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From: Staff, Associated Press
Details of the $7.5 billion water package approved by the Legislature Wednesday for the November ballot (the total repayment cost is projected to be $14.7 billion over 30 years, assuming a 5 percent interest rate on the borrowing):
$2.7 billion for water storage projects, with criteria that are designed to encourage building the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County north of Sacramento and Temperance Flat dam northeast of Fresno.
From: Sharon Bernstein, Reuters
California Governor Jerry Brown approved on Wednesday a $7.6 billion plan to improve water supplies in the drought-stricken state that will be put before voters in November, ending a year of political wrangling over the measure.
California is in the throes of a devastating multi-year drought that is expected to cost its economy $2.2 billion in lost crops, jobs and other damages.
From: Staff, CBS 13
Part of California's $7.5 billion water plan approved by legislators on Wednesday will go into building a reservoir in Colusa County discussed since the 1950s.
Some neighbors are embracing the plan to submerge 14,000 acres of rolling hills 20 miles west of Colusa for the proposed Sites Reservoir. "Revenue, money, water, resources. Bring land value up. There is a lot of good reasons for it," said Donald Carter.
From: Fenit Nirappil, Associated Press
Driven to action by the state's historic drought, California lawmakers on Wednesday voted to place a $7.5 billion water plan before voters in November. The measure marks the largest investment in decades in the state's water infrastructure and is designed to build reservoirs, clean up contaminated groundwater and promote water-saving technologies.
It replaces an existing water bond that was approved by a previous Legislature but was widely considered too costly and too bloated with pork-barrel projects to win favor with voters.
From: Staff, Associated Press
California lawmakers on Wednesday voted to place a $7.5 billion water plan before voters in November, driven to action by the state's severe and costly drought.
The measure would mark the largest investment in decades in California's water infrastructure and is designed to build reservoirs, clean up contaminated groundwater and promote water-saving technologies.
From: Reid Wilson, Washington Post
Voters in California will pass judgement on a massive $7.2 billion water bond package aimed at addressing a record drought after interest groups came to a last-minute agreement this week.
Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Tuesday unveiled a compromise plan that earned support from interest groups ranging from conservationists to the Chamber of Commerce and agricultural businesses. Late Wednesday, legislators passed the plan by the required two-thirds vote after scrambling to meet a legal deadline for this year's election.
From: Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times
After months of political haggling, a ballot measure that will ask voters in November to approve $7.5 billion in borrowing for water projects sailed through the Legislature on Wednesday.
Soon afterward, flanked by dozens of lawmakers from both parties, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the measure, which is intended to provide funds for new reservoirs, water cleanup and environmental protection.
From: Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle
California lawmakers voted Wednesday night to swap out an unpopular $11 billion water bond with one they hope voters will find more palatable: a scaled-back $7 billion version that earned widespread bipartisan support. It was promptly signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The smaller water bond will appear on the November statewide ballot as Proposition 1. Included in the deal is $2.7 billion for water storage projects, $900 million for groundwater cleanup and monitoring, $725 million for water recycling and $1.5 billion for watershed restoration programs.
From: Kevin Riggs, KCRA 3
Anyone who has followed water politics in California knows it is messy, divisive and often defies compromise. In view of those dynamics, Wednesday's near-unanimous floor votes to approve a new November water bond -- 37-0 in the Senate and 77-2 in the Assembly -- mark an impressive bit of political deal making.
Gov. Jerry Brown has made it clear he is no fan of additional deep borrowing by the state. But given the severe drought gripping California, he also recognized the need to push a comprehensive water bond that would provide relief through short-term fixes like recycling and treatment as well as longer-term remedies that take the form of more reservoir storage.
From: Steven Greenhut, San Diego Union-Tribune
"You know why there are so many whitefish in the Yellowstone River?" asked Montana-based landscape artist Russell Chatham, in his 1978 book. "Because the Fish and Game people have never done anything to help them." I keep that quotation in mind whenever the government promises to solve a problem, especially a big one that promises to tame nature.
The very act of legislative sausage making - that age-old cliché about the ugly nature of lawmaking - assures that deals to please special interests and appease people with differing political philosophies and constituencies drives the final result. Ongoing efforts to craft a drought-related water bond fits that pattern to a tee.
From: George Skelton, Los Angeles Times
Five years after producing a pork-bloated water bond proposal that failed the smell test, the Legislature has offered up a new serving that's lean and digestible.
Credit mainly Gov. Jerry Brown, who had the right recipe: smaller portions, light on delta ingredients. The Legislature passed the bond bill Wednesday night. It doesn't quite fill everyone's appetite but will do just fine.
From: Adam Herbets, KBAK 29
The state of California uses more groundwater than any other state in the union, but it's also the only state in the West that doesn't have any regulations to make sure wells don't run dry.
Agriculture in Kern County is doing the best it can to produce crops during another year of drought. At this point, farmers have given up on El Niño bringing through any rain, forcing them to rely even more on groundwater. "We're panicked," says Beatris Sanders of the Kern County Farm Bureau. "It's incredibly vital. We can't live without it. We can't farm without it. We can't produce food."
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From: Staff, Merced Sun-Star
Officials with the Merced Irrigation District are urging growers to use all their water allocations by Sept. 15.
The irrigation season will end when Lake McClure's level drops to 85,000 acre-feet of water. Irrigation water is measured per acre-foot, which is the amount of water it takes to cover an acre of land a foot deep, or about 325,900 gallons.
From: Rick Elkins, Porterville Recorder
For the next 10 days, water will flow down the Tule River through Porterville and while the amount is not a lot, it will benefit not only growers in the Terra Bella area, but residents along the river and eventually the Porter Slough.
The 15-day water run began Aug. 7 and Sean Geivet, manager of the Porterville Irrigation District (PID), said at the end of the release out of Success Dam the water will be diverted down the Porter Slough to hopefully help residents along the slough whose wells have gone dry.
From: Rich Ibarra, Capital Public Radio
Farming in California isn't cheap.
Growers have expenses that include fuel, fertilizer, and feed, but the biggest cost is labor with one out of every four dollars spent on human workers. In the Midwest, predominant crops like corn can be mechanically harvested.
Stockton Grower Marc Marchini says his asparagus must be picked by hand. "A lot of people are trying to get away from labor, you know, trying to go to mechanical harvesting, mechanical pruning, mechanical everything," Marchini says.


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Tickets are now on sale for the Royal Opera House Autumn season 2012.
You can see details of all bookable productions listed on our website as well as an online seat map.
Royal Opera productions for the season include Laurent Pelly's new production of Robert le diable as well as a revival of L'elisir d'amore. Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur returns in the new year too, giving audiences another chance to see John Tomlinson in the title role. Autumn will see the company staging The Ring Cycle and although the production is sold out in advance, a limited number of day tickets will be available from the Box Office.
In Kevin O'Hare's first season as Director of The Royal Ballet, the company will perform a mix of established favourites and new works. Among the former, Swan Lake returns to Covent Garden as does Christmas treat The Nutcracker. Newer work includes a mixed bill of Viscera/Infra/Fool's Paradise. MacMillan fans are well catered for with a programme featuring Concerto, Las Hermanas and Requiem.
ROH2 welcome a number of visiting companies as well as commissioned works. English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne and Wayne McGregor's Random Dance are represented through Christ lag/Emperor Atlantis, The Yellow Sofa and FAR respectively. New works commissioned include In The Locked Room/Ghost Patrol and Kafka Fragments. Later in the season, Will Tuckett's acclaimed The Wind in the Willows returns to the Linbury Studio Theatre, offering an alternative Christmas production for all the family.
Find out more about the making of the Autumn Season One Extraordinary World season image.
As well as on stage offerings, Royal Opera House restaurants are providing a revamped dining experience for the new season, with dishes tailored to making your visit even more enjoyable.
When booking, we recommend ensuring that you have the most up to date browser update installed. Details of which versions are required, as well as how to guides, are available on our Help section. Those using Internet Explorer 8 will need to download a plugin. Our Chief Technology Officer, Rob Greig, has written a blog post about recent changes on the website and this includes some suggestions for getting the best from the site.
At present, the website is not optimized for mobile booking although we will be adding this functionality at a later date. If you wish to book tickets on an iOS device (iPad, iPhone etc), we recommend downloading our ticketing app.
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Every year, we make preserves with the fruits from the garden. As I told you in a recent post, I had it all planned out so that nothing would go to waste and was determined to create Orangina soda. I used the kumquat pulp for the syrup of the drink and used all the kumquat rind for marmalade. To repeat the same flavors of the soft drink, I added tangerine to the marmalade as well. To make the marmalade a bit fancier, I added some vanilla beans and vanilla extract at the end.
Making marmalade is labor intensive, so gather some friends and family to get through the process. Rest assured that your efforts will be rewarded. We cooked and canned 13 pounds of fresh kumquats. If sealed properly, you can keep the jars of marmalade for a year. Good luck holding on to it that long though. The girls have already gone through two jars! The sweet fragrance of the kumquats and vanilla is intoxicating. Spread a little (or a lot) on a slice of buttered toast, pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy. It's the perfect way to start the day!
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VCU Defeats Monarchs, 73-64
By ODU Athletics
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NORFOLK, VA. -- Virginia Commonwealth placed five players in double figures to defeat the Monarchs, 73-64. VCU is now 7-3 overall and 2-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association. ODU is 4-6 overall, and 1-1 in the CAA.
The Monarchs were led by its dynamic duo of Ricardo Marsh (Mebane, NC.) and Rasheed Wright (Greensboro, NC.). Marsh scored 13 points and hauled in a career high 14 rebounds, while Wright scored 16 points and had three steals. Richmond, VA., native John Waller chipped in with 11 points and six rebounds. ODU shot .371 from the floor and outrebounded the Rams 40-38.
The Rams broke out to a 16-point lead, 40-24 with 4:15 left in the first half thanks to .630 shooting (17-27) from the floor. Dominic Jones scored 11 and Willie Taylor added ten during the first half. The Monarchs cut that lead to six by halftime as Troy Nance (Va. Beach, VA.) hit two three pointers.
In the second half VCU built the lead up to nine at 53-44 with 14:31 left. ODU cut it to one at 52-53 on two Rasheed Wright free throws, then took the lead at 54-53 with 10:44 left on a tip in by T.J. Waldon (Lakeland, FL.).
The Rams built the lead back to ten at 64-54 with 7:44 left, but ODU cut it to four (67-61) with 3:36 remaining in the game on a layup by Ricardo Marsh (Mebane, NC.). The Rams held on for victory as Antoine Willie hit four free throws and Dominic Jones hit two free throws.
Dominic Jones led VCU with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Emanueal Mathis scored 14, Troy Godwin 12, Willie Taylor and Antoine Willie added ten points each. The Rams finished the night shooting .491 (27-55) from the floor.
The Monarchs hit the road on Wednesday to take on defending CAA Champion UNC Wilmington at 7 p.m. in Trask Coliseum.


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MENLO PARK, Calif., June 26 (UPI) -- Facebook users are complaining they have a new default e-mail address in their user profiles, courtesy of Facebook, whether they wanted it or not.
Facebook is automatically posting those @facebook.com addresses to users' profiles and displaying them as the default e-mail address, CNN reported Monday.
Facebook has been rolling out the change for "a few weeks," the social networking site told CNN.
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One of the first bloggers to draw attention to the change was Gervase Markham, who expressed outrage at the site's action.
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Margaret lives the good life on a small piece of rural New South Wales Australia, with an amazing man, a couple of pets, and several rambunctious wombats.
She feels so lucky to be a part of the AntiSF team.
Margaret lives the good life on a small piece of rural New South Wales Australia, with an amazing man, a couple of pets, and several rambunctious wombats.
She feels so lucky to be a part of the AntiSF team.
AntipodeanSF Issue 250 is now ready via print on demand.
All profits donated to Australian Science Fiction Foundation fan funds.
Ebook version also now at Smashwords
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Please visit the ASFF website and consider joining for up-to-date info about Australian SF cons, awards, competitions, and to receive the Foundation's newsletter, Instrumentality, and more.
Ion Newcombe is the editor and publisher of AntipodeanSF, Australia's longest running online speculative fiction magazine, regularly issued since January 1998, and conceived back around November 2007. He has been a zealous reader and occasional writer of SF since his childhood in the 1960s, and even sold a few stories here and there back in the '90s.
"Nuke", who it turns out loves editing more than writing, lives in the New South Wales North Coast holiday destination of Nambucca Heads, where he is self-employed in IT training, computer support, desktop publishing, editing, writing, and website implementation. He is also the resident tech-head, skeptic, and board member of community radio station 2NVR, where he produces a number of shows including The AntipodeanSF Radio Show.
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Bring Back the Night
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Michael Connolly lives in Bowraville NSW, Australia. He has worked as an art teacher, music teacher, printer and illustrator among other things (such as chicken de-beaker), and has a keen interest in science-fiction and the natural sciences. He has illustrated for the magazine Tabula Rasa, which specialises in the horror genre, and is a regular contributor to AntipodeanSF.
Born in 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Fonseca studied literature at the Universidade Estácio de Sá.
He is the author of the short story collections Notas de pensamentos incomuns (2011), O que eu disse ao general (2014), and Sr. Bergier e outras histórias (2016), as well as the novel A ARCA (2018).
His short stories have appeared in Idle Ink and Middle House Review.
Russell Kightley has been a scientific illustrator for nearly forty years and a writer for the last five. His stories generally involve time travel and the nature of consciousness. After leaving school, he spent two years studying dentistry before moving into art. English, but now officially antipodean, he lives in Canberra with his Italian wife, who's an astrophysicist, and his two daughters.
You can see his graphics and animations here: <https://www.scientific.pictures/>
And his books here: <http://author.to/RussellKightley>
Malina Douglas enjoys spinning stories to thrill and delight.
Her publications include: Metamorphose V2, Indigo: A Western Australian Journal of Writing, Every Second Sunday: A Seoul Writers' Anthology, and the Jungle Age, a website for writers, Writing Writers, Foilate Oak, and the tenth anniversary edition of Consequence Magazine. Her poems have appeared in Sobotka Litmag and will be in the June 2019 issue of Rhythm & Bones.
Tim Borella has never lost his childhood passion for SF and writing in general and has been lucky enough to have worked most of his life as a pilot — in other words, he's never properly grown up.
He lives in country Far North Queensland, has won awards for songwriting, and has had various other writing achievements, the most recent being an honourable mention in the 2018 international Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition.
He also has bachelor degrees in science and teaching, and has completed a couple of as-yet unpublished SF novels. He'd dearly love to spend more time writing, but will have to continue juggling for another couple of years until the kids have fully left the nest.
Mark has only been writing short stories for a few months now, but his passion and enthusiasm are unparalleled, and this has recently resulted in paid pieces in many prestigious magazines including Books N' Pieces, Artpost Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, Page & Spine, Montreal Writes, Antipodean SF, The No Sleep Podcast and seven anthologies.
Mark resides in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two children.
Tweet him at: <https://twitter.com/MarkTowsey12>.
George Nikolopoulos is a speculative fiction writer from Athens, Greece, and a member of Codex Writers' Group. His short stories have been published in Galaxy's Edge, Daily Science Fiction, Factor Four, Grievous Angel, Helios Quarterly Magazine, Unsung Stories, Best Vegan SFF, The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF, Bards & Sages Quarterly, Havok, SF Comet, Mad Scientist Journal, Truancy, Digital Fiction QuickFic, The Centropic Oracle, StarShipSofa, 600 Second Saga, Antipodean SF, Manawaker Studio's FFP, Fifty Flashes, 9Tales from Elsewhere, Event Horizon 2017, and many other magazines and anthologies.
Laurie Bell lives in Melbourne, Australia. She was that girl you found with her nose always buried in a book. She has been writing ever since she was a little girl and first picked up a pen. From books to short stories, radio plays to snippets of ideas and reading them aloud to anyone who will listen.
She is the author of The Butterfly Stone (YA/ Fantasy — available now) and White Fire (Sci Fi — available now)
You can read more of her work on her blog Look for her on Facebook <www.facebook.com/WriterLaurieBell/> or Twitter: <@LaurienotLori>
Zeb writes:
Last week, on a whim I submitted some of my own musings to 'Nuke', and when I checked back today — my time in my 'verse, which is plus six years comparative to you — I saw that he had published some of them! I wasn't even sure the contrived email and attachment would get through, let alone end up published on your internet of things. (BTW — We have nothing quite like your 'net, but we've gone far further into the solar system than you have. Figure that!) Now that I know a connection is possible, I thought I'd tell you a little more about myself and where I'm from. So, from the beginning…
Hi. My name is Zebuline Carter — that's Zeb for my friends or Zeb-you-leen if you want to get formal — and I'm a forty-two year old former astronaut now working as an administrator at Farside, on Luna. Farside is a research base, where innerscopes are just starting to peel back layers of our sheath of the local multiverse. Because our work is so sensitive to em influences, Farside is situated within a one hundred klom diameter exclusion zone.
In my late teens I earned a double major in aerospace and business but passed over grad school for civilian astronaut training. As a kid I collected coupons from cereal boxes until I had enough for my first telescope, and built scale models of all the commercial shuttles and orbiters. Growing up, I'd always felt slightly out of place, like I was meant to to be somewhere else and part of me already was — until, that is, I had my first trip into low orbit aboard a high-riding intercont-cruiser, or ICC. That was a high-school graduation present from my Uncle Jim, and during the fifteen minutes of freefall I found that other part of myself, grabbed it tight, and never let go since.
Did I also mention I'm 180 cents tall with bobbed chestnut hair? Or that because of heart damage from a bad landing, I'm also marooned in low gravity? But heh, there are now six bases around Luna, supporting a permanent population of around twelve thousand Lunans, and a transient population of several thousand tourists and stopovers returning form the outer system, so it never gets boring and I don't get lonely. And living in low G means I won't age or sag as fast, either.
Until next time —
Shane is an ageing scientist, cricket fanatic and long term indie writer. He lives in Australia at the foot of the Blue Mountains with one phone obsessed teenager. He has completed many short works, several novella's and one novel. Shane also now publishes via his own independent publishing label —Poupichou Press via Smashwords.
His other works can be found here;
Retired after 33 years of teaching, Kevin now indulges his passions full-time: weather, reading and writing. His fiction usually embraces darker themes or the new weird, but lately he has gone back to more traditional old school SFF. He has set himself the task of reading every Stephen King novel, in order, and all of the recommended SF reading lists of Locus magazine for the last 35 years <http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1983>. His eyes hurt.
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Pixie is a voice actor, cabaret performer & slam poet From the Blue Mountains in NSW.
She enjoys writing short fiction, plays for radio and stage as well as her own brand of weird poetry.
She hosts the 'Off-Beet Poetry Slam' held bi-monthly in Katoomba,
And is a theatre reviewer for 2SER FM in Sydney.
Mark is an astrophysicist and space scientist who worked on the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn. Following this he worked in computer consultancy, engineering, and high energy research (with a stint at the JET Fusion Torus).
All this science hasn't damped his love of fantasy and science fiction. It has, however, ruined his enjoyment of rainbows, colourful flames on romantic log fires, and rings around the moon. He has previously been published in Stupefying Stories Showcase, Everyday Fiction, Escape Pod, Perihelion and also on AntipodeanSF where he is part of the narration team.
Garry Dean lives on the Mid Coast of New South Wales Australia, and has been a fan of SF for most of his natural life. Being vision impaired, he makes good use of voice recognition and text to speech in order to write. Many of his stories have appeared in AntipodeanSF over the years, and his love of all things audio led him to join the narration team in 2017.
You can read examples of Garry's fiction on his website <https://garrydean.wordpress.com>
Timothy Gwyn is a professional pilot in Canada, where he flies to remote communities. During a lull in his flying career, he was a radio announcer for three years, and he is also an author.
In addition to short stories at AntipodeanSF and NewMyths.com, his SF novel is available internationally in print and ebook formats. "Avians" draws on his love of alternative aviation to tell the tale of a girl who runs away from home to join a cadre of glider pilots on a world without metal or fossil fuels.
On Twitter, he is @timothygwyn, and his blogs are at <timothygwyn.com>.
Margaret lives the good life on a small piece of rural New South Wales Australia, with an amazing man, a couple of pets, and several rambunctious wombats.
She feels so lucky to be a part of the AntiSF team.
Carolyn's work spans devising, performance, theatre-in-education and a collaborative visual art practice.
She tours children's works to schools nationally with School Performance Tours, is a member of the Bathurst physical theatre ensemble Lingua Franca and one half of darkroom — a visual arts practice with videographer Sean O'Keeffe.
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Laurie Bell lives in Melbourne, Australia. She was that girl you found with her nose always buried in a book. She has been writing ever since she was a little girl and first picked up a pen. From books to short stories, radio plays to snippets of ideas and reading them aloud to anyone who will listen.
She is the author of The Butterfly Stone (YA/ Fantasy — available now) and White Fire (Sci Fi — available now)
You can read more of her work on her blog Look for her on Facebook <www.facebook.com/WriterLaurieBell/> or Twitter: <@LaurienotLori>
David Whitaker is originally from the UK though has travelled around a bit and now resides in India. He has a degree in Journalism, however decided that as he's always preferred making things up it should ultimately become a resource rather than a profession.
His stories, covering everything from sci-fi to philosophy, have been published across the globe and links to each can be found at <wordsbydavid.com>
Worldcon Dublin 2019 — An Irish Worldcon 15/08/2019 till 19/08/2019, The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD). <More info here>.
Conflux 15: What Lies Beneath (2019) will be held in Canberra from Saturday 5 October through to Monday 7 October 2019. Conflux is Canberra's longest-running spec fiction (sci fi, fantasy & horror) convention including all things speculative and have a strong program for writers of the genre, as well as all the usual panels, discussions, cosplay & social stuff. <More info here>. AntipodeanSF will be at Conflux!
For more up-to-date Aussie SF info join the ASFF: <asff.org.au>.
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Chelsea Marlene Powers and Christopher McKay Stilley, both of New Bern, were united in marriage on June 22, 2013, at Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Doug Case and the Rev. Rex Bennett officiating.
Chelsea Marlene Powers and Christopher McKay Stilley, both of New Bern, were united in marriage on June 22, 2013, at Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Doug Case and the Rev. Rex Bennett officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Mark Powers and Guylene Powers, both of New Bern. She is the granddaughter of Amanda Gaskins of New Bern and the late Guy Gaskins, Joan Powers, and Carl and Bobbie Powers, all of New Bern.
The bridegroom is the son of Rayford and Barbara Locklear of New Bern.
The bride was given in marriage by her parents.
Nuptial music was provided by vocalist Keith Williams and pianist Michael Cooke.
The matron of honor was Amanda Powers Bennett of New Bern, sister of the bride.
Maid of honor was Kassi Leigh Aultman of Greenville.
Bridesmaids were Jennifer Hill, Heather Taylor, and Sara Green, all of Vanceboro and Brandy Gaskins and Brianna Cox, both of New Bern.
Mackenzie and Kayla Renfrow were the flower girls.
Best man was Marcus Green of Vanceboro.
Groomsmen were Brandon Cayes of Clayton, Ben Mateau, Kevin Webber, Ray
Gaskins all from New Bern, and Brandon Harrison of Vanceboro.
Jaime Ray Gaskins was the ringbearer.
Assisting with the wedding were director Michelle Reynolds of New Bern, florist Dawn Jones, photographer Misty Renfrow of Winterville, church coordinator Dianne Ezzell, and guest book attendants Jessica Brinson Bennett and Heather Hoyle, both of Vanceboro.
A reception, hosted by the bride's parents, was held at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center.
Assisting with the wedding was The Flame, caterer.
The couple took a honeymoon trip to Key West, Fla.
The bride graduated from East Carolina University and is employed by River Dell Elementary School as a third grade teacher.
The bridegroom graduated from Craven Community College and is serving full time as a staff sergeant in North Carolina Army National Guard.
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The boxy white tool truck is hard to miss as it darts around New York City, a bright logo splashed across the vehicle's side that says, "Good earth. Good eats." Wherever it stops in the five boroughs, farm-fresh produce and Holton Farms workers with welcoming smiles spill out, bringing a new twist on healthy food for urban residents.
The farm truck, a CSA on wheels, is the brainchild of cousins Seth Holton and Jurrien Swarts of Holton Farms in Westminster, Vermont. This innovative approach to direct farmer-to-consumer relationships could serve as a model for helping farmers sustain their businesses while providing low-income residents in urban centers with access to fresh food.
Swarts and Holton have infused an entrepreneurial spirit into the historical legacy of their eighth generation farm. "For two years, the farm has been going through a generational transition," explains Swarts, who manages the New York City operations while Holton runs the farm in Vermont. "Seth and I talked to our uncle and he was ready to let us take over. We made the decision – what can we do to differentiate ourselves?" Now with nearly 400 members and a unique "CSA Select" design that allows customers to select the items they want, Holton Farms has set itself apart.
"It's been quite a learning experience," says Teddy Winthrop, who has worked on the farm truck since graduating from college. Winthrop's family owns a tree farm in South Carolina and they are long-time supporters of American Farmland Trust.
The Holton Farms unique business model is centered on access, with the mobile farm truck reaching clientele across the economic spectrum in different parts of the city. The truck delivers CSA orders to areas that lack access to fresh, healthy food. More recently, Holton Farms received their retail mobile-food vending license and can sell food to anyone including low income New Yorkers at subsidized prices.
"I think we're proving our model. We're pretty happy with how far we've taken it," said Swarts. "Next year, we'd like to have five trucks on the road."
Access to healthy food also requires affordability, and Holton and Swarts understand the value of attracting business beyond their philanthropic goals. The Holton Farm programs are more than the initiatives of just another start-up. Low-income residents receive a 20 percent discount on CSA memberships, an expense that is subsidized by customers who do not qualify for the reduced price. Even without discounted pricing, a share can cost less than $10 per week during the growing season. The model not only broadens the membership reach but also connects everyone to contribute toward a common cause.
For Holton and Swarts, their work goes beyond creating a successful business. "We're looking to make as big an impact as we can," Swarts explained. "I left a desk job. Now I can take pride in getting dirty, getting sweaty, seeing the smiling faces of parents getting high quality food for their kids." And, fortunately for New York City residents, they have only just begun.


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Keeping up with Demand
How time flies: Cisco and Intel are celebrating their one-year partnership anniversary of Unleashing IT with the launch of the all new, Spring 2013 edition. Available online and in print, this latest installment is once again packed with thought-leadership content and company profiles.
Over the past year, Unleashing IT has uncovered and shared many IT best practices. The industries represented through the company profiles featured are extremely diverse, as are their solutions and deployment strategies.
But there is a common thread – they are all are leveraging data center technology to advance, accelerate and streamline their business, enter new markets, all while achieving substantial cost savings. From education to healthcare to utility companies, innovation in the data center is driving their success – and allowing them to keep up with demands of the business.
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