbon neutral goals. Through energy reduction strategies, the Tower Companies also have saved 10 million kWh in electricity, a 22% reduction since 2008.
Please see their inaugural sustainability e-newsletter for more interesting and inspirational facts about the Tower Companies' environmental impact achievements.
Eco Alkalines™ Batteries Complete Rigorous LCA Process to Renew Carbonfree® Certification
In order to maximize product sustainability and environmental responsibility, reduce product carbon footprint and enhance transparency in product sustainability initiatives, Eco Alkalines™ Batteries once again undertook a rigorous audit and update of the cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for its products. This audit and update of the product LCA included enhanced product functionality analysis and energy usage, new initiatives to reduce transportation-related emissions and product packaging emissions, greater detail of raw materials content assessment, and establishment of an ongoing product carbon footprint reduction plan with annual goals and achievement measurements.
The updated LCA meets current PAS 2050 and ISO requirements to renew registration of Eco Alkalines™ batteries as Certified Carbonfree® Products with Carbonfund.org Foundation, and ongoing product sales will be reported to Carbonfund.org so that corresponding carbon credits to neutralize the carbon footprint for all products will be purchased and retired on behalf of LEI Products by Carbonfund.org. Eco Alkalines™ batteries have been Certified Carbonfree® by Carbonfund.org Foundation and NSF Sustainability for the past four years.
"Eco Alkalines Batteries continue to lead the market in environmental conservation and sustainability initiatives," states Eric M. Carlson, president of Carbonfund.org Foundation. "The comprehensive re-evaluation they've completed of their products' carbon footprint to the latest in sustainability standards underscores their ongoing commitment to offering businesses and consumers the most environmentally responsible batteries available on the market today."
Eco Alkalines™ batteries are committed to environmental sustainability and green innovation, are environment and landfill conscious. The packaging is manufactured with 80% of recycled materials and the batteries are derived from earth elements which have no trace amounts of harmful metals such as Mercury, Cadmium and Lead.
In addition to their innovative and unique green credentials and applications, Eco Alkalines™ perform equal to or better than the leading national brands in performance and longevity tests. Eco Alkalines™ have a guaranteed 5-year shelf life and a unique patented leak resistant seal ensuring that they will not leak into your devices.
Despite their pioneering eco accolades and novel technology, Eco Alkalines™ batteries are competitively priced compared to the leading national brands. As eco-friendly technology evolves to a 'must' rather than a choice, Eco Alkalines™ does not believe that consumers and companies should have to pay a premium for a green product.
Eco Alkalines™ batteries are geared to environmentally-conscious consumers, as the brand continues to create an environmental awareness with a message of its commitment to reduced world-wide carbon emissions and its suggestion to use recycled material and recycle products when and where possible.
Teas Etc. Begins Seventh Year as Carbonfree® Business Partner
One cup of premium loose leaf tea inspired Beth Johnston to get into the tea business, and environmental responsibility drives the company's commitment to organic teas, sustainability practices and Carbonfree® business operations.
"Conserving our planet's precious resources has always been a personal concern for me. With our continued expansion, both importing and shipping customer orders, I felt a further responsibility to take it on corporately," says Beth Johnston, Founder and CEO. "We had been looking for an effective way to offset the impact Teas Etc. has on the environment but also wanted to give our customers the choice to offset theirs. We did our homework, looked at a couple of different options and decided that Carbonfund.org was the right partner to help us meet our goals."
For the seventh consecutive year, Teas Etc. is offsetting its own carbon footprint with Carbonfund.org by supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects. In an effort to generate greater awareness about sources of carbon emissions, Teas Etc. offers customers the option of offsetting the carbon footprint created by shipping their orders. To date, Teas Etc. and its customers have neutralized the same quantity of emissions as would be sequestered by almost 11,000 tree seedlings grown for ten years.
Teas Etc is has provided premium quality award winning teas and modern accessories to wholesale and retail customers for over 15 years. The company is USDA certified to package and to distribute organic products, and has a complete line of organic teas. In addition to their tea line, the company manufactures the innovative, award winning Tea Traveler® that allows tea drinkers to enjoy loose leaf teas on-the-go. The company opened in 1998 with its headquarters in Palm Beach, FL has an office in Nanjing, China and a permanent show room at AmericasMart in Atlanta, GA.
In addition toCarbonfree® operations,Teas Etc. supports a local recycling program, utilizes recycled paper goods, biodegradable packing materials and chemical-free cleaning products. Their ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability, high quality products and excellent customer services confirms Teas Etc. as a leader in responsible online premium loose leaf tea retailing and wholesaling.
Good Boy Organics Chooses Carbonfree® Business Partnership Program
David and Victoria Byrnes have worked with organic and fair trade producers for over 12 years, helping other brands launch their products nationally. After seeing there were so few organic snack options on grocery shelves for their own family, they decided to launch their very own brand. With hard work and perseverance, and a focus on organic and Non-GMO Verified products, they launched Good Boy Organics in 2012, featuring BOPS (Baked Organic Potato Snacks), Organicasaurus corn puffs, and Yellow Barn Biodynamic® sauces.
As part of their commitment to environmental sustainability, Good Boy Organics focuses exclusively on certified organic products. Organic agriculture helps capture and retain carbon in the soil through the use of cover-cropping, green manure and compost. The use of petroleum-based fertilizers is prohibited in organic farming systems. Organic agriculture's focus on soil-building improves soil moisture, so less energy is expended to water crops. Good Boy Organics' Yellow Barn pasta sauce products are also certified Biodynamic®, an agricultural practice in which all inputs and outputs must be grown and re-used on the farm. This reduces carbon emissions from transportation and fosters self-sufficiency.
Despite all of these benefits of certified organic products and Biodynamic® agriculture, Good Boy Organics recognized that its own business operations produced harmful greenhouse gas emissions, including office space energy consumption, product shipping and business-related travel emissions. To enhance their environmental commitment, Good Boy Organics joined the Carbonfree® Business Partnership to neutralize those annual operational emissions they could not eliminate.
"I chose to partner with Carbonfund.org and their Carbonfree® Business Partnership program, because their values to environmental sustainability most closely match our own. They are well-known for their efforts helping companies like mine reduce and offset carbon emissions." David Byrnes, Founder, Good Boy Organics
At Good Boy Organics headquarters, they maintain a recycling program for cardboard, paper, glass, plastic, and cans. All materials are printed on recycled paper with vegetable based inks. Their office uses energy-efficient lighting and low-heat strategies in order to save energy. These measure help to reduce the carbon footprint from their operations, and the Carbonfree® Business Partnership ensures that remaining emissions are mitigated through the support of Carbonfund.org's clean air technology and carbon reduction projects.
Fireclay Tile Neutralizes Annual Operational Emissions with Carbonfund.org
When Carbonfund.org Foundation was created ten years ago with the motto "reduce what you can, offset what you can't™", we knew we were positioning ourselves as the last-in-line solution in sustainability plans. The climate change education component to our mission is a very important one, and a significant portion of our website is dedicated to providing ways that businesses and individuals can reduce their carbon footprint before considering carbon offsetting strategies.
This approach has attracted businesses that take seriously their responsibility to seek out recycling, reuse, energy efficiency and emissions reduction opportunities. Fireclay Tile, a California-based sustainable tile manufacturer, is a great example.
"We are scavengers at heart and scrappy when it comes to saving resources; therefore we are committed to finding new and innovative ways to reuse cast off materials, and to incorporate sustainability into all levels of our manufacturing process, explains Eric Edelson, CEO of Fireclay Tile. "We chose to partner with Carbonfund.org simply because tile is heavy, and we wanted to offset the carbon footprint created by shipping our tile all over the world."
Fireclay Tile's Carbonfree® Business and Shipping program is a final step in the company's commitment to environmental sustainability. Fireclay uses Carbonfund.org's online business calculator to compute annual carbon emissions from office energy usage, business travel, and product shipping and delivery. The resulting offset donation supports forestry initiatives around the world that sequester carbon dioxide in formal third-party validated, verified and audited projects.
Fireclay's unique process includes made-to-order tile using recycled materials and sustainable manufacturing practices in their California operations. Their recycled clay body boasts of over 70% recycled materials, which include post-consumer glass, granite dust, and porcelain from toilets collected to back water conservation efforts in the Bay Area. Fireclay's glass tiles line is composed of 100% recycled glass from local window and solar panel production industries.
Fireclay maintains onsite recycling practices that include water reclamation at cutting and mixing stations, along with rainwater capture at their Aromas, CA factory. Glaze overspray is captured at each glazing station and is included with all scrap material and anything considered defective, then crushed into an aggregate for making the recycled clay. All orders are packaged for shipment using 100% recycled boxes, reused shipping crates, and sawdust from a local furniture manufacturer used to cushion shipments.
A fine example of "reduce what you can, offset what you can't™", Fireclay Tile is walking the walk, and Carbonfund.org is proud to assist in that last step.
Foster-Stephens Improves Environmental Sustainability of Wedding Gown and Heirlooms Preservation
Storing your wedding gown, vintage clothing, family heirlooms or military uniforms became more environmentally sustainable when Foster-Stephens joined the Carbonfree ® Business Partnership program last fall.
Foster-Stephens of Elk Grove Village, IL has been producing storage solutions including archival boxes, muslin garment bags and reusable/recyclable garment bags to preserve and protect wedding gowns and other family treasures since 1936. Their product line includes many styles and sizes of archival protection boxes and bags to anyone interested in preserving textiles and family heirlooms: dry cleaners, museums, designers, costume archivists, military personnel and individuals interested in preserving their heritage.
To improve their own operational sustainability and neutralize operational emissions, Foster-Stephens supports Carbonfund.org's reforestation projects around the world that help to sequester carbon dioxide and reduce carbon emissions. They also maintain recycling programs in their office and warehouse, and select products made from recyclable materials.
"We are proud of our ongoing efforts to reduce our carbon footprint," states Nancy L. Jones, President of Foster-Stephens. "Our partnership with Carbonfund.org allows us to maintain our commitment to providing the best products for protecting textiles for future generations while offsetting the carbon emissions required to provide these products."
Historical preservation is important, but it should be accomplished with minimal impact on our environment's future. Foster-Stephens is helping to achieve this goal by carefully selecting environmentally-responsible preservation packaging products and mitigating its own business emissions in partnership with Carbonfund.org.


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|January 26, 2012
The Orange Spark (オレンジ色の輝き, Orenji-iro no Kagayaki) is episode 246 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
Naruto's initial attack is ineffective against the beast but wasting no time he flips the beast over and launches a Rasenshuriken at it. He immediately tries to separate the beast's chakra but the beast's hatred and malice begins to fill him. While in the training chamber, B alerts Yamato who begins to attempt to suppress the beast. As the hatred fills him he is reminded of the people that spurned him in his childhood but a small gentle voice rings out telling him that he could stay there. With that chains erupt from Naruto's body and restrain the beast who recognises them as Kushina Uzumaki's. Within Naruto's mind a kind-faced woman with long, bright red hair appears before him who Naruto initially believes to be the Nine-Tails trying to deceive him. After Kushina punches and corrects him — realising who she is — an emotional Naruto greets his mother. With this, the two begin to talk and Kushina tells Naruto of her youth and how she fell in love with Minato Namikaze.
- The image of Naruto and his parents that appears after he gives his nickname is the cover of volume 53.
- In this episode, the fact that Kushina migrated to Konohagakure is played on very heavily. She even stated that she didn't hold much hope to be rescued when kidnapped by Kumo-nin. However in the manga, this is not the case as she told Naruto that Konoha immediately sent out a search party to look for her.[1]
- ↑ Naruto chapter 498, page 15


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NCSE's next webinar for activists
NCSE is pleased to announce the next of a new series of on-line workshops aimed at broadening and deepening the networks that make our work possible. The next workshop focuses on building coalitions to support science education, especially evolution and climate education, which include religious leaders and members of religious communities.
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Bernard Winograd, a member of NCSE's board of directors, died on March 1, 2014, at the age of 63.
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NCSE is pleased to announce the next of a new series of on-line workshops aimed at broadening and deepening the networks that make our work possible. The next workshop focuses on media outreach: the panelists will discuss their own experiences, and share advice and resources to help citizens like you plan for media outreach and be effective spokespeople for science.
NCSE's Scott receives CFI/CSI Lifetime Achievement Award
NCSE's Eugenie C. Scott received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for Inquiry and Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in October 2013.
A preview of New Trends in Earth-Science Outreach and Engagement
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of New Trends in Earth-Science Outreach and Engagement (Springer 2013), edited by Jeanette L. Drake, Yekaterina Y. Kontar, and Gwynne S. Rife. The excerpt consists of the entirety of "Infusing Climate and Energy Throughout the Curriculum: Challenges and Opportunities," by NCSE's Minda Berbeco and Mark McCaffrey.
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Reid and Branch on confronting creationism
With the recent debate between Bill Nye "The Science Guy" and Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis attracting as many as three million viewers, it is likely that interest in creationism/evolution debates will skyrocket. Writing in The Scientist (February 7, 2014), NCSE's Ann Reid and Glenn Branch warn that "formal oral debates between scientists and creationists are by and large counterproductive — at least if the goal is to improve the public's understanding of evolution and the nature of science, and to increase the level of support for the teaching of evolution uncompromised by religious dogma."
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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Phoenix Coyotes hope to take advantage of a
struggling Edmonton Oilers club on Friday night and snap a five-game road
losing streak as the teams clash at Rexall Place.
The Coyotes are 0-3-2 in their last five games as the guest, opening a three-
game swing with Wednesday's 3-2 setback to the Calgary Flames, failing to
extend their opponent's franchise-worst seven-game slide at home.
Antoine Vermette scored his second short-handed goal in as many games and
Shane Doan had a third-period goal to again get Phoenix to within one, but the
club lost its second straight game and sixth in its past eight.
Mike Smith turned aside 23-of-26 shots in defeat, which saw the Coyotes fail
to score a power-play goal for the first time in nine games.
"We have to just keep pounding away," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. "We've
got a lot of guys who are playing hard. We just have to turn it into results."
The Coyotes have won all three of their previous meetings with the Oilers this
season and have won four straight and nine of the last 11 encounters overall.
They have also claimed two in a row and seven of their last eight in Edmonton.
Smith is 7-1-1 with a 2.54 goals against average in his career versus the
Oilers, starting all three meetings this season. He won the first two, but was
lifted after 27 minutes of work in a 4-3 overtime win at home on Dec. 31.
Smith yielded three goals on 10 shots, while Thomas Greiss stopped all 15
shots he faced in relief to get the win.
The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20
games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.
Jordan Eberle scored a goal in his third straight game and Ben Scrivens made
25 stops in his home debut after being recently acquired from the Los Angeles
"We were right there even with them," Edmonton head coach Dallas Eakins said
of his team's late charge. "I thought the game started to tilt our way in the
third period."
Eberle's goal-scoring streak has pushed his season total to 17 to go along
with 23 assists in 51 games. He ranks third on the club in goals scored,
behind only David Perron and Taylor Hall, who both have netted 18. Eberle is
also second to only Hall's 47 points on Edmonton.
Eakins is expected to give Ilya Bryzgalov the start tonight and he is 9-2-1
with a 2.05 GAA in 13 starts against his former club, but did yield four goals
on 45 shot faced in the previous meeting on Dec. 31.
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The South Dakota State women's basketball team fell to a top ten squad on Thanksgiving.
Preseason Associated Press All-American Chiney Ogwumike recorded game-highs of 29 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 5 Stanford (7-1) to a 80-60 win over South Dakota State (4-3) Thursday at the Puerto Vallarta Hardwood Tournament of Hope.
Jackrabbits were led by junior Megan Waytashek (Lino Lakes, Minn.) with 13 points, including a trio of three-pointers. Junior forward Megan Stuart (Roseville, Minn.) added 11 points.
Trailing 40-19 at halftime, Stanford scored the first seven points to take a 47-19 lead, but South Dakota State got five-straight points from Waytashek, three-pointers from senior Tara Heiser (Watertown) and Stuart to cut the Cardinal lead to 21 points, 51-30. The Jacks cut the lead to 18 points, 55-37, at the 10:51 mark when freshman Kerri Young (Mitchell) hit a trey. The Cardinal responded with a 21-7 run to take a 76-45 lead with 5:01 left. The Jacks outscored Stanford 15-4 for the remainder of the game.
South Dakota State shot 65 percent from the field in the second half after shooting only 25 percent in the first stanza. For the game, the Jacks were 21 of 52 for 40.4 percent from the floor.
Stanford shot 53.6 percent from the field in the first half and finished shooting 48.4 percent for the game. The Cardinal dominated inside, scoring 24 points in the paint and outrebounding SDSU, 41-28.
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SDSU got four points from senior Steph Paluch (Pierre) and two from junior Mariah Clarin (Princeton, Minn.) to pull within seven points, 23-16, with 8:29 left, but the Cardinal scored the next 15 points and held the Jacks scoreless until junior Rachel Walters (Sioux Falls) hit a three-pointer with 31 seconds left.
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Just one week after Pitt County's superintendent announced she'll be taking a job in Winston-Salem, the Pitt County school board met Friday night to discuss the process of finding her replacement.
Dr. Beverly Emory was not in attendance, nor was chair of the board Marc Wichard. The Board of Education tells us Wichard has abstained from the search and hiring process but could not confirm the reason. The board chose to hire the North Carolina School Boards Association for $14,500 to help in the search, and plan to advertise the vacancy starting on Monday. Allison Schafer with the School Boards Association gave a presentation about the process and spoke with us after.
"We do not screen the candidates or suggest who they should hire, we just provide information that allows them to know who the candidates are, try to get good background check information, and we also try to get as many good candidates as possible," said Schafer
The board voted on a deadline for anyone interested to apply as Monday May 20th. The unofficial target date for the new superintendent to begin is August 15th.
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Just to confirm, the Kickstarter Exclusive cards are planned to be Horizons legal. I believe the same applies to the new Batora set.
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A man from Maine has been chosen by the Presidential Inaugural Committee as this year's inaugural poet. Richard Blanco, who lives in Bethel, is just the fifth poet to be invited to read at an inaugural, joining the likes of Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. Blanco will also be the first Latino and the first openly gay poet to read at an inauguration. He is also the youngest.
That Richard Blanco would land in a small town in rural Maine may seem unlikely. But considering how much he's moved around, and how displaced he's felt nearly all his life, it's not necessarily surprising, either. Blanco likes to say he was "made in Cuba, assembled in Spain, and imported to the United States." He spent most of his childhood in Miami. A place he describes as, "kind of like a purgatory. Somewhere between Cuba and America."
And he's spent much of his adult life searching for what he imagined to be "the real America." His poems are narrative and often personal. He writes about his Cuban American family, and identity, and his persistent feelings of being stuck between two worlds, and having to negotiate between cultures. A theme that comes out in this excerpt of the poem "Betting on America," about the "Miss America" pageant, which was important viewing in Blanco's Cuban American household.
"My grandmother was the bookie," Blanco said. "Set-up at the kitchen table that night, her hair in curlers, pencil and pad jotting down two dollar bets, paying 5-1 on which miss would take the crown that year. Abuelo put his money on Miss Wyoming. She's got great teeth he pronounced, as if complementing a horse. Not her smile, filling the camera before she whisked away like a cloud in her creamy chiffon dress. I dug up enough change from the sofa and car seats to bet on Miss Wisconsin thinking I was as American as she, and I was as blonde as she was. And I knew that's where all the cheese came from."
In the end, though, none of them bet on the winner, Miss Ohio.
"And none of us, not even me, could answer Mama when she asked, 'donde esta Ohio?'"
As the child of exiles, Blanco said he's never felt entirely at home, anywhere he's lived.
"Home is always temporary, and there's just this possibility, there's this great paradise somewhere, where the gates are supposed to open and you're going to feel that sense of home," he said.
Bethel, much to his own surprise, comes about as close as he's ever gotten. For the first time in his life, Blanco said his mindset actually matches where he lives. He has fallen in love with the town and with the state, largely because of the people.
"I mean the sense of community is just amazing" Blanco said. "And I tell my mom sometimes, I feel more like I'm in Cuba when I'm in Maine than I'm in Miami. And she looks at me like I'm crazy. But the truth is that the Miami I grew up in was a much tighter community, and when I visit my family in Cuba who are from the rural parts of Cuba, there is that great sense of community. Of one for all and all for one. And of the gossip. You know, you do something and in 10 minutes… and I love that sense of community and belonging which is something I think I've always craved since I was a kid."
A sense of home, a sense of belonging, an understanding of what it means to be American - these are the things Blanco is perpetually searching for, both in life and in his writing. And so this year's inaugural theme: "Our People, Our Future," feels like a natural fit, he said.
"Salt of the Earth people, my mom you know working full time every day of her life, with dinner on the table at 5 every day, you know, that sense of getting it done, of believing in America, and believing in… the American dream," he said.
Blanco has no idea how he was picked, or how the President came across his work. But ever since he got the call from his agent, and was convinced that it was not, in fact, a practical joke, he said he felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude. A sense that everything in his life has led to this moment.
"Everything that's happened since the day my grandmother was born," he said. "That sense of just, the continuity and this incredible validation of their work and what they did to come to this country, and what they did to work their butts of so we could have an education… suddenly all these things made sense and felt part of it all. And just this overwhelming sense of gratitude. And then just sheer panic. 'I've gotta write a poem now!'"
Blanco is also taking the invitation as a sign from the universe that maybe it's finally time to give up his other career, as a civil engineer. He takes great pride in the fact that he can design a bridge, But, he said, he's finally realized that poetry will be his legacy.


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Audubon honors coastal staffer
Published: Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 11:50 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 11:50 a.m.
Wilmington | Walker Golder, deputy director of Audubon North Carolina, has received the National Audubon Society's Charles H. Callison Professional Award for "remarkable contributions to conservation through coalition building, creative thinking and perseverance."
Golder oversees the North Carolina Coastal Islands sanctuary system, composed of 20 islands that protect a host of breeding waterbirds including pelicans, herons, egrets, ibises, gulls, terns and black skimmers.
Golder established a coastal sanctuary that protects 35 percent of North Carolina's breeding shorebirds. With Audubon partners, he led a team that discovered the Bahamas wintering grounds of the largest population of piping plovers on record. Golder has worked for Audubon for 25 years.
The award was announced July 13 at the Audubon Convention in Stevenson, Wash.
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