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Mongabay.com news articles on ecosystem finance in blog format. Updated regularly.
REDD threatens rights of 350 million local people
(06/03/2010) Last week the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program received a jump start with a four billion US dollar pledge from a number of industrialized nations. Under REDD tropical forest nation will be paid to keep forests standing, however the program—as it currently stands—has provoked concern over the rights of the some 350 million people living in or adjacent to forests. The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change, a coalition of some 100 organizations from 38 countries, has released a report outlining an alternative vision of REDD that would uphold the rights of local and indigenous people while protecting forests.
As Amazon deforestation rates fall, fires increase
(06/03/2010) While rates of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon have been on the decline since 2004, the incidence of fire is increasing in the region, undermining some of the carbon emissions savings of reduced deforestation rates, report researchers writing in the journal Science. The paper argues that REDD, a global plan to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, must include measures to eliminate the use of fire from land management in the Amazon.
Corruption could undermine REDD
(06/03/2010) With four billion US dollars pledged last week to kick-start the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), a new report by Global Witness warns that the funds could do little to stem deforestation if governance and accountability are not improved and corruption tackled. The REDD program provides funds to tropical nations to keep forests standing as a means to sequester carbon.
A total ban on primary forest logging needed to save the world, an interview with activist Glen Barry
(06/02/2010) Radical, controversial, ahead-of-his-time, brilliant, or extremist: call Dr. Glen Barry, the head of Ecological Internet, what you will, but there is no question that his environmental advocacy group has achieved major successes in the past years, even if many of these are below the radar of big conservation groups and mainstream media. "We tend to be a little different than many organizations in that we do take a deep ecology, or biocentric approach," Barry says of the organization he heads. "[Ecological Internet] is very, very concerned about the state of the planet. It is my analysis that we have passed the carrying capacity of the Earth, that in several matters we have crossed different ecosystem tipping points or are near doing so. And we really act with more urgency, and more ecological science, than I think the average campaign organization."
Indonesia announces moratorium on granting new forest concessions
(05/28/2010) With one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, the world's third largest greenhouse gas emissions due mostly to forest loss, and with a rich biodiversity that is fighting to survive amid large-scale habitat loss, Indonesia today announced a deal that may be the beginning of stopping forest loss in the Southeast Asian country. Indonesia announced a two year moratorium on granting new concessions of rainforest and peat forest for clearing in Oslo, Norway, however concessions already granted to companies will not be stopped. The announcement came as Indonesia received 1 billion US dollars from Norway to help the country stop deforestation.
Long-distance seed dispersal and hunting, an interview with Kimberly Holbrook
(05/24/2010) Scientists are just beginning to uncover the complex relationship between healthy biodiverse tropical forests and seed dispersers—species that spread seeds from a parent tree to other parts of the forest including birds, rodents, primates, and even elephants. By its very nature this relationship consists of an incredibly high number of variables: how abundant are seed dispersers, which animals spread seeds the furthest, what species spread which seeds, how are human impacts like hunting and deforestation impacting successful dispersal, as well as many others. Dr. Kimberly Holbrook has begun to answer some of these questions.
Can markets protect nature?
(05/03/2010) Over the past 30 years billions of dollars has been committed to global conservation efforts, yet forests continue to fall, largely a consequence of economic drivers, including surging global demand for food and fuel. With consumption expected to far outstrip population growth due to rising affluence in developing countries, there would seem to be little hope of slowing tropical forest loss. But some observers see new reason for optimism—chiefly a new push to make forests more valuable as living entities than chopped down for the production of timber, animal feed, biofuels, and meat. While are innumerable reasons for protecting forests—including aesthetic, cultural, spiritual, and moral—most land use decisions boil down to economics. Therefore creating economic incentives to maintaining forests is key to saving them. Leading the effort to develop markets ecosystem services is Forest Trends, a Washington D.C.-based NGO that also organizes the Katoomba group, a forum that brings together a wide variety of forest stakeholders, including the private sector, local communities, indigenous people, policymakers, international development institutions, funders, conservationists, and activists.
Where do forest carbon markets go from here?
(04/20/2010) For thousands of years, we have been planting and growing trees without difficulty. It's simple, and forest carbon business strategy can be, too. In fact, it's core to what I'm trying to teach the MBA/MS students in my course at the Erb Institute this semester: If the world's best available technology for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is employing the natural photosynthetic capacity of natural forest management, we can too.
Skoll Foundation Awards $2.2 millon to avoided deforestation and the ecosystem services market
(04/18/2010) This week the Skoll Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship awarded its annual Awards for Social Entrepreneurship and three of the seven prizes went to individuals and organizations focused on tropical forests and ecosystem services, including Forest Trends, Imazon, and Telapak. Each award is worth $765,000, which amounts to over $2.2 million for this space. The awards were presented at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, United Kingdom.
How that cork in your wine bottle helps forests and biodiversity, an interview with Patrick Spencer
(03/01/2010) Next time you're in the supermarket looking to buy a nice bottle of wine: think cork. Although it's not widely known, the cork industry is helping to sustain one of the world's most biodiverse forests, including a number of endangered species such as the Iberian lynx and the Barbary deer. Spreading across 6.6 million acres in southern Europe (France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy) and northern Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia) oak cork trees Quercus suber are actually preserved and protected by the industry.
Could special bonds fund the green revolution and stabilize the climate?
(02/02/2010) There is no question that governments around the world are moving slowly and sluggishly to combat climate change, especially when placed against the measures recommended by climate scientists. Only a handful of nations have actually cut overall greenhouse gas emissions, and the past couple decades have seen emissions rise rapidly worldwide as nations like India and China industrialize while Brazil and Indonesia continue massive deforestation. Global temperatures are rising in concert (though with natural fluctuations): the past decade is the warmest on record. After the failure of Copenhagen this past December to produce an ambitious and binding treaty, many are wondering if the world will ever address the threat of climate change or if future generations are set to live in a world far different—and more volatile—than the one we currently enjoy.
Photos: park in Ecuador likely contains world's highest biodiversity, but threatened by oil
(01/19/2010) In the midst of a seesaw political battle to save Yasuni National Park from oil developers, scientists have announced that this park in Ecuador houses more species than anywhere else in South America—and maybe the world. "Yasuní is at the center of a small zone where South America's amphibians, birds, mammals, and vascular plants all reach maximum diversity," Dr. Clinton Jenkins of the University of Maryland said in a press release. "We dubbed this area the 'quadruple richness center.'"
Congo basin rainforest countries
(01/15/2010) Payments for ecosystem services may be a key component in maintaining Central Africa's rainforests as healthy and productive ecosystems, finds a comprehensive assessment of the region's forests.
Forest carbon conservation projects top $100 million
(01/14/2010) The market for carbon credits generated through forest conservation topped $100 million from 2007 through the first half of 2009, despite a global recession and plunging carbon prices in regulated markets, reports a new assessment by Ecosystem Marketplace.
Ecuador to be paid to leave oil in the ground
(12/23/2009) Ecuador will establish a trust fund for receiving payments to leave oil reserves unexploited in Yasuni National Park, one of the world's most biodiverse rainforest reserves, reports the UN Development Programme, the agency that will administer the fund.
Guyana to increase oversight of gold mining under deal to save forests with Norway
(12/21/2009) As apart of a deal with Norway to preserve its rainforests, Guyana will step up oversight of its gold mining industry, which has been accused of causing significant environmental damage including deforestation and mercury and cyanide pollution.
Uninhabited tropical island paradise seeks REDD funding to save it from loggers
(12/17/2009) Tetepare may be one of the last tropical island paradises left on earth. Headhunting and a mysterious illness drove its original inhabitants from the island two hundred years ago, making Tetepare today the largest uninhabited island in the tropical Pacific. The 120 square kilometer island (46 square miles), long untouched by industry or agriculture, is currently threatened by logging interests. However, the island is not without champions: in 2002 descendents of the original inhabitants of Tetepare formed the Tetepare Descendents Association (TDA) to preserve the island. Recently they have teamed up with the Solomon Islands Government and the Solomon Islands Community Conservation Partnership to develop financing through REDD.
More than half world's science academies support call to save rainforests
(12/17/2009) More than half world's science academies have signed a statement supporting a plan to save tropical forests as a means to fight climate change, reports the Global Canopy Program, an initiative that has worked closely with Prince Charles to promote rainforest conservation. The statement argues that tropical forest protection is a critical strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15-20 years. It calls upon world leaders to reach a consensus on a path forward for a funding package that would support the infrastructure needed to develop an effective reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) mechanism.
REDD may miss up to 80 percent of land use change emissions
(12/11/2009) The political definition of 'forest' used in REDD (Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) threatens to undermine the program's objective to conserve ecosystems for their ability to sequester carbon, according to a new analysis by the Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) Partnership for Tropical Forest Margins. In an analysis of three Indonesian provinces using REDD proposals for carbon accounting, ASB found that REDD may miss up to 80 percent of the actual emissions due to land use change. The carbon accounting problems could be fixed, according to ASB, by expanding REDD's purpose from reducing emissions linked to deforestation (considering the problematic definition of forests) to reducing emission from all land use changes that either release or capture greenhouse gases, including but not limited to forests.
REDD+ could turn deforesters into forest protectors
(12/09/2009) Payments for conservation and sustainable management of forests could turn agents of forest destruction into forest protectors, according to a comprehensive analysis of national policy options to reduce deforestation released in Copenhagen by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
Changing drivers of deforestation provide new opportunities for conservation
(12/09/2009) Tropical deforestation claimed roughly 13 million hectares of forest per year during the first half of this decade, about the same rate of loss as the 1990s. But while the overall numbers have remained relatively constant, they mask a transition of great significance: a shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation and geographic consolidation of where deforestation occurs. These changes have important implications for efforts to protect the world's remaining tropical forests in that environmental lobby groups now have identifiable targets that may be more responsive to pressure on environmental concerns than tens of millions of impoverished rural farmers. In other words, activists have more leverage than ever to impact corporate behavior as it relates to deforestation.
REDD in Madagascar
(12/08/2009) Despite damage from ongoing illegal logging, Madagascar's remaining forests are poised to benefit from the proposed REDD mechanism, a U.N.-backed scheme that would compensate tropical developing countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation, reports a new paper that analyzes efforts to use carbon finance to protect the Indian Ocean island's remaining forests. The research is published in the open-access Madagascar Conservation & Development.
Guyana expedition finds biodiversity trove in area slated for oil and gas development, an interview with Robert Pickles
(11/29/2009) An expedition deep into Guyana's rainforest interior to find the endangered giant river otter—and collect their scat for genetic analysis—uncovered much more than even this endangered charismatic species. "Visiting the Rewa Head felt like we were walking in the footsteps of Wallace and Bates, seeing South America with its natural density of wild animals as it would have appeared 150 years ago," expedition member Robert Pickles said to Mongabay.com.
Deforestation emissions should be shared between producer and consumer, argues study
(11/19/2009) Under the Kyoto Protocol the nation that produces carbon emission takes responsibility for them, but what about when the country is producing carbon-intensive goods for consumer demand beyond its borders? For example while China is now the world's highest carbon emitter, 50 percent of its growth over the last year was due to producing goods for wealthy countries like the EU and the United States which have, in a sense, outsourced their manufacturing emissions to China. A new study in Environmental Research Letters presents a possible model for making certain that both producer and consumer share responsibility for emissions in an area so far neglected by studies of this kind: deforestation and land-use change.
REDD may increase the cost of conservation of non-forest ecosystems
(11/19/2009) Policy-makers designing a climate change mitigation mechanism that will reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) aren't doing enough to ensure that the scheme protects biodiversity outside carbon-dense ecosystems, argues an editorial published in Current Biology by a group of scientists.
Hunting across Southeast Asia weakens forests' survival, An interview with Richard Corlett
(11/08/2009) A large flying fox eats a fruit ingesting its seeds. Flying over the tropical forests it eventually deposits the seeds at the base of another tree far from the first. One of these seeds takes root, sprouts, and in thirty years time a new tree waits for another flying fox to spread its speed. In the Southeast Asian tropics an astounding 80 percent of seeds are spread not by wind, but by animals: birds, bats, rodents, even elephants. But in a region where animals of all shapes and sizes are being wiped out by uncontrolled hunting and poaching—what will the forests of the future look like? This is the question that has long occupied Richard Corlett, professor of biological science at the National University of Singapore.
Important safeguards to protect rainforests lacking in REDD negotiating text
(11/06/2009) Important safeguards to protect natural forests are still lacking in negotiating text on REDD, a proposed mechanism for mitigating climate change by paying developing countries to keep trees standing, reports an alliance of activist groups.
REDD in Colombia: using forests to finance conservation and communities in Colombia's Choco, a former war zone
(11/03/2009) Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), a climate change mechanism proposed by the U.N., has been widely lauded for its potential to simultaneously deliver a variety of benefits at multiple scales. But serious questions remain, especially in regard to local communities. Will they benefit from REDD? While much lip-service is paid to community involvement in REDD projects, many developers approach local communities as an afterthought. Priorities lie in measuring the carbon sequestered in a forest area, lining up financing, and making marketing arrangements, rather than working out what local people — the ones who are often cutting down trees — actually need in order to keep forests standing. This sets the stage for conflict, which reduces the likelihood that a project will successfully reduce deforestation for the 15-30 year life of a forest carbon project. Brodie Ferguson, a Stanford University-trained anthropologist whose work has focused on forced displacement of rural communities in conflict regions in Colombia, understands this well. Ferguson is working to establish a REDD project in an unlikely place: Colombia's Chocó, a region of diverse coastal ecosystems with some of the highest levels of endemism in the world that until just a few years ago was the domain of anti-government guerrillas and right-wing death squads.
Will Ecuador's plan to raise money for not drilling oil in the Amazon succeed?
(10/27/2009) Ecuador's Yasuni National Park is full of wealth: it is one of the richest places on earth in terms of biodiversity; it is home to the indigenous Waorani people, as well as several uncontacted tribes; and the park's forest and soil provides a massive carbon sink. However, Yasuni National Park also sits on wealth of a different kind: one billion barrels of oil remain locked under the pristine rainforest.
"Money is not a problem," palm oil CEO tells conservationists during speech defending the industry
(10/26/2009) Earlier this month at a colloquium to implement wildlife corridors for orangutans in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Dr. Yusof Basiron, the CEO of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), told conservationists and primate experts that the palm oil industry was ready to fund reforestation efforts in the corridors. "We can raise the money to replant [the corridors] and keep contributing as a subsidy in the replanting process of this corridor for connecting forests," Basiron said in response to a question on how the palm oil industry will contribute. "Money is not a problem. The commitment is already there, the pressure is already very strong for this to be done, so it's just trying to get the thing into motion."
Logged forests support biodiversity after 15 years of rehabilitation, but not if turned into plantations
(10/21/2009) With the world facing global warming and a biodiversity crisis, a new study shows that within 15 years logged forests—considered by many to be 'degraded'—can be managed in order to successfully fight both climate change and extinction.
Business and conservation groups team up to conserve and better manage US's southern forests
(10/15/2009) A new project entitled Carbon Canopy brings together multiple stakeholders—from big business to conservation organizations to private landowners—in order to protect and better manage the United State's southern forests. The program intends to employ the emerging US forest carbon market to pay private forest owners for conservation and restoration efforts while making certain that all forest-use practices subscribes to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
Group of distinguished ecologists ask Obama to help save rainforests
(09/23/2009) A group of distinguished ecologists have asked President Obama to push for the inclusion of tropical forests in climate policy.
Prince Charles making progress in effort to save rainforests, says leading British environmentalist
(09/22/2009) Prince Charles of Great Britain has emerged as one of the world's highest-profile promoters of a scheme that could finally put an end to destruction of tropical rainforests. The Prince's Rainforest Project, launched in 2007, is promoting awareness of the role deforestation plays in climate change—it accounts for nearly a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions. The project also publicizes the multitude of benefits tropical forests provide, including maintenance of rainfall, biodiversity, and sustainable livelihoods for millions of people. But the initiative goes beyond merely raising awareness. Prince Charles is using his considerable influence to bring political and business leaders together to devise and support a plan to provide emergency funding to save rainforests. Tony Juniper, one of Britain's best-known environmentalists and Special Adviser to the project, spoke about Prince Charles' efforts in an interview with mongabay.com.
Alleviating poverty and saving biodiversity are inherently linked argue scientists
(09/17/2009) Twenty-nine scientists argue in Science today that the world will not be able to lift up the world's poor unless it also addresses global biodiversity loss. They say that the same underlying problems—exploitation of resources, unsustainable overconsumption, climate change, population growth—are exacerbating global poverty and the extinction of species.
Innovative reforestation project threatened by 'regime change' in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch
(09/16/2009) In Madagascar the TAMS Program (Tetik'asa Mampody Savoka, meaning "the project to bring back the forest") is under threat due to the new government's unwillingness to provide funding. The current government, after gaining power in a coup this year, has frozen all funds slated for the project and has yet to sign a carbon credit agreement with the World Bank which would bring much needed funding. "It remains to be seen if the recognition or not of Madagascar's transitional Government will lead to signing the contract with the World Bank in the near future. This is of course essential for the continuity of the project and its future," Rainer Dolch told Monagaby.com in an interview.
Discovering nature's wonder in order to save it, an interview with Jaboury Ghazoul
(09/08/2009) Sometimes we lose sight of the forest by staring at the trees. When this happens we need something jarring and eloquent to pull us back to view the big picture again. This is what tropical ecologist Jaboury Ghazoul provided during a talk at the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) meeting this summer in Marburg, Germany. Throwing out a dazzling array of big ideas and even bigger questions—incorporating natural history, biodiversity, morality, philosophy, and art—the enthusiastic Ghazoul left his audience in a state of wonder.
Investing in conservation could save global economy trillions of dollars annually
(09/03/2009) By investing billions in conserving natural areas now, governments could save trillions every year in ecosystem services, such as natural carbon sinks to fight climate change, according to a European report The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).
Mining and biodiversity offsets in Madagascar: Conservation or 'Conservation Opportunities?'
(08/30/2009) Rio Tinto's ilmenite mine in southeastern Madagascar is among the largest on the planet. At peak capacity, its owners say, it could produce as much as 2 million tons of the stuff—worth roughly $100 a ton—each year, to be shipped off and smelted abroad. What's left of it after refining—some 60 percent of the ore that arrives from Madagascar—will be sold for $2000 a ton as titanium dioxide, a pigment used in everything from white paint and tennis court lines to sunscreen and toothpaste. At current levels of demand, the Fort Dauphin mine will provide 9 percent of the world supply over the next 40 years, amounting to more than $60 billion of titanium dioxide. Even that is a conservative estimate: demand for ilmenite has been growing at 3-5 percent annually, with major mines slated to close in coming years and few untapped sources known worldwide.
Ecological restoration substantially boosts biodiversity and ecosystem services
(07/30/2009) A new analysis reports that ecological restoration generally deliver benefits for both conserving biodiversity and supporting human livelihoods, but does not completely reverse degradation caused by humans.
Kenya signs its first REDD deal to conserve forests
(04/16/2009) Kenya has signed its first carbon deal to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).
World leaders meet to discuss future of rainforests
(04/02/2009) World leaders met Wednesday to discuss the role rainforests can play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Economic crisis hits conservation but may offer opportunities, says TNC president
(03/03/2009) In 2008 The Nature Conservancy (TNC) surprised the conservation world when it selected Mark Tercek, an investment banker from Goldman Sachs, as its new president and CEO. But for people who have worked with Tercek, the move made strategic sense – Tercek was a leading figure in the Goldman's effort to improve its environmental record. In 2005 Tercek was appointed to head up the firm's Environmental Strategy Group, which develops and implements its environmental policy, and its Center for Environmental Markets, an initiative that examines market-based solutions to environmental challenges. In that role Tercek worked with pioneers in ecosystem services science, including Gretchen Daily of Stanford University; John Holdren, the former director of the Woods Hole Research Center and currently President Obama's chief scientific adviser; and Peter Kareiva, chief scientist at TNC.
Payments for eco services could save the Amazon
(02/12/2009) Paying for the ecological services provided by the Amazon rainforest could be the key to saving it, reports a new analysis from WWF. The study, Keeping the Amazon forests standing: a matter of values, tallied the economic value of various ecosystem services afforded by Earth's largest rainforest. It found that standing forest is worth, at minimum, $426 per hectare per year.
Norway to pay Guyana to save its rainforests
(02/05/2009) Norway will provide financial support for Guyana's ambitious plan to conserve its rainforests, reports the Guyana Chronicle. Meeting in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday, Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to establish a partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The leaders will push for the incorporation of a REDD mechanism that includes low deforestation countries like Guyana in a post-2012 climate change agreement.
Wildlife banking gets a marketplace
(12/09/2008) Ecosystem Marketplace, a site that provides information on markets and payment schemes for ecosystem services, has launched what it is calling the "first information clearinghouse" for the species credit trading industry.
Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation
(08/27/2008) The British government should end subsidies for biofuels and instead use the funds to slow destruction of rainforests and tropical peatlands argues a new report issued by a U.K.-based think tank. The study, titled "The Root of the Matter" and published by Policy Exchange, says that "avoided deforestation" would be a more cost-effective way to address climate change, since land use change generates more emissions than the entire global transport sector and offers ancillary benefits including important ecosystem services.
Malaysia's rainforest logging plan may proceed despite risk to water supplies
(08/22/2008) Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak, Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Kedah, is pushing ahead with a plan to log Ulu Muda forest reserve despite concerns that logging could hurt water supplies and threaten biodiversity.
Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell
(08/17/2008) Markets may soon value rainforests as living entities rather than for just the commodities produced when they are cut down, said a tropical forest researcher speaking in June at a conservation biology conference in the South American country of Suriname. Andrew Mitchell, founder and director of the London-based Global Canopy Program (GCP), said he is encouraged by signs that investors are beginning to look at the value of services afforded by healthy forests.
Adaptation to climate change will be difficult for Madagascar
(07/29/2008) Madagascar's high levels of endemism coupled with its extensive loss and degradation of ecosystems leave its species particularly vulnerable to climate change. A new paper evaluates these risks and sets forth conservation priorities to best maintain the ecological resilience of the island nation.
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Dee Brooks, 71, of Monroe, passed away Monday at 6:42 a.m. in her home.
Dee was born June 16, 1942 in Monroe. She was the daughter of Horace and Irene (Butler) Heck. She married Mario Brooks in 1968. She then spent many years with her longtime companion, Clarence "Junior" Bussell, until his death in 2000.
She enjoyed going to garage sales, crocheting, gardening and putting together puzzles. She especially loved her pets.
Dee is survived by her daughters, Barbie Brooks of Monroe and Dena Brooks of Monroe; a brother Glen (Bonnie) Heck of Monroe; a sister Dorothy (Bob) Giebel of Monroe; eight grandchildren: Christina, Dan, Joe, Gary, Nicole, James, Ronnie and Brandon and nine great- grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Mario Brooks; her longtime companion, Junior Bussell; a brother, Troy Bussell, and two daughters, Cindy Lou Salisbury and Kitty Rae Shippey.
Friends may call 3-8 p.m. Thursday at Rupp Funeral Home and also Friday from 11 a.m. until a 3 p.m. memorial service at the funeral home. Rev. Lawrence Detruf, pastor of First Church of God, will officiate. Cremation has taken place at Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle.
Memorial contributions in her honor may be made to the Monroe County Humane Society.
Online condolences may be sent through www.ruppfuneralhomeinc.com.

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US to relinquish key oversight role for Internet (Update)
The US government announced Friday it was giving up its key role overseeing the Internet's technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multi-stakeholder community."
The US government announced Friday it was giving up its key role overseeing the Internet's technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multi-stakeholder community."
Fukushima nuclear plant workers rallied outside the headquarters of operator Tokyo Electric Power on Friday, complaining they were forced to work for meagre pay in dangerous conditions.
Weibo Corp., the Chinese microblogging service often compared with Twitter, filed Friday for a US stock offering seeking to raise $500 million.
NASA's Operation IceBridge started the 2014 Arctic campaign with two surveys of sea ice north of Greenland. The two flights follow similar surveys flow in previous years and continue the mission's goals of ...
(Phys.org) —Before the microwave gained fame as a kitchen wonder, there was the, gasp, refrigerator, a kitchen wonder that could freeze meat and keep ice cream from melting on top, while preserving the ...
Air pollution that has turned the skies over Paris a murky yellow and shrouded much of Belgium for days forced drivers to slow down Friday and gave millions a free ride on public transportation.
For the first time researchers have shown that freestanding metal membranes consisting of a single layer of atoms can be stable under ambient conditions. This result of an international research team from ...
The United States defended its controls on mass surveillance on Friday before a UN watchdog body amid a sweeping review of Washington's record on civil and political rights.
Under London's streets in Winston Churchill's World War II bunker, young techies are fighting a new kind of war.
Target Corp. is acknowledging its security software picked up on suspicious activity after a massive cyberattack was launched, but it decided not to take immediate action.
Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo have performed an operation on a newborn gorilla that was delivered by cesarean section.
Officials from some of the world's top fishing powers signed a declaration in Greece on Friday to promote sustainable management of fish stocks.
Heavy rainfall rates and powerful towering thunderstorms were spotted in what appeared to be the rebirth process of Tropical Cyclone Gillian in the Gulf of Carpentaria between Australia's Northern Territory ...
Chinese Internet giant Tencent has shut several accounts on its popular instant messaging platform WeChat, users said Friday, in what appeared to be part of a broader government crackdown on political content.
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University of Texas allowing fight at Sun Bowl
EL PASO, Texas The University of Texas System chancellor announced Friday he will allow a high-profile boxing match to be held on the school's El Paso campus if law enforcement can ensure a safe environment, reversing a 3-day-old ban that had upset city leaders.
Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa had canceled the June 16 fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Andy Lee at the Sun Bowl, citing a "higher than normal" security risk. A law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Friday that a federal risk assessment had warned that leaders of warring Mexican drug cartels would attend.
Diana Natalicio , the president of the University of Texas at El Paso, said Cigarroa told her one reason he cancelled the fight was a tie between Chavez Jr. and Sinaloa drug cartel boss Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman mentioned in a federal security report.
Local media have reported Chavez Jr. is in a relationship with the Guzman's son's widow.
Natalicio thanked city officials and others for their efforts to bring the fight back to El Paso.
"I am very pleased and very happy he arrived at this conclusion...it is an important positive step in the right direction," she said.
Cigarroa set several conditions for the fight to go forward: State, local and federal law enforcement must promise they can handle any security measures, the contract with the promoter and the security plan must be approved by system officials in advance, and no alcohol can be served.
Fight promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank said he was surprised by the restrictions. Arum said he'll have to get assurances from the University of Texas at El Paso and local police by early next week that they can be met. If not, Arum said he'll move the fight to Houston.
"This is preposterous. We've never had one bit of problems in Los Angeles, Houston or San Antonio, which are all big Hispanic communities, on a Chavez fight," Arum said.
Cigarroa said he met by teleconference with local and federal law enforcement and city leaders and they assured him they can provide proper security.
Arum would not confirm the relationship between Chavez Jr.'s girlfriend and Guzman's late son. However he said it was "disgraceful that (Cigarroa) would bring that issue up."
"I am offended, she (Chavez Jr.'s girlfriend) is a nice woman," Arum said.
The risk report, done by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, also said leaders of both the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels would be present at the fight. However, it said there were no specific threats to the city, the event or those attending it, the law enforcement official said.
The cartels have waged a bloody war in Ciudad Juarez across the Rio Grande from El Paso for control of drug smuggling routes and other criminal enterprises in the city.
The official, who is familiar with the contents of the report, spoke on condition of anonymity because the official isn't authorized to release the information.
University of Texas at El Paso officials confirmed Friday that university police had received a federal report earlier this month, but declined to discuss its contents.


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So much for winnowing the field.
Among the many lessons of Tuesday's Michigan primary:
1. Stick around long enough in the Republican race and you too can be a winner. (Slate's John Dickerson: "The GOP primary is starting to look like a Pee Wee soccer tournament: Everyone gets a trophy!" Whose turn is it to bring the orange slices to South Carolina on Saturday?)
2. Democrats, independents, and evangelical Republicans can all find better ways to spend their Tuesdays. (And in the process, they're helping hit restart on a GOP race that's fast turning into a fight for delegates.)
3. Smiling may take fewer muscles than frowning, but it can make you stronger. (On the economy, at least, straight talk loses to happy talk.)
4. Nearly half of those who trudged through snow to vote in the Democratic primary did so to NOT vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. (He's got a name fit for a thoroughbred, and surely, with 40 percent of the vote, Uncommitted's lawyers can sue to get included him included in remaining debates.)
5. Speaking of uncommitted, anyone who has figured out what Republican voters are truly looking for has the inside track -- but is probably spinning. (And staying warm in Florida while everyone else dodges snowflakes has never looked smarter.)
Former governor Mitt Romney's victory in Michigan forecloses any real possibility of a swift end to the GOP fight, ensuring a rumble that will continue at least through Feb. 5. If anything, the first three major contests (in addition to crowning three different winners) have contributed to enough chaos to add one to the ranks of major contenders: We welcome back former mayor Rudolph Giuliani, R-N.Y., who's just a win in Florida away from looking every bit as strong as any of his rivals.
This much is clear: Romney, R-Mass., has found a product he's comfortable selling -- optimism. There have been many iterations of his candidacy, but this was probably the best fit from the start: the turnaround artist, the businessman, the overall optimistic leader who (even if he can't quite fill himself with empathy on command) conveys a sense of competence.
"Just as important as Mr. Romney's personal ties was that he found himself, after setbacks in Iowa and New Hampshire, in an economically downtrodden state that has shed millions of jobs," Michael Luo writes in The New York Times. "The economic woes here played neatly into his strengths as a candidate, and his newly retooled message centered around his private sector experience and a promise to bring change to Washington."
Romney can make as good a claim as anyone to front-running status. Asked if Michigan marked a "comeback" for his campaign, he told ABC's Robin Roberts on Wednesday, "sure was."
"The big one was here in Michigan. I now have more delegates than anybody else, a lot more votes for president than anybody else," Romney said on "Good Morning America" (displaying an appropriately short memory of the big dollars he spent in Iowa and New Hampshire).


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Alorton Mayor JoAnn Reed pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony for causing another to bring contraband into the Alorton jail in February 2013, where her niece was being held on a battery charge -- a move that will cost her the mayor's office and her Sheriff's Department job, but no prison time.
Reed received two years of probation, 60 hours of community service and must undergo drug treatment in exchange for her guilty plea.
Reed, 56, was elected mayor 14 months ago and worked for the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department for 28 years. She called Thursday one of the saddest days of her life.
"Besides my mother's death, this is the hardest thing I have had to deal with," she said.
Steve Sallerson, the prosecutor on the case, told Chief Judge John Baricevic during a conference hearing before the actual hearing that an Alorton police officer was dispatched to a battery call at a home where Reed's niece, Jennifer Harris was.
Harris was arrested, and when the officer returned to the Alorton Police Department with Harris, Reed and Harris' mother were at the station.
"(The officer) put Harris in a jail cell. Reed and Harris' mother were given an opportunity to see her," Sallerson said. He also argued against ordering drug treatment for Reed as a condition of probation. He said he felt it inappropriate for the case.
But Reed's lawyer, Mike Mettis, who works with the Scott Rosenblum law firm in St. Louis, disagreed. Mettis noted Reed's long service with the Sheriff's Department and in the community.
"And we're not talking about her bringing in a weapon or drugs. We're talking about her bringing a cellphone to the girl to use I presume to occupy her time while she was in jail," Mettis said.
Both lawyers agreed Harris made one Facebook post and the victim of the battery saw it and called the police to report it.
Reed was initially charged with two counts of official misconduct and one count of causing another to bring contraband into a penal institution. The two official misconduct charges were dropped in exchange for the guilty plea accepted by Baricevic. The drug treatment was related to use of pain killers following surgery.
Reed was subdued, sometimes whispering, and apologized to the people she let down.
"It is an unfortunate situation for me. I have been told by numerous officers that bringing money, cellphones and cigarettes into the jail is common practice. I have three videos of each," Reed said. "I am a good person and the people who really know me will tell anybody that. My downfall is always trying to help somebody. I have lived my life trying to help others and yes, I will continue to try to help. That's who I am."
She said she does not know what she is going to do without her job. She earned $27,000 a year at the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and $15,000 a year as mayor of Alorton. Without her job at the Sheriff's Department, Reed also loses her health insurance, something she said she badly needs. She also said she is facing some additional surgery. Reed said she is a single mother with two daughters and a granddaughter who she helps to provide for.
Reed has lived in Alorton 50 years. Her father still lives in the house where she grew up on North 42nd Street. He and a handful of supporters were with Reed in the courtroom.
She said she has worked all of her life to get the job as mayor of Alorton. Reed said she has to believe that God has other plans for her.
"I feel God has a new direction for my life. I have to let go and let God," she said.
Reed is the latest Alorton leader to become a convicted felon. Former Mayor Randy McCallum is serving federal prison time on illegal drug and corruption charges. Members of his administration, former police chief Thomas Cummings and Street Superintendent Ron Cummings, were also convicted of federal crimes and were forced out of their jobs.
Reed said she hopes the village will continue to move in the right direction.
"I want them to work hard to help the citizens of Alorton and especially the children. And, I do not want there to be any corruption," she said. "I have sown a good seed in this community and one day it will harvest."
Reed said the people of Alorton did not have access to computers or Internet services, but she stepped up to do something about that.
"With the help of Sen. James Clayborne, we created a resource center, with six computers. The East St. Louis unemployment office is closed. So people who are looking for a job would have to travel to Belleville. Many of them do not have transportation to do that. With computers right here, they can learn how to download email and apply for jobs online," Reed said.
"My record of community service is all built around the youth. Literally, the children have been my foundation. They are the central part of my agenda. In my opinion, black communities do not incorporate the youth in budget planning as much as they need to. An idle mind is the devil's workshop. We have to train them while they are young. They have to know they are important," Reed said.
Baricevic, before sentencing Reed to two years probation said, "There's no question good people make bad decisions, good people do stupid things, good people don't always look far enough down the road as to consequences." He said Reed's time at the Sheriff's Department should have given her sufficient knowledge to know the actions were not appropriate.
Four local pastors sent letters of support for Reed and touted the exemplary community work she has done and was doing.


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Wes Than A Minute: Manti Te'o Continues To Fall
In "Wes Than A Minute" Wes Goldberg delivers highly opinionated sports commentary in, you guessed it, less than one minute. Easily consumable for your enjoyment.
Manti Te'o ran a 4.81 40-yard-dash at the NFL Combine Monday morning and his stock continues to fall after, well… you know.
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Forbes magazine published its annual valuation of NHL franchises on Wednesday and anointed the Toronto Maple Leafs as the leagues first billion-dollar club. Forbes numbers are sure to cause a lot of discussion, partly because individual teams and the league always dispute the calculations. Forbes relies on estimates in many cases and public information (such as the value of TV rights deals) and doesnt have access to teams financial ledgers. Its findings show a greater economic gulf between the leagues strongest and weakest teams even as theres more parity on the ice. Among those findings: The three most profitable teams accounted for 83 of the leagues 250 million income for the 2011-12 season, and 13 of the leagues 30 teams lost money before non-cash expenses and interest payments. According to Forbes, the Maple Leafs who havent won the Stanley Cup since 1967 are worth 1 billion in part because theyre owned by a huge telecommunications company and they can leverage their TV rig...
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The instance of piston striking valve is right up at the top of the list of things that will ruin your day. It's fundamental tothe four-stroke cycle that valves and pistons come close to one another, but even more so that they never make contact. Checking piston-to-valve clearance may seem like an esoteric procedure that only high-performance engine builders perform. In reality, this critical measurement isn't hard to check-and check it you should, since a host of common modifications can lessen the margin for error.
The impetus for this investigation came during our Dec. '06 story on building your own cylinder heads, "Some Assembly Required." When we asked Speed-O-Motive's Oscar Alvarez to share some tips with us, he immediately replied, "People have to check the piston-to-valve clearance." At first, this didn't really seem to be part of the head-building process, but swapping cylinder heads onto an existing short-block is just one of many actions that can change piston-to-valve clearance.
With this in mind, we returned to Speed-O-Motive for a session with engine assembler Bill Shoemaker. Rather than talking about this procedure in terms of professional engine building, Shoemaker and Alvarez emphasize its importance for the home builder.
"Many people slap a set of high-zoot heads and a 0.600-lift cam on an OEM bottom end that's not made for them," Shoemaker observes. While many aftermarket pistons are now manufactured to accommodate today's high-lift cams, some brands-as well as OEM slugs-aren't made to work with much more than 0.500 lift. Alvarez agrees: "When people buy parts and install them at home, checking piston-to-valve clearance is critical. But most people don't know that." So now you know. We hope to save you some grief-and provide an excuse to buy Play-Doh.


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by June 18, 2015
Today's focus: customer satisfaction surveys The proof is in the numbers. According to Gartner Group, a 5% increase in customer retention can increase a company's profitability by 75%. Therefore, it truly pays off to listen to your customers. Most companies today say they are customer centric in...read more
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How long is too long? This is a question being asked more frequently in market research circles. It is certainly a topic I have devoted much time to, for the simple reason that lengthy and complex surveys make it more difficult for all researchers to collect valid and reliable data. I delve deeper...read more
by June 8, 2015
Tuesday, June 2 was a big day Cvent Web Surveys and we announced that we rebranded as Inquisium. Derived from the word "inquisitive," we help organizations of all sizes build feedback programs that provide reliable, first-hand insights for smart decision making. This rebranding will help us to...read more
by May 26, 2015
As market researchers, and survey researchers in general, it is our job to ensure the instruments we create are as free of potential bias as possible. This is accomplished through diligence in survey and sample design. Yet, as hard as we try it is often difficult to avoid all forms of potential...read more
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During your hotel guests' stay, you want to make them feel at home. After all, they chose to spend money at your property instead of staying in the comfort of their own home. Every interaction you have with a guest during their stay is a reflection on your brand. It's how they will remember you....read more
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If you have crafted a subject line that is compelling and mitigates any potential trust issues, then it is up to the invitation to convert them from prospect to survey respondent. Opening the invitation is the job of the subject and from lines. Getting the prospect to move forward and click on the...read more
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I heard a recent episode on NPR that referred to the importance of social media for promoting "mom and pop" businesses. It has been a long held belief of mine that smaller organizations, even solo practitioners, can benefit from the analytics practices that larger organizations. After all data is...read more
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Bike to Work Day. Teacher Appreciation Week. American Heart Month. Lately, there is an observance for nearly every major cause and CX Week (May 11-15) is no exception. Every year in May, customer experience professionals from around the world unite to celebrate their love for customer experience –...read more
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Increasingly, the constant sum question format is becoming one of my go to question styles. It allows the respondent to divide their "sum" across a fixed number of categories creating metric data. To clarify the "sum" portion of constant sum does not have to be 100 (as in 100 percent). It could be...read more


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Say Good Bye to Auto Submission Software
Google keeps on changing their search algorithm and these days the God on Earth so called Google knows everything that you do to get traffic. As per new Panda Update I would like to tell my SEO friends that please stop using those auto bots and auto submission software's because Google now has become more specific in terms of Search Engine Ranking.
Why Not to Use Auto Submission Software's?
Auto Submission Software's come for different type of submissions like Article Submission, Classified Submission, Social Bookmarking Submission, Directory Submission and other link submissions. When you real all these about Auto Submission it will tempt your eyes and you will definitely try these software's for your website off page strategies because these submission software can produce you good back links but these backlinks will be eaten up by Google Panda due as these submissions are done in a bulk mode to get ranking in short period of time and Google does not consider these updates because of the Panda Updates.
What are Google Panda Updates and Why it is Not Good for Auto Submissions?
As per Google Panda Updates your Search Engine Optimization need to be carried in following ways:
- You need to have Unique and Fresh Content
- Link Building should have niche specific submissions for example if you have a website or a blog relates to Travel category then you will have to focus on link submission based on travel categories not in some other categories
- Link Submission shall be done naturally when I say this it means you need to have both Low PR to High PR links inbound and outbound links to your website
- Links submitted to only high page rank will be considered as gaining short time ranking in Google and it may result in BAN or loosing existing opportunities in gaining good page rank.
- On Page submissions are still getting considered but you need to take care about your keyword research and analysis with keyword specific strategies
- Remember and make a note that any thing beyond expectations and beyond limit of submissions may result in Spam or lowing the Page Rank in Search Engine.
- It's better to go slow and do quality work and not Quantity, so forget about auto submissions and do not pay for any auto submission software's as Google strictly ban's Black Hat SEO.
- These were my opinion about Auto Submission software's to make you aware of facts that is getting evolved these days due to frequent updates from Google Panda.


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Nobody is happy with sweaty, wet gloves—try the Burton Men's Pipe Glove next time you build a kicker, hit the halfpipe, or drive your old school pickup truck. Even when wet, the neoprene palm won't lose its grip on the shovel, T-bar or steering wheel. With the Pipe's DryRide Ultrashell, you won't have to worry about soggy or wind-chilled hands when you ride the halfpipe or park on slushy spring days.
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So could this particular glove keep your fingers warm, even on a chilly day?
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It will keep your hands pretty warm. I wear a glove like this 90% of the days I ride and then I still keep a warm pair of mittens in my car for those super cold days.
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These gloves are stylin, they stay dry, and at moderate temps keep the fingers feeling cozy. Just stay away from velcro cuz the mesh-like material on the back of fingers will fray like crazy.
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These glove are awesome for snowboarding and everyday use. You don't have to snowboard to love these. Grippy, Warm, Clean, and Colorful: What else could you ask for? I've had the Burton Pipe gloves for nearly 2 months and still love them. Do not forget to button them together when you get to messed up; you don't want to lose these hipster gloves. Respect.l
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When were the burton pipe gloves release...
When were the burton pipe gloves released??
Four Horsemen
First release? It must have been over 10 years ago. However, they have gone through many, many evolutions.
The gloves are awesome! I love the palms as they are kind of sticky... like football player gloves. Grab that board and hold on!
good for -20 weather?
i just got these gloves the true black ones and i was wondering if these would be good for -20 or more with wind chill since they are pretty thin
good for -20 weather?
i just got these gloves the true black ones and i was wondering if these would be good for -20 or more with wind chill since they are pretty thin
are they warm? and how water proof are...
are they warm? and how water proof are they? bottom line is should i use these or should i just go get other gloves that i emant to be warm, i just want warm flexible gloves
Four Horsemen
This is more of a spring riding pipe glove... although some ride it full year round. If you get cold easy this is probably not the one for you.
This glove is awesome, really flexible, has great grip and looks/fits amazing... just not built for warmth.
However, this glove is amazing, is flexible, and warm:
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Yes they are a pipe glove made for spring riding and of course the pipe, Not the warmest glove on the market but are awesome none the less. Check out the link Ryan posted. They are legit.
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so what is a pipe glove compaired to a...
so what is a pipe glove compaired to a regualer glove?
A pipe glove is more light weight, and better for a cool or warm day on the mountain. Their extreme grip allows for fantastic grabs, and they are a lot less of a hassle than the regular, bulky gloves.
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the gloves are great, the best park gloves i've owned yet. they actually are some what water proof, a long session in the park hiking your hands will be wet though. highly recommend
are they warm?
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I bought this gloves 6 weeks ago and so far I have been riding them only on the glacier at -5°C.
These gloves are a bit more insulated than real spring gloves. The material on the upper side is some kind of foam which gives you a bit of insulation. I would say it is possible to ride them up to -7°C, if your jacket covers most of the glove most of the time.
The palm features super-sticky print that makes grabs so much easier. I stick to the board even if I virtually grab the board with my fingertips.
I was able to put the red wrist-guards underneath them with a little effort.
I don't know how long they will last or how they perform in slushy spring conditions. So far, they are amazing!
does this have insulation, if so what...
does this have insulation, if so what kind.
No insulation.
they do have some neoprene on the back of the hand. they are definitely warmer than other spring gloves!


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Yes there is a proven link between Celiac and Eosinophilic Esophagitus. (if I remember right JAMA October '12 or even as early as '11) It has lead to the reccomondation that all new cases of EE be screened for Celiac.
My daughter was diagnosed with "probable" Celiac at 17 months old and EE when she was 6 years old. (Her EE diagnosing scope was done when she was gluten free for almost 5 years.)
It is consistant to be negative on allergy tests, as the reaction isn't really a true "allergy".
The way the elimination diet went in her case was to keep her gluten free and eliminate the top 8 usual suspects and peas. She had a dramatic improvement. She was scoped again (in January) to show complete healing in the esophagus. Then we tried to add back some of the foods on a challenge. She needs to avoid gluten, egg, fish, shellfish, and peas. We have also noted a seasonal allergy connection. late summer early fall triggers the reactions and after the frost freeze of winter the symptoms calm down.
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Coconut oil is a natural energy source because it contains MCTs (medium chain "good fats") the body uses to produce energy. Plus, it tastes the way you'd expect it to – sweet. This makes it the perfect choice when preparing healthy snacks for your kids. For a nutritious after-school treat, try the following recipes using Organic Coconut Oil from Nature's Way®
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