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I'm not the biggest fan of white chocolate, but I did change my mind on this creation. This was good, really good. I had a small bite and then made sure to send it away to friends as I knew I would eat all of it. It's that type of candy that you have a piece, vow to have one more piece, then seal it up, then end up going back for a third, fourth and so on.
Are there a lot of people out there that like white chocolate? I know my hubby loves it. I love my high cacao chocolate--give me my fix! For the longest time I had been craving a pineapple & coconut type bark, every since spring came about actually. But mixing the pineapple and coconut with the dark or even milk chocolate was ok, not my thing really. I gave the white chocolate a try. But trust me, I was hesitant because melting white chocolate is a pain in the ciuco! You really have to watch the chocolate because it goes from melted directly to dry and crusty. But if you have all your ingredients lined up and work fast it comes out okay.
So, was this good? Yes, it was really good. I love the sweetness of the pineapple and coconut mixed with the almost salty-like white chocolate. And I used a dried coconut to give the bark texture (not a sweetened coconut, but dried). Plus the salty macadamia nuts were crazy good with this. Did I forget to mention the salty macadamia nuts? My bad--yes there are macadamia nuts in here and they are salty gooooood.
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about 16 oz of white chocolate melted (about one bag and a half bag)
1/2 cup more or less dried pineapple, chopped
1/2 cup more or less dried coconut (not the sweetened kind but the dried)
1/2 cup more or less rough chopped salted macadamia nuts
You can use as much or as little of the ingredients above as you like. Have all your ingredients (in separate bowls) at the ready because as soon as the white chocolate is melted you need to pour it onto a sheet pan and add your mix in's. Get a small jellyroll pan ready; either use a non-stick one or cover it with parchment paper. Melt white chocolate over double boiler. (I don't microwave my white chocolate, it's never ever melted right for me). Keep stirring until it's melted, then pour onto jellyroll pan, spread with nonstick spatula, then sprinkle on the pineapple and then the nuts, push them down a bit to make sure they sink in a bit to the melted chocolate, then top with the coconut. Put in freezer to harden, about 30 minutes. After it's hardened, then let it sit at room temp for a bit before breaking into pieces.
white chocolate, pineapple & coconut bark
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Oh. My. God.ReplyDelete
I AM an enormous white chocolate fan. And pineapple. And coconut. And macadamia nut. Seriously, those were made for me.
you have topped the top on this one - what a beautiful creation!ReplyDelete
Love white chocolate and just finished using some in raspberry bars. I LOVE your bark---everything in that sounds so good!!ReplyDelete
You really need to open a candy shop! I love all of your sweet creations!ReplyDelete
I'm not a big white chocolate fan, but those sound awesome. I love pineapple and coconut (and macadamia nuts).ReplyDelete
When I saw the title of this post, I could not wait to open it up and see the picture. Oh my YUM! I am not usually a white chocolate fan but this looks INCREDIBLEReplyDelete
You make everything look just awesome. You're officially the queen of coconut.ReplyDelete
Out of this world, GREAT photos.ReplyDelete
I just ate something like this... and it was SOOOO good!ReplyDelete
Gosh. That made me drool. Like really. My mouth is watering, literally now!ReplyDelete
Looks absolutely gorgeous, and I bet it tastes that good, too.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/28/09, 9:02 PM
Please package this and send to Los Angeles. We are in dire need.ReplyDelete
i'm not the biggest fan of white chocolate either, but this does sound yummy (and tropical!)ReplyDelete
Dawn Dawn Dawn..your really annoying me..Dont you know I am trying to watch my weight???? I should learn not to look at your blog at night when I get the munchies!!!ReplyDelete
Give me chocolate..white, milk or ultra dark!!!
This looks really amazing! I love white chocolate and...well, everything else that's in this bark, too. :)ReplyDelete
White chocolate is hard to melt just right without it getting yucky. It looks like you've done an amazing job here!ReplyDelete
Where do you get dried coconut? What brand? I've been wanting to make coconut clusters but haven't because sweetened coconut is well, too sweet.ReplyDelete
I don't like coconut unless it is in my cocktails, but oh my gawd, this looks incredible. Oh come to me you little macadamia nut clustery bark fool......ReplyDelete
Dawn, this bark looks incredible! I love the coconut and pineapple combo. And ooooh, macadamia nuts, they're incredible. I have a bag of macadamia nuts that I keep frozen...have you ever had them frozen? Amazing! By the way, melting white chocolate is a SUPER pain, but I'm sooo going to take my chances to have this bark. I need it. Now.ReplyDelete
I'm not much of the white chocoalte fan either. I usually prefer dark or milk. But since you've put pineapple and coconut in this, then I'm willing to try white chocolate. You have made convinced.ReplyDelete
I'm a coconut lover....and this is just wow...wow. It's so dang pretty.ReplyDelete
ooh dawn that mix of ingredients sounds like it'd be a hit!ReplyDelete
Wow, truly amazing. I've heard of chocolate and peppermint bark but this is great!! You're so creative with your food!ReplyDelete
These excuisit bars look really FABULOUS!!! Yummie!
These look and sound devine!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/29/09, 8:06 AM
This dessert looks incredible! The combination of white chocolate, pineapple and coconut bark is fabulous!ReplyDelete
i'm all too familiar with addictive candy like that, and i can already tell that this would fall into that category. i love each component together (and separately). if i can't go to a tropical place, i'll settle for pigging out on this. :)ReplyDelete
holy cow such deliciousness!! have you tried green and black's white chocolate? that would change your mind about white chocolate :) i wish i hadn't found it so i'd stick to dark (at least it's got some healthy antioxidants!)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/29/09, 9:02 AM
I call my love for white chocolate - White Chocolate Mania :) I love Reeses White Chocolate Peanutbutter Eggs/cups etc.ReplyDelete
Oh, this makes me think of vacations in HawaiiReplyDelete
More evil creations from Dawn...I'm lovin' it. Now THESE can be mailed out without going bad...3 please!ReplyDelete
You need to mail them all to me! What a sinful combination of goodness you have made. You are all about food porn! ;-)ReplyDelete
This looks pretty simple to make but so delicious! I actually love white chocolate so this is calling my name.ReplyDelete
I do use a Porta Trace light with some of my photos - it really helps on those dark rainy days.
Oh that is just TOO good. Combining all of my favorite things into one! You could sell that!ReplyDelete
Can I just give you my address so you can ship me some? Amazing flavors!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/29/09, 11:37 AM
Come to Momma....ReplyDelete
I am so going to make this.
Try this yourself:
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Wow!! That looks AWESOME!ReplyDelete
Oh my does that sound yummy! I love the combination of pineapple and coconut. Thanks for sharing this delicious looking treat.ReplyDelete
I love white chocolate! And all the goodies you put in there! What a delicious treat!ReplyDelete
I've never been a white chocolate fan either, but I had a tuxedo strawberry the other day, and it was really good. Maybe if I drizzled some milk chocolate on top? Thanks for all the great ideas Dawn!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/29/09, 7:38 PM
I've always loved white chocolate. Everything you make looks amazing and I'm sure it tastes amazing too!ReplyDelete
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White chocolate is not my favorite, but I do like "bark" made with it. This looks awesome. Love the flavors!ReplyDelete
Oh wow, just thinking of this treats transports me somewhere tropical and sweet! they look great and must taste delicious. I think it's a good call to put pineapple in, since its mild tang would help compensate the richness of the chocolate. And, well, coconut... you can never go wrong with coconut!ReplyDelete
I was just minding my own business, checking out all my fav blogs, and then this smacks me in my face! Dawn you're killing me! This could win a prize, package these up and sell them. Seriously!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/30/09, 8:41 AM
ME! I'm a white chocolate fan! food snobs will look down on me because it's not "real" chocolate, but I love the milkiness of white choc!ReplyDelete
and this bark looks AMAZING with AWESOME combos! tropical bark!
I totally know what you mean by taking a piece, sealing it up and promising never to eat another piece. That's like me and Reese's PB cups. I'm not a crazy fan of white chocolate either, but I loved it in this christmas bark I tried a few years ago with candy canes.ReplyDelete
Yup I like the salty sweet thing going on here. I agree that this is better with white than dark chocolate!ReplyDelete
Wow! I am so glad you commented on my blog because now I found yours. Everything looks amazing! I will be adding this to my Google Reader :)ReplyDelete
When I was a kid, I loved white choc, but I think repeated eating of substandard (read: vanilla-flavored vegetable fat, YUCK) white "chocolate" has turned me off it in recent years. Now learned to read the label ;) That looks deeevine. I want some!ReplyDelete
Oh, my... I really need to get my hands on some of this!!ReplyDelete
I am not much of a white chocolate fan but both my son and husband love it. I would definitely give this a try though with the pineapple and coconut. This might just be the recipe to convert me! Your creations are always a delight Dawn.ReplyDelete
White chocolate and coconut are a marriage made in delicious heaven! And if you throw some pineapple and nuts I'll be the one in heaven! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
You always come up with great creations. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
I am totally a white chocolate fan, particularly when it gets all soft and melty - this looks delish!ReplyDelete
I think you're supposed to add crisco to microwave chocolate, but wouldn't that be just a terrible pollution of perfectly good chocolate?ReplyDelete
ack, you are killing me with all that goodness.ReplyDelete
I just adore anything with coconut in it. Yum!ReplyDelete
I'm with you... not the biggest fan of white choc., but I did a Halloween Bark last year that was made w/ white choc. and liked that. So maybe bark just works w/ it, who knows? Looks wonderful to me. I'd have been really happy to get it out of the house too!ReplyDelete
Oh wow yum! Have to try this.ReplyDelete
It's no wonder Nicole of Baking Bites wrote about this post. It's freakin fantastic!!!ReplyDelete
I'm a huge white chocolate fan! This sounds awesome!ReplyDelete
YIKES! I would be a very happy person with this combo! I'm so behind in looking at all of your lovely creations!ReplyDelete
This bark looks devine. One I would love to try! Got this baby bookmarked. Perfect for a hostess gift!ReplyDelete
Wow! This bark looks delicious! I've become a fan of your blog lately and this is the recipe that has made me want to comment. I want to rush right home and try it out. Thanks for sharing. Oh, and your photography skills are supreme.ReplyDelete
I just started a baking blog. Please take a moment to check it out. I'd love to know your opinion.
I was looking for something creative like this. Then tried this awesome recipe. This recipe does not disappoint. It's a snap to prepare and really tasty.ReplyDelete
This tropical bark sounds really good!ReplyDelete
Made it, it's WOOOOOnnderful! Thank you!ReplyDelete


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On our holiday travels we have turned homewards again. On Thursday 12 May we left Cape Town and travelled to Knysna, where we visited my cousin Glenda Lauwrens (nee Growdon) and her husband Brian. We also saw Glenda's daughter Joanne and her children John, 8, and Kate, who is nearly 6. We hadn't seen Glenda, Brian and Joanne since they moved to Knysna 21 years ago, and had not met Joanne's children at all. Glenda's father, Stanley Growdon (1918-1995), was my mother's youngest brother.
The next day we went to Sedgefield see Val's dad's cousin, Patrick Clark, and his wife Carol. They are related on the Greene side; Patrick's mother, Gladys Clark (1907-1997), born Greene, was the younger sister of Val's grandfather Allan Dudley Greene (1893-1942).
On Saturday 14 May we travelled to Port Elizabeth, where we visited Val's aunt Nat Greene, the widow of her uncle Roy Greene (1923-1975). Nat gave us the news that her granddaughter Samantha Greene had married Wayne Greenhaigh on 22 Apr 2011 at Cambridge Methodist Church in East London, but Nat had been unable to attend, as she had flu at the time.
Today we're planning to leave Port Elizabeth for Stutterheim, where we hope to see another cousin on the Growdon side of the family, Hamish Scott.
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The mediator, Thomas A. Rutter, released the interim mediation report with the approval of all parties to the case. Expanding cracks in the concrete dam at Ryerson forced the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in 2005 to drain the lake and remove part of the dam.
DCNR filed a claim against Consol suggesting the damage was caused by Consol's Bailey Mine, which was mining near the park. The state Department of Environmental Protection later determined the damage was caused by mining and ordered Consol to restore the dam.
Denying its mining activities was to blame, Consol appealed DEP's decision to the state Environmental Hearing Board, where the case is scheduled for trial in May.
Rutter's recommendations build on a proposal he presented at a public meeting on restoration of the dam last month.
He proposes a settlement under which Consol would pay to rebuild the dam in return for it being allowed to drill for natural gas beneath the park, but only from properties adjacent to the park.
Consol would be given the opportunity to lease gas resources beneath the park. Once its drilling activities are completed on the eight parcels of land it now owns adjacent to the park, the company would deed those parcels to the state, which will increase the size of the park by about one third, Rutter said.
Consol would also agree never to conduct gas drilling on the park lands and would establish a monitoring program to address concerns related to future mining in the area of the park.
Rutter notes an executive order has established a moratorium on drilling in state parks, but he urged parties to consider the proposal for reasons stated in the report.
"This matter has dragged on too long. If the parties miss this opportunity, I fear that this case will proceed and the community will continue to suffer while this lengthy and costly litigation proceeds," Rutter wrote.
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In his report, Rutter said he believes from discussion with the parties that any settlement involving Consol paying a substantial sum to resolve the claim would have to address, in exchange, Consol's development issues.
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DCNR has estimated the cost to rebuild the dam at $21.7 million not including design and pre-construction services. Consol has estimated repairs and renovations at between $10.6 and $17.6 million
Rutter said that oral and written testimony he received from about 200 individuals and groups, include more than 40 who testified at the hearing Jan. 26, indicate people want the dam restored as soon as possible and would accept a "reasonable resolution" to ensure that result.
He said he heard little opposition to the settlement proposal he presented at the hearing, which involved having Consol compensate the state for the dam while allowing it to drill for gas beneath the park.
Each of the parties is ready to prove its case before the hearing board, he said. Both sides "have marshaled impressive, well credentialed experts who support their positions."
Parties estimate it could take three to five years to resolve the case through administrative and appellate court proceedings.
But even if the state wins, the public will lose by the time that has passed until the lake is restored, Rutter wrote. If the state should lose, he added, it might find it hasn't the money to replace the dam itself.
Negotiation teams have made progress but the matter has come to a "critical point" at which those involved in the mediation must obtain authority to negotiate a settlement under terms specified in the report.
"I may be optimistic, but if you can agree to these terms I believe the rest of the case can be settled in short order." Rutter said.
Further public comment in writing is still be accepted regarding the report. Comments can be sent to:
• Stewart L. Cohen, DCNR special counsel, Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Suite 2900, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103; facsimile: 215-567-6019;
• Stan Geary, senior counsel, Consol Energy, 1000 Consol Energy Drive, Canonsburg, Pa. 15317; facsimile: 724-485-4837;
• Michael Heilman, assistant regional counsel, DEP, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222; facsimile; 412-442-4267
• Odam Salim, Center for Coalfield Justice, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, P.O. Box 7226, Pittsburgh Pa. 15213-0221; facsimile 412-648-1992


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In a post in February, BoingBoing writer Cory Doctorow told a story about a parent who incentivizes their son's video gaming by having the teenager adhere to the Geneva Conventions while playing the game Call of Duty.
I asked Evan to google the Geneva Convention. Then he had to read it and then we had to discuss it. This we did. So the deal is that Evan has to fight according to the rules of the Geneva Convention. If his team-mates violate the Convention then play stops and Call of Duty goes away for a while.
It might seem outlandish, or merely a tool to educate your child about the Geneva Convention (as opposed to teaching an actor in real life to adhere to the same Conventions), but is there any real-life applicability to virtual worlds and teaching behavior through virtual environments?
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A study by Mel Slater at University College London might indicate that there is. In a 2006 experiment, Slater and other researchers replicated the famous Milgram experiments, only in a completely virtual setting. Their study concluded that
in spite of the fact that all participants knew for sure that neither the stranger nor the shocks were real, the participants who saw and heard her tended to respond to the situation at the subjective, behavioural and physiological levels as if it were real. This result reopens the door to direct empirical studies of obedience and related extreme social situations, an area of research that is otherwise not open to experimental study for ethical reasons, through the employment of virtual environments.
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Other examples of the intersection of virtual worlds and behavior in the real world have popped up in the news more recently.
Lei Feng was a young man who joined a transportation unit of the People's Liberation Army in Communist China, and at the age of 21 in 1962 was killed in a work-related accident. His life and story was subsequently promoted heavily by Communist leaders during the Cultural Revolution in China as a paragon of Communist virtues. Today, he is alive and well in an online video game that employs him as the protagonist of the game, in which participants gain levels by performing selfless deeds. Additionally, March 5 of each year is designated Lei Feng Day, and while the promotion of his character by Communist authorities has declined, his name has made its way into everyday vocabulary.
The existing and increasing popularity of online gaming in China is well-documented, from participation of youth in MMOs like World of Warcraft, to internet cafes, to the establishment of "gold-farming" as an industry in the same game. The popularity is apparently being co-opted as a learning tool to re-teach and re-deploy the lessons of a cultural icon. And while the effectiveness has not been studied, the ostensible aim of the game is for its players to take the lessons of the game and then employ them in everyday life.
While the use of video games to teach behavior in Communist China raises a rather extreme case, it raises the same questions as our Geneva Convention / Call of Duty example and Virtual Milgram example, and it might only seem extreme due to the unique situation of the participants in the game.
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In fact, blogs (hat tip to BoingBoing and Terra Nova) report that the Council of Europe has developed two sets of guidelines, one regarding human rights guidelines for online games providers, and the other regarding human rights guidelines for internet service providers. While the guidelines target those that distribute the games and provide access to them, Ren Reynolds writing for the blog Terra Nova points out the wide range of actors involved in what we consider gaming, and that these actors play potentially different and importantly unique roles in the process of developing, publishing, distributing and enjoying online games.
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For other posts on the subject of virtual worlds and situationism, see "Virtual Bias," "Are Video Games Addictive?," "Resident Evil 5 and Racism in Video Games," "Encourage Your Daughters To Play Violent Video Games?," "The Situation of First-Person Shooters," "Suing the Suer: Video Game Company Sues Jack Thompson," and Michael McCann's "The Intersection between Tort Law and Social Psychology in Video Games."


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Steve Jobs announced Monday morning that he is taking an indefinite medical leave from his duties as CEO of Apple. This will be Jobs' third major medical leave from the company since being diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2003.
In 2004, Jobs underwent a complicated but successful surgery to remove a tumor in his pancreas, and was back at work within a few months. While the procedure is highly successful for the form of pancreatic cancer that Jobs had, it also removes much of the pancreas and some of the digestive tract. This can lead to further complications, such as the dramatic and visible weight loss Jobs' suffered in 2008.
He went on a six-month medical leave again in 2009, and it was later revealed that Jobs had received a liver transplant.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Colin Kaepernick ran for a quarterback playoff record 181 yards and two touchdowns and threw two scoring passes to Michael Crabtree in leading the San Francisco 49ers back to the NFC championship game with a 45-31 victory against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night.
Playoff first-timer Kaepernick outshined reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, who never got in sync for the Packers (12-6) in finishing 26 of 39 for 257 yards with two touchdowns.
Kaepernick ran for scores of 20 and 56 yards on the way to topping the rushing mark of 119 yards set by Michael Vick in 2005 against St. Louis. Crabtree caught TD passes of 12 and 20 yards in the second quarter and wound up with nine receptions and 119 yards for the Niners (12-4-1) in the NFC divisional matchup.
San Francisco had 579 total yards, 323 on the ground.
Kaepernick, the second-year pro out of Nevada who supplanted Alex Smith at quarterback in a much-debated move by coach Jim Harbaugh, shook off an interception that Sam Shields ran back 52 yards for a touchdown on San Francisco"s first possession to twice rally the 49ers from a TD behind.
Kaepernick"s 56-yard TD run on a read-option keeper in the third quarter — the longest by a quarterback in franchise history — gave the 49ers a 31-24 lead. He stopped in the end zone and flexed his right arm, smiling all the way back to the sideline.
The scores mark the fourth time in NFL history a player had two touchdowns rushing and two touchdowns passing in a postseason game.
Kaepernick also led another drive that David Akers finished with a 36-yard field goal to put the 49ers ahead 24-21 as the first half ended.
Frank Gore also ran for a 2-yard touchdown 3 seconds into the fourth quarter to extend San Francisco"s lead to 38-24.
Rodgers rallied the Packers after tossing his own interception. The former Cal star threw a 20-yard scoring strike to James Jones, and DaJuan Harris ran for an 18-yard touchdown.
The amped-up crowd at Candlestick Park endured a flurry of emotions at the start.
With San Francisco looking to return to the NFC title game for the second straight season, Kaepernick"s costly error quieted the 49ers faithful. Shields stepped in front of Kaepernick"s pass, shook the quarterback to the ground and scampered down the sideline to give the Packers a quick 7-0 lead.
Kaepernick unclipped his jaw strap and dropped his head to the sideline while Shields waved his hands at the crowd. Rodgers pumped his fist on the Packers sideline.
Kaepernick converted two third downs to bring the 49ers back on their next drive. He bought time and scurried out of the pocket to find running back Gore for a 45-yard gain, then darted 20 yards up the middle on third-and-8 for the tying score.
When Rodgers and the Packers offense finally took the field, they didn"t do much the first time out. San Francisco stopped Rodgers, who had a contingent of friends and family make the 4-hour trek from his hometown of Chico, on a three-and-out that whipped the crowd back into a frenzy on a crisp night along the bay.
Rodgers found his groove and floated a 44-yard pass that Jones leaped to snatch over two defenders along the sideline. Then Harris broke through the middle to put the Packers up 14-7 on the next play.
Green Bay made its share of mistakes, too.
Jeremy Ross muffed a punt and Chris Spillman recovered at the Packers" 9. Three plays later, Kaepernick found Crabtree running free over the middle for a tying 12-yard touchdown pass.
San Francisco"s stout defense often took a linebacker off the field to drop an extra defensive back in coverage against Rodgers, just as the 49ers did in a 30-22 win in the season opener at Lambeau Field. The strategy flustered Rodgers enough that he overthrew Jordy Nelson on a deep pass that Tarrell Brown intercepted. Rodgers had gone 184 passes without an interception.
Kaepernick broke another 15-yard run on third down, but officials whistled him for a 15-yard taunting penalty for tossing the ball in the direction of Green Bay defenders. He brushed that off to hit Crabtree on a 20-yard touchdown pass to give the 49ers a 21-14 lead midway through the second quarter.
On its next series, Green Bay took advantage of a 15-yard personal foul penalty Dashon Goldson was given for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Harris. Rodgers then threaded a tying 20-yard TD to Jones between three defenders in the end zone with 2:33 remaining. Kaepernick responded and led the 49ers downfield to give the struggling Akers, who had to beat out Billy Cundiff to keep his job, a chance.
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How one company added a for-profit weatherization business to its nonprofit organization — and how they now work successfully together.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) low-income weatherization funds are now winding down. In some states, like Idaho, that have spent all of their funds, agencies are looking for ways to keep their new, and seasoned, weatherization staff and contractors employed. As Congress continues to argue over national budget funding levels (and at present they don't look very favorable for our weatherization network), many agency executive directors and weatherization managers are looking for ways to continue funding weatherization for low-income households across the United States.
For the most part, our industry has very little control over Congress as to how much federal money DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will receive. However, at one time or another, we have all faced the decision to move forward or to pass on a new project. Usually moving forward when oppor-tunity knocks means stepping out of our comfort zone to start a new adventure. And that's exactly what happened in 2005, when the South Central Community Action Partnership (SCCAP) decided to create a for-profit limited-liability corporation, Home Energy Management, LLC (HEM), to help support our nonprofit low-income weatherization program. Since 2005, SCCAP has adopted social enterprise as a model of management, which has allowed our nonprofit organization to generate nonfederal resources to support SCCAP's mission. That mission is to retain trained weatherization staff, especially with the loss of ARRA weatherization funding, and to continue providing energy conservation services to homes and businesses. HEM is based in Twin Falls, Idaho, which has a population of less than 50,000. In the surrounding communities of the eight counties where we provide low-income services, population ranges from 300 to 20,000 residents.
Our opportunity knocked in the spring of 2005, when we were approached by Susan White of ACKCO, Incorporated, to participate in a special project she was managing funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Native Americans. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, ACKCO, Incorporated, is a professional services company that is American Indian — owned and operated. Since 1972, the company has successfully managed more than 300 federal and state agency projects, teaching sound business practices, flexible management systems, and controlled fiscal accounting systems.
Susan White is nationally recognized as DOE's primary financial trainer on fiscal management and procurement for WAP projects. These projects follow federal regulations for states and agencies that receive weatherization funding through DOE.
The special project we were presented with — called the Indian Social Entrepreneur's Guides — was designed to develop the four phases of business planning. The guides are entitled Developing a Marketing Plan, Performing a Preliminary Feasibility Study, Preparing a Business Plan, and Securing Financing.
SCCAP participated in the development of the third guide, Preparing a Business Plan. When Susan contacted me, she was aware that SCCAP had contemplated creating a for-profit company through our nonprofit organization for several years. Several factors had kept us from moving forward with our for-profit business. These factors included several unknown risks, extra workload, and not knowing what it would take to start a fee-for-service company after operating a nonprofit, federally funded weatherization program since 1979.
But when the opportunity came knocking, I didn't hesitate to agree. Susan White is known as one of the best financial management advisers in the nation. And I would be following through on a dream I'd had for many years — the dream of creating a for-profit energy conservation company.
Once that was decided, I knew that SCCAP (and I) would have to take certain legal steps, set certain policies, and meet certain financial requirements before undertaking this project. The first item of business was to present the idea to the SCCAP board of directors. Without their approval and support, this project would be dead before it began. Before presenting, I would need to do some preliminary research. That included completing an agency assessment, getting buy-in from key weatherization and administration staff, and consulting the state office administrating our WAP contracts about our intentions.
Since we are a 90% crew-based organization, our key players were our management team (WZ director Randy Wright and his crew supervisors Ed Campos and Rod Burk), along with the crew themselves, who would ultimately be responsible for completing the fee-for-service work. We also needed support from our chief financial officer, Michelle Picklesimer, who would be overseeing the financial end of the operation. After strategizing with all the key players, and reviewing our strengths and weaknesses, the risks inherent in starting this business, and our nonfederal cash resources, we developed a business model that we could present to the board.
The Model
The business model that we presented to our board of directors consisted of four parts. It explained what we would perform, who would perform it, how we would finance it, and what we expected to receive in profits. In the first part, we described the primary focus of our project. Our weatherization auditors would perform energy audits for middle- to upper-income homeowners. They would check insulation, windows, doors, and heating and cooling systems using blower doors, Duct Blasters, CO analyzers, and multimeters to determine where energy savings could be captured. At the end of the audit, we would provide homeowners with a written detailed analysis, including a list of ways that they could save energy — all for a fee of $300.
The list might include adding insulation to the attic, floor, or walls, or sealing and insulating the ductwork. It might include air sealing, or replacing inefficient windows and doors. We would quote a price for work that our weatherization crews could complete. If we determined that the heating or cooling system was unsafe or was not operating efficiently, we would act as a general contractor and bring in HVAC contractors that we'd used in our low-income weatherization program — which would ensure that they were qualified, dependable, and reasonably priced.
In the second part of our model, we described our staff structure and explained how we would operate the business. The structure included using our current weatherization supervisors, auditors, crew members, office staff, and financial officer, and myself. We would work on Fridays and Saturdays only, because we worked 10 hours a day for our nonprofit during the week. Our SCCAP weatherization program had a staff of 13 - 8 of whom signed up to work for our for-profit company.
In the third part of our model, we described how we would pay the start-up costs. This included the cost of whatever new equipment we needed. We inventoried agency equipment that had been purchased with nonfederal funds, and decided what nonfederal cash resources we could designate to the for-profit company. Then we prepared a financial proposal that listed our assets and said what equipment and supplies we would need to purchase.
In the last part of our model, we described what profits we expected to make. We knew that energy conservation was becoming more important to homeowners (thanks to the rising cost of energy, and the awareness created by Energy Star products). We were confident that there was a market for (and profitability in) the business that we were proposing.
As every good board of directors should, our board had questions about a project of this size, and about the risk the agency would run if it failed. Fortunately, we have board members with professional experience in banking, private business, corporate business, and public office. They posed the following questions:
- What will the legal structure of the business be?
- Will there be a clear separation between the federal program and the for-profit business?
- Who will do the bookkeeping, payroll, and invoicing?
- How will we generate business, and what percentage of the profits will we add on to projects?
- Will we burn out our crews with a longer work week?
- How much money will we offer our staff?
- Will we be using trucks and equipment that SCCAP does not own?
- How will we be perceived by the private-sector contractors doing the same work?
Answering Questions
Before doing anything else, we needed to answer all of these questions to the board's satisfaction. We began by setting up our legal structure as a limited-liability corporation (LLC), following the advice of our legal counsel. We stated that the LLC would protect the nonprofit should the for-profit default. We'd be sure to keep all records and transactions separate between the two companies, which would provide transparency. We would also be purchasing new financial software for the financial tracking of payroll, invoices, and payments to vendors.
We created an operating agreement that defined how our office and warehouse space, along with office equipment owned by the nonprofit, would be allocated for cost reimbursement back to SCCAP. To address the problem of crew burnout and the question of salary, we explained that with eight staff wanting to work for the for-profit company, we could have crew members working alternate weeks, since it would be very unlikely that we would need to have all eight of them working at the same time. However, we left crew members the option of deciding how often they wanted to work, provided that our workload was covered. After creating some imaginary projects based on different services that we might perform, we were able to calculate how much we could afford to pay our employees, and work out some profit margins. We wanted to make sure that we could pay our for-profit employees $3 to $5 more per hour than we were paying our nonprofit employees. This was to compensate for the fact that our for-profit employees would receive no benefits, such as paid vacations, sick leave, or retirement. We would also require them to provide all of their own hand tools, as is standard practice in the construction trades. We would provide the major equipment, such as pneumatic tools, compressors, table saws, chop saws, ladders, and insulation equipment, as well as the diagnostic equipment. We would also require the crews to provide their own transportation to and from the jobsites, but they would be reimbursed for their mileage. All of this would be outlined in the employee handbook that each for-profit employee would receive.
The board also wanted to know how business would be generated, and what profits we expected to receive. Our advertising plan was to have our name in the yellow pages under Home Inspections, Windows, Insulation, and Home Improvement. In addition, we planned to attend industry events to get the word out that a nonprofit had created a for-profit that would be doing energy efficiency and conservation work, with the profits going back to help the nonprofit (and, in turn, the low-income organizations).
We also planned on meeting with Realtors and banking institutions to give them the same message. Finally, we would meet with big-name home builders and ask them to consider using us for their next building project. We were a viable option as our staff had over 30 years of experience in installing energy efficiency measures.
When it came to determining the profits, we calculated our costs and decided to set our rates with a 20 - 30% markup on each job, to cover our overhead and allow for a modest profit.
We believed that contractors in the community might be hostile to a for-profit company if it received federal funds. Therefore, we informed the board of directors that no federal funds would be used to operate the company, and that we would be competing on a fair and level playing field with the other contractors. Our company would definitely stand out, as there was currently no other company offering the type of energy service we were going to provide.
We answered all of the questions posed by our board of directors to their satisfaction. The board approved our business model and signed a resolution supporting the creation of a new LLC company, to be called Home Energy Management (HEM). With that support, we were able to start our new adventure in the fee-for-service market. But there was still much to be done before we could begin to provide weatherization services. The first step was to develop our business plan.
Developing a Business Plan & Final Preparation
Because we had been selected to participate in ACKCO's project, ACKCO helped us to research and develop our business plan. The plan consisted of two parts. The first part was to complete a marketing plan, and the second part was to conduct a feasibility study. These two parts summarized the business concept and the description, direction, and forecasted financial statements of the company. It took us about four months to finish our business plan.
After receiving approval from the board of directors and before we could go out and perform our first fee-for-service energy audit, there were a few legal steps that we had to complete. First, we had to apply for our employer identification number with the IRS. Second, we had to file articles of organization with the state of Idaho. Third, we had to apply for Idaho contractor's licenses. Finally, we had to purchase general liability and workers' compensation insurance. We also had to purchase accounting software and set up accounting procedures and new accounts with material suppliers.
We developed an employee manual and job descriptions, and finally purchased our blower door and Duct Blaster equipment. After all the pieces were put together, we were open for business!
Working in a For-Profit World
When we began bidding on and completing projects for profit, we learned through trial and error that we needed to adjust how much we quoted for our services. Although business got off to a slow start (because we were advertising solely by word of mouth and with ads in the yellow pages), we were soon making money doing the same energy efficiency work for higher-income households that our nonprofit company does for low-income households. This enabled our staff to earn more money, and when ARRA funds ran dry in March of this year and we had to lay off three employees from SCCAP, we were able to retain them to work for HEM.
This business venture also allowed us to expand our partnerships to bid on projects not typical of low-income weatherization programs. These partners included USDA/Rural Development, HUD, and Idaho Power. Without our LLC, we would not have been able to enter into private contracts with these partners. Our partnership with Idaho Power has been particularly valuable. Idaho Power's strong commitment to conserving energy through its DSM programs has allowed us to provide efficiency services to electrically heated homes of customers who do not qualify for our low-income weatherization program. HEM has provided services to more than 105 homes that were originally out of our reach (not able to meet requirements for our low-income program), and we expect to provide services for another 16 to 20 such homes before the end of November 2011.
Fee-for-Service Benefits
Creating and operating a fee-for-service company has been an exciting adventure, and once we established ourselves in the market, we soon found our profits growing. Although we got off to a slow start, in our five years of business we have never recorded a loss when filing our income taxes. In the past two years, we have grossed over $440,000 in revenue and have netted over $81,000 in profits. We have used those profits to help support our nonprofit; we lease our office space from SCCAP for $198 a month, or a total of over $11,869 over the past 5 years — which is all money that SCCAP would not have received if HEM wasn't in business. HEM has also contributed over $25,000 toward the purchase of additional property for SCCAP, to allow for a larger fenced-in staff parking lot. Most recently, HEM was able to help support program operations for two of SCCAP's low-income programs whose regular budgets had been cut. These contributions from our profits have allowed HEM to meet our mission by supporting the work of our nonprofit.
The Future of HEM
The future looks very bright for HEM; however, we are still in the development stage. One day, we will be a stand-alone company with a full-time staff. When that day comes — and until it comes — we will continue to make profits that will come back to our nonprofit organization, to further our fight against poverty.
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Fall River Post 464 loses to Taunton, misses out on bye
TAUNTON — Fall River said bye-bye to the bye.
Taunton jumped ahead early and held off Post 464 for a 3-2 American Legion Baseball Zone 9 win on Friday night at Taunton High School.
The loss means Fall River (13-5-1, 27 points) finishes third and will play New Bedford (9-11) in the first round of the league playoffs on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Chew Park in Fall River. The winner of that one-game playoff advances to second round (best-of-three) of the league playoffs.
Had Fall River won on Friday night, it would have vaulted over Taunton (15-5, 30 points) into second place. The top two league finishers get the byes. South Attleboro (17-3) finished first.
Fall River finishes its regular season by hosting Somerset this morning.
Post 464 swept New Bedford Post 1 during the regular season.
In its second one-run loss to Taunton, Fall River out-hit Post 103 6-3 but stranded nine runners.
In the top of the seventh inning, with two down, Japheth Richards smacked a single on an 0-2 pitch and Alex Benevides walked after falling behind 1-2 against reliever Matt Cassese (1 inning).
Nick Dumont, in his first at-bat of the game, smoked a hard grounder up the middle, but Taunton's smooth shortstop John Monohan went to a knee to snare the ball and tagged the bag for the out.
Monohan did a number on Fall River with his glove. He had five assists, and the last three were exceptional, taking base hits away from Austin Crowninshield with one out in the fifth, from Bobbyj Asprinio to start the sixth, and then in the final play of the game.
"That shortstop was a factor," Fall River coach Tiberio Estrella said. "He made four or five plays. He just saved the whole game on the last play."
Taunton built a quick 3-0 lead with two runs in the first inning and an unearned run in the second against Fall River starter Brendan Teixeira (3 innings). Zach MacLean and Cassese each had an RBI single and Jared Tage was hit by a pitch to force in the second run in the first inning.
Fall River got to winning pitcher Tanner Mead for an unearned run in the third. Crowninshield lined a two-out single to left and took second on an error. He stole third and scored when Richards (3-for-4, triple) legged out an infield single on a dribbler to the right of the mound.
Richards flashed his speed again in the fifth. After reaching on an error, he easily scored when Benevides laced a double to right-center.
Richards comes into the playoffs frightfully zoned in at the plate. In the past two nights, he is 6-for-8 with two triples.
He also shut Taunton out with three innings of hitless relief, walking two and striking out four.
"Tough game the first couple innings," Estrella said. "After that we were really solid in the game. The pitching came through and we hit the ball hard."
New Bedford lost to South Attleboro 16-0 on Friday.


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pH of Coffee Grounds
Continuing on from a series of posts about the impact on soil pH from the addition of coffee grounds, were we take a good look at coffee cakes in various conditions and see what it all means.
Four samples were tested for pH levels:
- Fresh Coffee Grounds – collected from the cafe that day and still in cake form.
- Nine Month Old Coffee Grounds that had been sitting exposed under a shaded spot of the garden. There would have been many hours of sunlight and a fair bit of rain hitting that coffee cake over the past 9 months.
- Nine Month Old Coffee Grounds – buried a good 4 inches below the surface.
- Extract of worm castings (vermicast) with worms fed coffee grounds to 25% of total diet, by weight
The test conditions of kitchen table will not be featuring on an episode of CSI any time soon, however the test was done with a Manutec Soil pH Test Kit, comprising a pH Dye Indicator (Bromocresol Purple), and Barium Sulphate.
Sample 1 (Fresh Coffee Grounds) – pH 5 to 5.5
Sample 2 (9 month old coffee grounds exposed) – pH 5.5 to 6
Sample 3 (9 month old coffee grounds buried) – pH 6 to 6.5
Sample 4 (vermicast from 25% coffee grounds) – pH 8.5 to 9
I wonder how long it takes for these coffee cakes to break down? Only one way to find out.
Another successful day at the kitchen table.
Advice on Preparing Coffee Grounds for the Garden
So what does it all mean? Before you start throwing coffee grounds around the garden, have a read of an earlier post where we discuss plants tolerance according to their pH. If by chance you have a plant with certain pH needs that falls way outside the range that coffee grounds provide, then it would be best not to use them. However, if you were to ask what outside plant benefits from coffee grinds? The answer would be – most of them.
What these tests showed is that coffee grounds pH levels can be altered depending on the conditions in which they are left to decompose. The closer they are into soil, the quicker they move to pH neutral, which is exactly the advice I was given when starting to use coffee grounds for composting.
What surprised me the most was the high pH of vermicast at 8.5 to 9 pH. I have seen anecdotal references to vermicast sitting around 6.0 pH and that is way off what I had.
However, I did find a detailed 2008 article from the Journal of Bioscience (Jais,H & Hassan, H) which states:
Regardless of types and initial pH of the raw materials, pH of vermicast has shifted to near neutral or more alkaline (6.49–8.35).
So maybe not that unusual, although I will repeat these tests in a few months and see where it goes.
Have you found different results to what I've found (including coffee pH, as in before it gets turned into this wonderful fertilizer)?
+Shane Genziuk
Related Articles
- Gardening with Coffee Grounds – Video (groundtoground.org)
- Ground Coffee as Fertilizer (groundtoground.org)
- Coffee Grinds in the Garden (groundtoground.org)


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2013's Best Episodes: Hannibal's Delicious Homage, Big Bang's Sexy Gameplay
Torture! Clones! Betrayal! Sexting! And just sex! From touching series finales (farewell, 30 Rock and The Office!) to Game of Thrones' brutal Red Wedding, 2013 was brimming with fantastic hours of television. TVGuide.com has compiled the top 25 episodes. Which ones made the cut? Tune in all week to see the full list.
What were the best TV shows of 2013?
Here are Episodes 20-16. (Catch up with Episodes 25-21.)
20. "Graduation," The Vampire Diaries
Full of shockers, romance and intrigue, The Vampire Diaries' season finale delivers its most game-changing closer yet. We get two swoon-worthy declarations of love: A New Orleans-bound (for The Originals) Klaus tells Caroline that he plans to be her last love, and Elena movingly tells Damon that even in death, he made her feel alive. Following a confrontation with Katherine, Elena force-feeds the cure, which reverses immortality, to her doppelganger, making Katherine human. But the episode's biggest twist comes in its final scene, when we learn that Stefan is the doppelganger of powerful villain Silas, who locks Stefan in a safe and chucks it into a lake, laying the groundwork for a compelling Season 5.
19. "The Day of the Doctor," Doctor Who
The only thing cooler than bowties is watching the three Doctors interact on the 50th anniversary episode, especially the amazing double act of Matt Smith and David Tennant as they do their best to impress the War Doctor (Timey-wimey? "I have no idea where he picks that stuff up," Ten lies). But underneath the novelty of having three Time Lord incarnations together and the countless Easter eggs, "The Day of the Doctor" poses a dark question at its core: Was the War Doctor right to commit genocide to end the Time War? While executive producer Steven Moffat gift-wraps the answer a little too neatly, the episode is such a fun celebration of Doctor Who's past and sets the course for a very different future that we can't wait to see.
18. "Entrée," Hannibal
An homage to The Silence of the Lambs, this episode features Eddie Izzard doing his best Anthony Hopkins impression as Dr. Abel Gideon, a committed psychopath at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. When he kills a nurse and claims to be the Chesapeake Ripper, Jack Crawford sends in his protégée (and Clarice Starling stand-in) Miriam (Anna Chlumsky) to investigate the Ripper case. While all the familiar details are nice, this episode stands out mostly because it finally shows Hannibal getting his hands dirty. Although prior to this episode the show had winked at Hannibal's dark side through his culinary treats, this hour climaxes with Hannibal killing Miriam when she deduces that he, not Dr. Gideon, is the Chesapeake Ripper. Paying tribute to the source material while also reinventing it is a tricky proposition, but "Entrée" pulls it off flawlessly.
17. "All Together Now," Masters of Sex
Showtime's freshman drama hits its emotional stride in an episode that explores the confusion and anguish of sex. University provost Barton Scully (Beau Bridges) is tormented trying to reconcile his homosexuality with his love for his wife (the always-amazing Allison Janney). But it's when sex researchers Masters and Johnson (the simmering Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan) discover that they can't quite untangle their feelings from their "lab work," after they give each other simultaneous orgasms, that it becomes evident that sex is more than just mechanics. Their various struggles are alternately funny and heartbreaking, but mostly all-too familiar.
16. "The Love Spell Potential," The Big Bang Theory
Big Bang manages to exceed fans' expectations with its long-awaited Dungeons & Dragons episode when the role-playing game takes an unexpected turn. In between the riotous fun and games - featuring Dungeon Master Wolowitz's impeccable Nicolas Cage impression - the show finds a creative, organic and hilarious way to address Sheldon and Amy's lack of intimacy and slowly advance their quirky relationship after Penny jokes about their D&D characters having sex since it "won't happen any time soon" in real life. "Before I met you, I never had any interest in being intimate with anyone," Sheldon says. "[And now] I have not ruled it out. ... For me, what we have is extremely intimate." When Amy asks her socially awkward beau for "more," he gets intimate in the only way he knows how and can right now: simulating sex via their D&D characters. Nerdy has never looked so sexy.
Check back all week to see the rest of the list!
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'Medical issues' hospitalize Boston concertgoers
BOSTON – Three dozen people were transported to the hospital and as many as 50 others were treated or evaluated at the scene during a an electronic dance music show in Boston featuring Swedish disc jockey Avicii.
No one appeared to have life-threatening injuries, Boston EMS Deputy Superintendent Mike Bosse said, blaming alcohol and drug use for the problems at the Wednesday night show at the TD Garden.
All of those transported and treated appeared to be between 16 and 25 years old, he said.
Some concert-goers blamed oppressive heat inside the arena.
Bosse said he contacted the Boston Police Licensing Division, which cited the TD Garden for allowing lots of intoxicated concertgoers to enter.
Jacqueline Peterson, a spokeswoman for concert promoter Live Nation, said early reports indicate that a majority of those taken to the hospital "were people outside the venue who were too impaired to be allowed inside" for the concert. They were taken for medical evaluation and assistance as a precaution, she said in a statement early Thursday.
Avicii, whose real name is Tim Bergling, called the medical issues "awful news" on his Twitter account. "Its a terrible thing, I rly hope everyone is ok! My thoughts go to those affected & their families."
Two people died over the weekend at a Las Vegas music festival attended by Avicii, one of the biggest names in electronic dance music. Authorities said Monday it will take several weeks to determine what caused the deaths of the Electric Daisy Carnival fans.
Police said nearly 800 people were treated for medical conditions and 25 were hospitalized during the three-night electronic music festival, which organizers said drew about 400,000 people at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Festival organizers told police that 134,000 fans attended Friday, Saturday and Sunday night shows featuring pulsing lights, Ferris wheels, seven stages of music and DJs including Avicii, Diplo, Afrojack and Tiesto.


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