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Polish Hipsters Reviving Jewish Musical Treasures From Before the Holocaust
In light of Poland's 100th anniversary celebrations and the current preoccupation with its image and its past, young Polish musicians find a renewed interest in the Jewish interwar soundtrack
Avshalom Halutz
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Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki. "A renewed perspective is developing that is shaping our world view.'Kobas Laksa
An outside observer would have found it hard to believe that the young Poles sitting in the small café in Jaffa and watching a soccer game last summer – enveloped in a cloud of marijuana smoke and dressed in what can only be described as hipster Eastern European rags suffused with seawater – was actually a glittering big-band ensemble, which that evening would turn Tel Aviv's Einav Center into a dimly lit, early 20th-century-style nightclub.
The members of the Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki would replace the morning's joint and vodka with fitted tuxedos and "Black Coffee" – or, in Polish, "Czarna kawa": a romantic, melancholic and clever 1930s foxtrot song, which opened their performance. That song, written by the prolific Jewish songwriter Andrzej Wlast, aka Gustav Baumritter, is only one of an endless number of marvelous hits that were written and set to music by Polish Jewish artists in the interwar years, and have become classics.
skip - Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki - Abduł Bey
Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki - Abduł Bey - דלג
LISTEN: Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki's song 'Abduł Bey,' by Fanny Gordon and Ludwik Szmaragd
A selection of these hits are featured in the unique soundtrack of the Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki, the seven-member ensemble created two years ago, by soloist Jan Emil Młynarski and pianist Marcin Masecki, that returned to Israel this week. The group will perform Thursday at the Red Sea Jazz Festival, the winter edition of the Eilat Jazz Festival.
The success of the band in Poland and abroad, especially in light of the country's 100th anniversary celebrations and the current preoccupation with its image and its past, has revived awareness of the stories of the forgotten Jewish artists who wrote the music they perform. These include Andrzej Wlast (who in his day was dubbed "king of trash," thanks to the huge number of hits he wrote); Julian Tuwim (considered the greatest 20th-century Polish-language poet); Jerzy Peterburski; Marian Hemar; Paul Abraham and many others – whose indefatigable talent and tremendous output laid the foundations of popular Polish culture, and influenced music in the Land of Israel as well.
The cover of Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki's album 'Noc w Wielkim Mieście.'
Indeed, the Jazz Band Mkynarski-Masecki are not the only ones finding inspiration in works written by Jews during those years.
"You can see a real renaissance of this music in recent years among young Polish musicians," says Młynarski in a conversation with Haaretz. "In Warsaw alone there are at least five different bands doing similar things. You can even find klezmer bands that play material from Galicia. I believe that we're all looking for the lost heritage that was once so widespread and present in Polish cities and throughout the country."
In Poland, he adds, "a renewed perspective is developing that is shaping our world view. It's important to us to honor our great artists, and to talk about the missing chapter in Polish history. We are discovering our heritage in light of our longing for the world of multiculturalism and eclecticism of the interwar period. A period when there was coexistence among Jews, Poles, Ukrainians, Gypsies, Germans. One of the places where you can rebuild these relationships is the world of music, and that's one of the reasons why we started the band in the first place."
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Jazz Band Mlynarski-Masecki's 'Czarna Kawa.'Jazz Band Mlynarski-Masecki's 'Czarna Kawa.'
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But the utopia Młynarski describes didn't really exist. The cabaret culture at the time gave Jewish artists a space that was an escape from a reality of oppression and discrimination they were experiencing, explains Marek Karliner, a professor of theoretical physics from Tel Aviv University, and an avowed fan of Jewish-Polish music. The Warsaw music scene was greatly influenced by the cabaret culture of Paris and Berlin, and by American jazz; along with the growth of the movie industry, it provided fertile ground for composers, writers, actors and singers.
Jewish songwriter Andrzej Wlast, aka Gustav Baumritter.
Cabaret, as a medium in which one can express oneself with relative freedom, enabled the Jewish artists not only to participate in Polish culture, but even to criticize it; they could also add Jewish motifs to their works, even if they were forced to make do with the one place designated for them: behind the scenes. Only few performed publicly on cabaret stages or participated in films. But this fruitful period soon came to an end with the outbreak of World War II, when most of the great Jewish artists were sent to ghettos and to concentration camps, where many of them met their deaths. Among them was Wlast, who was murdered when he tried to escape the Warsaw Ghetto.
Just last week, a survey was published by the Polish Embassy in Israel that showed that most Israelis recognize the fact that Poles, too, and not only Jews, fell victim to the Nazis during the Holocaust (Ofer Aderet, February 7). While the Polish ambassador to Israel, Marek Magierowski, urged Israelis to get to know "modern Poland, Polish cuisine and Polish jazz" – he forgot to mention that the story of Polish jazz is to a great extent also the tragic story of Polish Jews during that era, whose tremendous cultural contributions have been kept behind the scenes.
Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki, the seven-member ensemble created two years ago, by soloist Jan Emil Młynarski, left, and pianist Marcin Masecki.Kobas Laksa
My uncle, Arthur Rubinstein
Like those songwriters and composers whose obviously Jewish names constituted an obstacle that had to be removed (most of them changed their names to ones that sounded Slavic or Western), the same happened with Młynarski, who has a very important (non-Jewish) name, familiar to every Pole: His father, the late composer, singer and satirist Wojciech Młynarski, was one of the most famous and productive artists in the country, wrote over 3,000 songs and was hugely successful in the 1960s.
"In Israel terms it's as though you were the son of both [singer] Yehoram Gaon and [composer] Naomi Shemer," Karliner explains. As if his father's shadow is not enough, the soloist's grandfather was also a successful musician, one of the founders of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. But instead of rebelling against his past, young Młynarski decided to burrow even deeper into the musical history that constitutes his heritage.
Polish-Soviet Jewish composer Fanny Gordon.
Mlynarski is careful to mention his own Jewish connections and those of his partner, Masecki (who recently composed the music for the Polish film "Cold War").
"One of my grandfather's famous students was Arthur Rubinstein," says Mlynarski. "Later on he married [my grandfather's] daughter, my aunt, Nela Mlynarska, who was a ballet dancer before World War II, and died in New York at the beginning of the millennium. I'm still in contact with the Rubinsteins in New York."
Watching the performance of Jazz Band Młynarski-Masecki in Israel is a twofold pleasure: Not only due to the prodigious talent of the musicians, but also because of the many cultural connections that surface during the concert, which tell not only the story of the emergence of independent Poland, but also reveal the cultural roots we share with the Polish people.
When the band performed the song "To ostatnia niedziela" ("Last Sunday"), composed by Jerzy Peterburski and written by Zenon Friedwald, during their performance in Tel Aviv, Młynarski suddenly began to sing the Hebrew rendition of "Last Shabbat" ("Shabbat Aharona," originally sung by Polish singer Adam Aston (under the name Ben-Lewi) and Aliza Gabbai in the 1930s. And when the band performed a number composed by Shmuel Farshko in Poland, Młynarski told the audience that they would probably know Farshko as the composer of the music for Haim Gouri's poem "Bab el Wad."
Jazz Band Mlynarski-Masecki' in concert in Tel Aviv. A twofold pleasure: Not only due to the prodigious talent of the musicians, but also because of the many cultural connections that surface during tינינה זסלבסקי / המ
"After the concert in Tel Aviv a gentleman in his 70s approached me, shook my hand and told me that his mother escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto," says Młynarski. "He was born in the basement of a house in Warsaw in the 1940s. He had tears in his eyes. He told me that his mother used to sing him the songs we performed on stage, and he was very emotional. That's the greatest gratitude we could have expected, and the most profound understanding of the importance of what we do."
Jewish-Hungarian composer Paul Abraham.
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Adam Aston - How do you do Mr Brown
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Check out Jan Emil Młynarski's other band: Warszawskie Combo Taneczne
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Image theft | Global FlyFisher | We pride ourselves on many and good images. A lot of other people also like our images... some a little too much, actually!
I sometimes venture on a small image search on the web, and see if I can find some of our images on other sites. It usually takes about 30 seconds to find the first, and once I get started, I'm mostly overwhelmed by the number of copies of images from the Global FlyFisher I can find.
A very small number of sites have been allowed to copy content from our web site, usually in connection with a translation. They mostly write and ask kindly, and we grant permission to use and translate our articles on non-commercial sites, in newsletters, club magazines etc.
But we only very, very rarely allow other sites to use our images, and still I can find hundreds of copies of our photographs spread all over the world - literally.
I remember a US salmon fly tyer handing me a business card at a show in New Jersey. I said thanks and put it in my wallet, and it wasn't before I returned home and went through the cards I'd been handed that I noticed that the image of a Black Argus fly he had on the card was one of mine! And the fly was tied by my good friend, Danish Kim Rasmussen. So that guys was advertising his skills as a salmon fly tyer illegally using an other man's picture of a third man's fly!
In the worst cases I write people and ask them to remove the photos. I rarely get any reactions at all. Sometimes the images disappear, but mostly nothing happens. I only remember once having received an excuse after which the webmaster kindly removed our pictures.
I have several times received angry replies from people obviously offended by my questioning their "right" to freely use images from the web and some even questioning my right to call them mine!
So in stead of contacting them in vain, I have decided to expose them here. If nothing else, then for my own satisfaction.
Most of our images are protected by a simple anti-theft system. It's nowhere near being perfect, but it keeps people from simply copying or saving images. We also add a watermark to images. Nothing that can't be circumvented, but simple enough to stop most bland copying.
It doesn't take much skill to copy a picture from the web, and I personally haven't seen a protection scheme that can't be broken. The thing is that simply showing the images on people's screens expose them to copying.
We have older articles where the images aren't protected at all and we have our wallpapers where the images have to be downloadable. That's the whole idea. But these images all have the GFF logo and the originator's name in the image files.
Well, it seems that the temptation is still too big for many, and the beautiful high rez wallpapers are spread far and wide as gallery entries, article illustrations, avatars and even as backgrounds for event posters and greeting cards!
Thank you Global FlyFisher for delivering such excellent photos!
Or rather: thank you GFF for being stupid enough to leave good quality images out in the open!
I do see places where the images are credited to us and a few places even have a link, but most have no mention of GFF and a surprising number of the images have been edited to remove all traces of the origin such as watermarks, logos or the photographer's name.
Quite a few even added their own names to cover up what they couldn't remove.
And they are of course placed on pages that are clearly marked as copyrighted by the "owners" and in some cases even protected by different copy preventing mechanisms!
No, not the movie with the blue, oversize Pocahontas types, but the images that people use as their mark in forums and on social networks.
A whole handful of guys with names such as Torrish24, Penfold, Black Rat, Steinfluen (The Stone Fly in Norwegian) and many more have found Steve Schweitzer's fantastic picture of Steve Violette's salmon fly on a couple of whiskey bottles worthy of representing them online. We're honored, of course, but Rat, Stone Fly and Torrish, you know what? It's not legal!
Lots of other of our images are used in that way, and none of the users have ever asked permission. A permission we would not have granted, so that might be why.
OK, having your images copied seems close to unavoidable once they are on the web, and I can only find a small comfort in the fact that most image thefts from GFF are made by private individuals and non-commercial web sites, who gain nothing else than having a great picture on their web site, their forum profile or their business card.
I'm not forgiving them! No siree! They should know better. It just doesn't hurt that much, just annoys me.
What hurts is the pros stealing. People selling stuff using our images or selling products with our images on them.
That's a friggin' pain in the beep, and I wish I could do something about it!
With our images? Not much, actually. You are welcome to use the wallpapers as intended: as a background on your computer screen. But that's about it.
You can pin an image on Pinterest (we even have a link to do that) and you can like an image on Facebook, Tweet it or do similar things. The image will be shown as ours with a link back to us. That's fine.
You can't use any image from GFF as your avatar, as a background for your event poster, as an image posted in your online gallery. And of course you can't sell your product promoting it with our images, nitwit! No matter how much you attribute it to us, link to us and print that the copyright is ours. You simply can't!
You can ask for permission, and depending on the purpose we will sometimes grant such a permission. We have a weak spot for club newsletters and materials for non-commercial teaching, so don't be shy. Ask.
Commercial operations can ask too, but must expect to be asked to pay for the use - or turned down.
Not much, actually. I can keep on protecting our images as I do, and just live with the fact that they get copied.
I can try to chase down the worst offenders, but it's often in vain.
I can watermark all our images thoroughly, but honestly don't want to do that. It's not difficult. Modern web technology can watermark each on the fly so that I don't have to edit every single file There's more than 20,000 images, so that's impossible anyway. Automation could be a solution, but I hate watermarks, so that's probably not going to happen.
So for now I'll just moan and groan and hope that people have enough respect to at least ask for permission.
Is simple, put them on social media websites and report them to google, yahoo and bing and your hosting provider for piracy. Those sites will be down or will loose the positions in internet searching engines.
Another solution when you post first time a photo : add a specific tag with the name of the photo and globalflyfisher. The searching engines will take in consideration first apparition on web and will help globalflyfisher to have a better position.
The biggest theft I ever had was a fly company that stole my patterns, copied them, made them into commercial flies and put them in a catalog. That jerk then sent me a catalog and asked me if I wanted to buy the patterns. Sometime later he he then contacted me and asked where he could buy the materials to make the flies. Piracy knows no bounds. There are assholes everywhere. I assume if I put something out there, its will get ripped off. I love when competitors steal images and use them on their sites....I only wish they would buy the stuff from me. Ebay slugs are the worst, they copy all including the text and offer goods at 20-30% off retail prices. ALL of my stuff is copyrighted. I had an author publish a column exactly copying my text word for word with no credit. I almost sued that local newspaper that is part of a giant chain. The editor was friends with one of my customers and got an earful on the golf course. It is a very small town and we are all neighbors.


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The Season of Giving: Sanesco Donates to Mission Children's Hospital's Third Annual Winter Wonderland Shop
By Sanesco Health
Nothing makes us happier than putting a smile on a child's face. This holiday season, we're so excited to donate gifts to the Mission Children's Hospital's third annual "Winter Wonderland Shop."
The Winter Wonderland Shop Program accepts donations of new, unwrapped toys and gifts, and displays the items so that parents/families of children currently in the hospital have the opportunity to pick out Christmas gifts for their children (sick and well) without leaving the hospital.
Kim Giacobbe, Office Coordinator at Sanesco, helped facilitate the company-wide toy drive, stating "We are called as human beings to be charitable and take care of one another—fulfilling that calling in itself is a rewarding experience, but the joy that you get inside by helping someone in need is the most precious gift you can receive."
The Wonderland Shop is open to parents and families daily for two weeks up until Christmas Day. After parents select the gifts for their children, a team of volunteers at Mission helps to wrap the presents and provide a one-stop-shop for parents to complete their holiday shopping.
The hospital expects about 30 families to select gifts from the Winter Wonderland Shop this year.
"In the past, we've done it other ways, such as providing the children with Christmas stockings stuffed with gifts or providing families with pre-selected gifts," said Julian Cate, a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) at Mission Children's Hospital.
"It's been wonderful," added Cate. "We all agreed that this is the best way to give back and it's a way for the families to have ownership over choosing their own gifts for their children."
At Sanesco, we collected gifts for several weeks and then presented them on behalf of the company on December 18th—the first day that the Winter Wonderland Shop was officially open for families to begin selecting presents.
Giacobbe mentioned she felt fortunate to have delivered the gifts on behalf of Sanesco and to have had the opportunity to see the Winter Wonderland program in full operation.
"I was able to see a mother shopping for her child and then watch as the gifts she had chosen were being wrapped and readied to be given on Christmas Day," she continued. "I know that this family member must have been under a huge amount of stress with the worry of having a sick child. I can only imagine what she must have been going through, and I know that in a small way, our gifts took a portion of that stress away. It was such a great experience to see a project unfold from start to finish. Hopefully, the pictures that were taken will give everyone a sense of how important our contribution was and prepare our hearts to give even more next year."
Sanesco has a long-standing commitment to giving back to the community and we hope to add this program as an annual activity for many years to come. Next year, we plan to have Sanesco employees volunteer to wrap gifts.
Mission Children's Hospital accepts gift donations from individuals, local organizations and businesses all year-round. Typically, the greatest amount of gift donations comes in during the holidays. In recent years, Mission has received enough gifts during the holiday season to have a supply of leftover toys for children and their families for other occasions, such as birthdays. Also, any additional toys not selected by families during the Winter Wonderland are used by the hospital to supply the oncology and general playrooms, and for kids in the emergency department and outpatient specialty clinics.
The items they currently have a need for include: art supplies, play dough, infant toys, light-up toys, trucks, dolls (with removable clothing so they may be washed), DVDs (rated G/PG/PG13), self-care items and even gift cards, wrapping paper and gift bags. Due to the variety of ages from toddlers to teens, they've stated any item is appreciated with the exception of stuffed animals.
If you are interested, we highly encourage you to give back to the community by donating to the Mission Children's Hospital.

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package au.com.scds.chats.dom.attendance;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

import org.apache.isis.applib.DomainObjectContainer;
import org.apache.isis.applib.security.RoleMemento;
import org.apache.isis.applib.security.UserMemento;
import org.apache.isis.applib.services.actinvoc.ActionInvocationContext;
import org.apache.isis.core.unittestsupport.jmocking.JUnitRuleMockery2;
import org.apache.isis.core.unittestsupport.jmocking.JUnitRuleMockery2.Mode;
import org.jmock.Expectations;
import org.jmock.auto.Mock;
import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;

import au.com.scds.chats.dom.activity.Activity;
import au.com.scds.chats.dom.activity.ActivityEvent;
import au.com.scds.chats.dom.attendance.AttendanceList;
import au.com.scds.chats.dom.attendance.AttendanceLists;
import au.com.scds.chats.dom.attendance.Attend;
import au.com.scds.chats.dom.general.Person;
import au.com.scds.chats.dom.general.Persons;
import au.com.scds.chats.dom.participant.Participant;
import au.com.scds.chats.dom.participant.Participants;

public class AttendedTest {
	@Rule
	public JUnitRuleMockery2 context = JUnitRuleMockery2.createFor(Mode.INTERFACES_AND_CLASSES);

	@Mock
	DomainObjectContainer mockContainer;
	@Mock
	ActionInvocationContext actionInvocationContext;

	AttendanceLists attendanceListsRepo;
	Participants participantsRepo;
	Persons personsRepo;

	AttendanceList attendanceList;
	Attend attended;
	ActivityEvent activity;

	@Before
	public void setUp() throws Exception {
		personsRepo = new Persons(mockContainer);
		participantsRepo = new Participants(mockContainer,personsRepo);
		attendanceListsRepo = new AttendanceLists(mockContainer);
		attendanceList = new AttendanceList(attendanceListsRepo, participantsRepo);
		attended = new Attend(mockContainer);
		//attended.actionInvocationContext = ActionInvocationContext.onObject(attended);
		activity = new ActivityEvent(mockContainer, participantsRepo);
	}

	public static class AttendedTest_Tests extends AttendedTest {

		@Test
		public void getAttendanceInterval_Test() throws Exception {

			attended.setStartDateTime(new DateTime(2015, 10, 10, 12, 0, 0));
			attended.setEndDateTime(new DateTime(2015, 10, 10, 13, 30, 0));
			assertThat(attended.getIntervalLengthFormatted()).isEqualTo("1:30");
		}

		/* TODO @Test
		public void setDateAndTimes_endBeforeStartTest() throws Exception {

			context.checking(new Expectations() {
				{
					oneOf(mockContainer).warnUser("end date & time is earlier than start date & time");
				}
			});
			attended.updateDatesAndTimes(new DateTime(2015, 10, 10, 12, 0, 0),new DateTime(2015, 10, 10, 11, 0, 0));
		}

		@Test
		public void setDateAndTimes_sameDayOfWeekTest() throws Exception {

			context.checking(new Expectations() {
				{
					oneOf(mockContainer).warnUser("end date and start date are different days of the week");
				}
			});
			attended.updateDatesAndTimes(new DateTime(2015, 10, 10, 12, 0, 0),new DateTime(2015, 10, 11, 12, 0, 0));
		}

		@Test
		public void setDateAndTimes_intervalGreaterThan12Hours() throws Exception {

			context.checking(new Expectations() {
				{
					oneOf(mockContainer).warnUser("end date & time and start date & time are not in the same 12 hour period");
				}
			});
			attended.updateDatesAndTimes(new DateTime(2015, 10, 10, 9, 0, 0),new DateTime(2015, 10, 10, 22, 0, 0));
		}*/
	}
}


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I recall the years before my own early retirement, when on average I worked 80-100 hours a week. Carrying work home was a ritual. Bringing work and mobile phone while vacationing with the family was a given. Ironically, it was only during long overseas flights that I was able to have a few hours' time for quiet relaxation. Being from Hong Kong where people rush around even though they are not late (or not going any where in particular), I was a consummate Type-A Workaholic. It was in my nature to be fiercely competitive in everything I did. I remember even when I was exercising by swimming laps in a local gym, I had to beat the stranger who was innocently swimming in the next lane! Later on I abandoned the relatively non-competitive sport of recreational swimming, and was hooked on the faster and more competitive game of squash.
No doubt I was only one of many millions of Type-A Workaholics whose addiction in life is their WORK. I was told that Japan is full of these people, and there is even a special term for suicide from overwork – "karojisatsu". But Americans are quickly catching up. A recent report by the International Labor Organization discovered that Americans work the longest hours in the industrialized world, even overtaking the Japanese. The report says on average American workers 1,966 hours each year, compared to an average of 1,833 in 1980. The Japanese only work an average of 1,889 hours, having dropped from 2,100 hours a year in 1980. The report pointed out that American workers overtook the Japanese counterparts sometime during 1993. (Harvard professor Juliet Schor must have sensed this, when she published her book titled "The Overworked American" in 1992). In contrast, French and German workers have always worked less hours than the Americans, averaging only 1,656 and 1,574 hours each year, respectively.
The above statistics probably include mostly blue-collar and office workers. Management executives and professionals most likely work even longer hours. In another survey of 5,000 executives conducted by Management Recruiters International, 82% said they mix business with pleasure (i.e. taking work with them when they are on holidays). Many Americans have put in extra hours during the weekends and holidays, or at least maintain contacts with their work place by beepers and mobile phones. I believe many would feel guilty for taking some time off. They feel that in order to get ahead they must work harder and harder, even if this means bringing incredible physical and mental stress to themselves and their families. If both husband and wife work these breakneck hours, one can imagine the stress their work brings to their marriage.
Turning to the booming Silicon Valley, I was told by some software-engineer friends that they consistently work an average of over 120 hours a week. Everybody is thinking: times are good now; job market is tight — it is now or never. Surely the rising income, more upscale homes and stock options are attractive. This is the time to make every move to bolster your career and your personal net worth. But the experience of many who make tremendous sacrifices to further their careers is that while they are working and earning more, they are enjoying it less. It is not surprising — how can one begin to enjoy life or to enjoy the fruit of one's labor if one can't even find the time to do so?
The sacrifice a workaholic makes is tremendous, and often times the damages being inflicted upon oneself and the family is irreparable. Medical journals have long warned that excessive stress is a quiet killer. Think about the busy executive who is struck by a fatal heart attack at age 48. Or the hot-shot programmer who is burned out age 32. Or the son of the workaholic executive who gets into drugs and crimes because of parental neglect. For Christians parents, there is no greater tragedy than to bring children into this world, only to have their souls end up being lost eternally. How can one compensate such loss by gaining another zero in the net worth column, or a doubling of the stock option shares?
"No one on their deathbed has wished that they had spent more hours at the office". We need to have clear priorities in our lives, and working until we drop is often our own choice rather than a company requirement. The greatest obstacle is ourselves — our pride, our sense of insecurity, and our all-consuming desire to enhance our careers and financial standing. The solution for some is to re-set their priorities in life. For some, it could mean voluntarily cut down on work hours. For others, it could mean foregoing the next promotion. But above all, the solution must be a spiritual one : finding the true God of the Universe, accepting His Son as your personal savior and committing your life toGod Kingdom. Make God your priority in life. "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:33).


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Anyone who's been attending rock concerts for 36 years might have trouble pinpointing the most memorable ones. But I sometimes give it a stab.
In November 2007, I paid all of $15 to gain entrance to the Rex Theater in Pittsburgh for something I'd wanted to do for decades: see Blue Cheer.
The re-formed version of the band had been touring here and there since the '80s, and when I learned about the Pittsburgh show I canceled some other plans and headed to the South Side. The show was unfortunately sparsely attended, but those in the audience were treated to a memorable performance: a time warp of sorts, back to when a trio of musicians, their instruments and their amplifiers were sufficient.
That was rock at its most basic and, not coincidentally, its most exciting.
Blue Cheer was touring to support its first new studio album in 16 years, "What Doesn't Kill You …," a title that became chilling in the wake of subsequent developments.
I still often wear the Blue Cheer T-shirt I bought at that Pittsburgh concert. And I still often listen to the album that put the band on the musical map, way back in 1968.
"Summertime Blues" kicks off "Vincebus Eruptum" and also reached No. 14 on the charts as a single, probably because of the novelty of a band playing that hard and loud on what began life as a rockabilly song. The decision to play instrumental solos in lieu of some of the lyrics is questionable, but it's kind of apropros to hear the line, "I went to my congressman and he said, quote, 'Take this, boy!'," followed by a wall of guitar feedback.
Next, Blue Cheer covers the blues standard "Rock Me, Baby," with all the subtlety of a flying mallet (to borrow from the title of a Dave Edmunds album). Actually, in some places Whaley sounds as if he, indeed, is drumming with a mallet, providing minimalist backing to Leigh Stephens' feedback-laden guitar stylings.
Peterson's "Doctor Please" is purely and simply about drugs, as the singer implores: "Without your good livin', Doc, I believe that I'll be dead." The song became a longtime concert staple, with extended instrumental sections.
Another original, "Out of Focus," lyrically leans toward the psychedelic music in vogue at the time, with Peterson writing passages like: "And then from out of a mystic dream/There came an angel, she spread her wings." But the instrumental backing continues to be pure sledgehammer, and outright chaos in a middle section during which none of the band members appear to be paying attention to what either of the others is playing.


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Brownfield Runnin Cubs improve to 3-0 in district play defeating Lamesa Golden Tornados 62- 46
3 weeks 9 min ago By News Staff
The Runnin Cubs remain undefeated in district play through three games after downing the Golden Tornados 62-46. There are so many different words or phrases that come to mind when talking about Brownfield vs Lamesa on the basketball court a couple of those being "big time rivalry" and "instant classic." Both of those were exactly how you would describe Friday's meeting between the two schools. It was a fast-paced game right out of the gate, but early on it was in favor of Lamesa who scored the first 6 points of the game capitalizing off winning the tipoff, a Brownfield missed shot, and a Brownfield turnover. JoJo Carrillo would help settle down the Cubs as he would open the scoring and after seeing that first bucket fall there was a sense of calmness for the team. Both schools would continue to run up and down the floor till Lamesa called its first timeout of the game as they held a 12-10 lead with 2:45 left in the first quarter. The time would wind fast with Lamesa outscoring Brownfield 7-5 in the final 2:45 of the quarter and they had a 19-15 lead going into the second. Brownfield would open the second frame on a 7-0 scoring run making the score 22-19 in favor of the Runnin Cubs that would be ended by a Golden Tornado free throw, but that would be there only point for a while as they endured a scoring drought thanks to Brownfield doing a great job holding Lamesa to one shot on many possessions and forcing them to turn the ball over as well. Lamesa however would fight back some before going to the halftime break sparking a 5-0 run, but Brownfield still led 27-25. Out of the break the scoring slowed down a bit due to both teams running some sets in the half court and turning the ball over. But Brownfield would end the 3 rd quarter on a 9- 2 run and led going into the last frame 45-31. Just when you thought Brownfield could pull away Lamesa was able to tighten up the defense and go on a 13-2 scoring with the score now being 47-44 still in favor of the Runnin Cubs but there was still plenty of game left with 4:52 on the clock. Fortunately, everyone for Brownfield stepped up when their number was called and slammed the door shut going on a huge 15-2 run and winning the game 62-46. Brownfield was led in scoring by Malik Mason with 15, while Pedro Rodriguez finished just behind him with 14, Jeron Lawrence put up 11, and KJ Carroll and JoJo Carrillo had 9, and 8 respectively. The Brownfield Runnin' Cubs will be back in action Tuesday night as they'll be in Littlefield taking on the Wildcats. Tipoff is set for 7:30 and a livestream broadcast of the game can be found on brownfieldcubs.com
Brownfield Lady Cubs suffer first district loss falling to the Lamesa Golden Tornados 39-26
The Brownfield Lady Cubs returned home and took on the Lamesa Golden Tornados and suffered their first loss of district 39-26. Brownfield came into the game shorthanded as they were without junior guard Rhianna Miranda who was out with a right foot injury. Miranda's absence was felt early in the game for the Lady Cubs as they were off to a slow start, fortunately so did the Golden Tors. Both teams were finding some good looks just not able to cash in on them. The first point of the game was scored by Lamesa with 5:40 left in the first and they were leading 1-0 after splitting the pair of free throws. Then a minute and some change later Kaylynn Fininen drained a couple free throws to get the scoring started for the Lady Cubs.
Jaelyn Molina working under the basket(Krystal Valentin)
Cubs & Lady Cubs get district win over Friona
Cubs 98 - Friona 32 | Lady Cubs 51 - Friona 19
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Brownfield opens district play with a win over Dimmitt 67-63
The Brownfield Runnin' Cubs took on and defeated the Dimmitt Bobcats 67-63 to open district play. These two schools have formed a fun rivalry over the last couple years as in 2020-2021 Brownfield swept Dimmitt which resulted in a district title, and last season the two schools split their games, but Dimmitt would end up winning the district. This year many feel like the district champion will once again be one of these two schools and you could definitely feel the intensity Tuesday night. Both teams established a good pace early on as each got some good looks. As the 1st quarter came to a close it was ended on a 6-0 run after K.J Carrol, and Jojo Carrillo knocked down back-to-back 3 pointers and Brownfield was in front 17-13. The second quarter was a big one for the Runnin' Cubs as Logan Shrimpton came off the bench and found himself scoring 6 points off a pair of three pointers which was a huge spark for the Runnin' Cubs. The three-point shot was huge this quarter for Brownfield as the defense struggled some but never relinquished the lead thanks to their three-point shooting. Going into the break Brownfield led 36-28. In the 3 rd quarter Dimmitt came out more aggressive on both sides of the floor using their length to cause discomfort for Brownfield on the offensive side. However, at the end of the third quarter it was still Brownfield who led 47-44. Malik Mason who made his presence felt all night long took it to another level early in the 4 th quarter as he was all over the place, contesting shots, grabbing rebounds on defense and offense and cashing in those offensive boards with points. It was 51-44 when it became a track meet between both schools as each would get good looks and score but couldn't get stops on defense. With 3:03 left in the game Brownfield still led 61-54. But Dimmitt wasn't done yet, as they hit timely shots and Brownfield missed some key free throws which led to Dimmitt only trailing by 2 with 7.3 seconds left.


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DePaul men's soccer loses to top-ranked Georgetown
Ben Gartland|October 12, 2014
DePaul defender Jake Douglas goes back to kick the ball against Western Michigan. (Grant Myatt / The DePaulia)
Despite a valiant defensive effort, DePaul men's soccer was unable to hold off the No. 7/5 Georgetown attack as the Hoyas defeated the Blue Demons 2-0.
DePaul dropped to 4-6-2 on the year and 1-2-0 in the Big East, their third straight match without a win.
"Our preparation was good and our players played at a very high level," DePaul head coach Craig Blazer said. "We're disappointed with the result but we're encouraged with our performance."
Brandon Allen and Keegan Rosenberry were the goal-scorers for the Hoyas.
The Blue Demons came out in a defensive formation with Senior Art Garza, the defender-turned-forward, sliding back to the defense to give DePaul more cover defensively.
In addition to the initial defensive coverage, the Blue Demons created some good scoring opportunites early. DePaul almost took the lead in the 13th minute when Hans Wustling received a rebound at the top of the box. He set up his shot and went far post where it went just wide of the goal. Had it been on frame, the keeper was out of sight and likely wouldn't have been able to make the save.
The Blue Demons came close again in the 21st minute after Garza sent in a cross that was headed towards goal by Jalen Harvey but was blocked. Alessandro Thomas had an opportunity for a shot on the rebound but it went over the bar and out for a goal kick.
Georgetown controlled the time of possession for the most part, but DePaul was able to stop multiple shots before they took off and only allowed three shots in the first half. All three of them were either off target or saved by keeper Mack Robinson.
"We were both trying to keep the zero and score the first goal and we did a good job in the first half of almost both," Blazer said. "All of our best looks came in the first 10 minutes of the game and we gave ourselves a good chance."
The visitors continued to control the possession in the second half while also ramping up their attack. They doubled their shot total from the first half and were finally able to put a couple goals into the net in the final 20 minutes of the match.
Georgetown finally broke through in the 72nd minute when Keegan Rosenberry fired a shot from the top of the box that snuck right inside the post and in for the score. It was his first goal of the year and it gave the Hoyas a 1-0 lead.
The Hoyas would put the nail in the coffin in the 79th minute when Allen was taken down in the box by Robinson and earned the penalty kick. Robinson guessed the right direction and dove left, but Allen had too much power and height on his kick, putting the ball just out of reach. His ninth goal of the season put the Hoyas up by two, which would end up as the final scoreline.
Georgetown almost made it 3-0 in the 84th minute when Alex Muyl sent in a low cross that met the sliding foot of Austin Martz, but it sailed just wide. That would end up being the last good chance of the game as the Hoyas closed out the 2-0 victory.
Even with the loss, Blazer said he was pleased with his team's performance, especially defensively.
DePaul next plays at 3 p.m. Oct. 15 at Xavier.
"Statistically, we did do a good job and the guys responded well," Blazer said. "Now we go on the road, and we have to find a way." to win on the road."
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Artificial Intelligence Performs Key Step in Fruit Fly Management
Posted in sterile male technique on October 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »
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The Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens) is one of the world's most damaging insect pests. A key method for managing them is the sterile insect technique, in which sterile male flies are mass-reared and released into the wild, whereupon they mate with wild females, which then fail to produce offspring. Determining the precise age of mass-reared fruit flies is a critical step in the sterile insect technique, and researchers in Mexico have applied machine-learning algorithms that can accurately measure the age of fruit fly pupae to properly time irradiation. (Photo by Andrés Diaz Cervantes)
By Diana Pérez-Staples, Ph.D., and Horacio Tapia-McClung, Ph.D.
Horacio Tapia-McClung, Ph.D.
Diana Pérez-Staples, Ph.D.
Two of the world's most damaging pests are the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) and the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens), causing billions of dollars in damage to agriculture. Fortunately, the sterile insect technique is currently used as part of area-wide integrated management programs to control these flies is certain regions of the world.
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a type of birth control, consisting in rearing millions of these flies in factories, irradiating them with X or gamma rays to make them sterile, and then releasing them in areas where the pests are present. When the sterile males mate with wild females, the females will not have fertile eggs to lay in the fruits. Thus, population levels are decreased. The SIT has good green credentials because it only targets the pest species, it does not introduce foreign genetic material into the population, and it reduces the use of insecticides.
The irradiation process in SIT is key to its success. For tephritid flies, irradiation is usually carried out a couple of days before the pupae emerge as adults. If pupae are irradiated too soon or too late in their development process, this can lead to problems in mobility and behavior as adults. However, even during controlled conditions, pupae can vary in their development time. Thus, one of the tests that are carried out pre-irradiation is to determine the physiological age of the pupae.
Currently, at these fruit fly factories throughout the world, technicians must determine the correct time to irradiate by taking a sample of pupae, removing the pupal case to expose the eyes, and then checking the eye color against a color chart. This can be laborious and prone to human error, as it depends on the skill, experience, and expertise of the technician, as well as natural biases in color interpretation. The technicians can get tired from this repetitive work, while sick days and vision problems could also cause variations in the correct determination.
Artificial Intelligence to the Rescue
At the Universidad Veracruzana, in collaboration with the Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico (Programa Operativo de Moscas, DGSV-SENASICA), we teamed up with experts in artificial intelligence to develop methods based on algorithms that can accurately determine the age of a pupa from a digital image captured with a common mobile device. We share our results in a new article published this month in the Journal of Economic Entomology.
Iván González-López
For this, and as part of his Ph.D. at the Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas of the Universidad Veracruzana, Iván González-López, currently based at the IAEA-FAO Entomology Laboratory in Austria, took photographs of the exposed eyes of pupae of both Mediterranean fruit flies and Mexican fruit flies. We chose pupae that still had a few days to emerge and deliberately took rough photographs that did not have perfect lighting conditions or focus. In fact, they were taken quickly and with a mobile phone.
Then, as a part of her master's research at the Laboratorio Nacional de Informática Avanzada in Xalapa Veracruz, Georgina Carrasco processed the images with a program that was trained to detect the eye area in the photograph and crop it. Afterward, using the correct answers from a technician at the factory, another algorithm was trained through a supervised machine-learning method known as transfer learning, to accurately determine the age of the pupae.
We found that algorithms based on a neural network architecture known as Inception v1 correctly identified the physiological age of maturity at two days before emergence, with a 75 percent accuracy for the Mexican fruit fly and 83.16 percent for Mediterranean fruit fly, respectively. This method is not perfect for sure, and it still requires a technician to dissect the pupae and take photographs, but it is a promising approximation of how supervised machine learning and artificial intelligence can be used to help uncertainty in decisions about when to irradiate. The level of accuracy may also be improved as more pictures are taken and provided for the algorithm to learn from.
The next steps will be to develop software that could easily be used by technicians as well as to train these algorithms with other tephritid pest species currently controlled through SIT. Certainly, it highlights that there can be some exciting collaborations between entomologists and artificial intelligence researchers.
"Determination of the Physiological Age in Two Tephritid Fruit Fly Species Using Artificial Intelligence"
Journal of Economic Entomology
Diana Pérez-Staples, Ph.D., is a research professor at the Institute of Biotechnology and Applied Ecology at the Universidad Veracruzana, in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Email: diperez@uv.mx. Horacio Tapia-McClung, Ph.D., is a research professor at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute at the Universidad Veracruzana also in Xalapa. Email: htapia@uv.mx.
UK: Sterile insect technique for spotted-wing drosophila (SWD in strawberries
Posted in Emerging/invasive pests, sterile male technique on December 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
It's all about sex – trial success for BigSis' chemical-free SWD control
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British farmers are a step closer to using a technology that could slash the need for agricultural insecticides, after a world-first field trial achieved a 91% reduction in an invasive target pest first spotted in the UK in 2012 – and it was all about sex!
Agritech start-up, BigSis, conducted the trial – using an updated version of the sterile insect technique (SIT) – in partnership with Berry Gardens, the UK's largest supplier of berries and cherries, and the world-renowned research institute NIAB EMR.https://805d3ecb54b83605a7f1a43a2a08ce69.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
"SIT has long been recognised as the perfect solution for insect pest control," pointed out BigSis founder, Glen Slade. "But in the 60 years since it was conceived, it's always been too expensive to deploy beyond a limited number of special-use cases."
The basic premise is simple – sterilise and release male insects into the crop, where they mate with wild females to prevent the rapid increase in pest populations that leads to crop damage. Species specific, non-toxic and resistance-immune, the approach is technically capable of taking the place of chemical insecticides in many agricultural crops.
"BigSis has turned to artificial intelligence and robotics to automate SIT, raising insects individually," explained Mr Slade. "It's a breakthrough that slashes the cost of SIT solutions by as much as 90%, so we're finally bringing it to growers as an affordable, farm-scale solution for insect pest control in agricultural crops."
Conducted in Kent, the field trial focused on control of spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), a global invasive pest of soft fruit that can cause much damage, with farmers spending up to £11,000 per ha using currently approved chemical treatments and labour-intensive hygiene measures in a bid to control the pest.
Sterile male SWDs were released in and around a crop of ever-bearing strawberries between April and the end of harvest. Using sticky traps with lures, numbers of wild female SWD were monitored at the treated site and two control sites. During the trial, numbers of female SWD in the treated plot barely rose above one per trap per week, compared to a peak of nearly 10 insects per in untreated controls.
"We're thrilled that this world-first trial of SIT to control SWD had given such a convincing demonstration of season-long control, with a suppression result of up to 91%," said Mr Slade. "It ensured that pest numbers never reach a critical level, confirming the premise that prevention is better than cure."
He added that it gave the business and its two partners a solid foundation to move into 2022 with a larger field trial programme, supported by a £500,000 grant from Innovate UK, which will bring cherries and raspberries into the mix.
Richard Harnden, director of research at Berry Gardens, added: "It's been nearly a decade since SWD arrived in the UK and the BigSis solution might finally provide the breakthrough in chemical-free control that the industry has been seeking.
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"We look forward to success in next season's field trials, with a view to widespread adoption of the solution by our growers."
Head of pest and pathogen ecology at NIAB EMR, Dr Michelle Fountain, was also impressed: "These data provided new insights into SWD dispersal and behaviour in commercial crops. We are very encouraged by this control technology for SWD, with its added benefit of preserving current biological controls for other soft fruit pests by reducing plant protection inputs.
"I envisage further learning and positive results from the grant-funded studies and trials planned for the next 16 months."
Recent completion of a £1.5m seed-plus funding round will allow BigSis to construct a pilot production line for sterile male SWD at its new Reading facility, holding out the possibility of commercial sales next year. It is already approved for sale in England.
Mr Slade added: "We are ideally placed to address the 'perfect storm' facing agriculture – regulatory pressure on agrochemicals, consumer demand for 'greener' food, increased pest pressure as the climate warms, and the increasing problems of insects' resistance to chemical controls.
"SWD is our first market-ready solution before we move on to commercialising of our next SIT solution, for codling moth, with others to follow."
Mexico: World's second largest sterile Mediterranean fruit fly facility, opened.
Posted in sterile male technique on December 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
New Mediterranean fruit fly facility in Mexico to keep insect pests at bay
One billion sterile flies a week – that is the production of the world's second largest Mediterranean fruit fly facility, opened earlier this year, with support from the IAEA, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The factory of sterilized flies, located in the Chiapas state at its south-eastern border with Guatemala, will help keep the country's growing agriculture pest free.
Mediterranean fruit flies lay their eggs in fruits and after they hatch, larvae feed on fruit pulp destroying it – and farmers' livelihoods in the process. Keeping orchards fly free is a prerequisite for exports to many countries, which want to keep their own fruits un-infested. The alternative is expensive post-harvest treatments, which would hurt the competitiveness of Mexico's export products.
The new Mediterranean fruit fly mass-rearing and irradiation facility in Metapa de Dominguez, Mexico, will play a major role in keeping the country free of these insect pests. (Photo: SENASICA-SADER)
Sterilize male insects
An environmentally friendly method used in dozens of countries to keep fruit fly populations in check is the sterile insect technique (SIT), which uses irradiation to sterilize male insects. After being released these sterile insects will mate with wild females, but this mating will produce no offspring, thereby reducing pest populations over time. In order to prevent wild females from reproducing, hundreds of millions of sterile males need to be reared and released every day over the infested areas. The mass-rearing facility just opened is using the most advanced fruit fly production and sterilization techniques. Following the IAEA's guidance, the new facility incorporated recent developments in design, such as having a glass ceiling and walls to allow more natural light for the adult flies in the mother colony area, which results in increased sexual competitiveness of the males once released. It was built in the vicinity of a facility, set-up in 1977 under the MOSCAMED Programme, a tri-patriate cooperation by Mexico, Guatemala and the United States.
The invasive fruit fly was eradicated in Mexico, thanks to the use of SIT, in 1982. The goal of the gigantic facility's establishment is to consolidate the current containment barrier at Mexico's border with Guatemala, and gradually eliminate Mediterranean fruit flies from Guatemala all the way south to Panama, in line with MOSCAMED's long-term objectives. "The new facility will be instrumental in keeping the country free of this invasive pest, protecting and supporting sustained production and trade of fruit and vegetable commodities," said Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the inauguration. He noted that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the agricultural sector in Mexico has continued to grow, and has remained a vital component of the country's economy.
"When you have conditions that favor pest introductions and dispersal, you want to make sure that you have the means to face up to this changing situation: a facility that can guarantee the level of sterile fly production that you need and the quality of the insects to be released in the target area or in potential outbreaks that can occur elsewhere," said Walther Enkerlin Hoeflich, Entomologist at the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture.
"The new facility will guarantee the continuation of the use of the environmentally friendly SIT nuclear technology, strengthening the pest containment barrier, thus protecting the horticultural production in Mexico, Guatemala and also in the United States," said Javier Trujillo, Mexico's Head of the National Service for Agricultural Health, Food Safety and Quality (SENASICA).
Collaboration between Mexico and the IAEA Continues
Mexico's National Fruit Fly Programme (PNMF) has been an IAEA Collaborating Centre since 2010 – supporting the IAEA in providing assistance on SIT to countries in the region, and the PNMF has now been redesignated as a Collaborating Centre for a further four years.
"Synergies between our institutions will allow a global multiplication of the impact of SIT and related technologies," said Najat Mokhtar, Head of the IAEA's Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications.
Najat Mokhtar, IAEA Deputy Director General, handing over a plaque re-designating the National Fruit Fly Programme (PNMF) of Mexico as an IAEA Collaborating Centre to Luis Javier Campuzano Pina, Mexico's Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna. (Photo: E. Orucevic/IAEA)
Through this cooperation, hundreds of professionals from Latin America, the Caribbean and other regions in the world have been trained in the application of SIT and the National Service for Agricultural Health, Food Safety and Quality (SENASICA) through PNMF has also helped the IAEA with research and development in advancing the technology, she added.
"The redesignation of PNMF-IAEA as an IAEA Collaborating Centre for another term will undoubtably be a great opportunity for strengthening cooperation between Mexico and the IAEA, as well as multilateral collaboration in SIT technology for the benefit of many other countries," said Luis Javier Campuzano Pina, Mexico's Ambassador in Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna.For more information:
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Publication date: Fri 10 Dec 2021
Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) trial heralds pesticide-free future
Posted in sterile male technique on December 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Tuesday 30th November 2021, 10:39 London
Fruitnet.com
SIT trial heralds pesticide-free future
UK start-up hails success of world-first chemical-free insect-control trial that reduces SWD by 91 per cent
British fruit growers moved a step closer to chemical-free production after a world-first field trial using sterile insects achieved a 91 per cent reduction in the detection of destructive pest spotted-wing drosophila (SWD).
Reading-based agritech start-up BigSis conducted the trial using an updated version of the sterile insect technique (SIT) in partnership with BerryGardens, the UK's largest supplier of berries and cherries, and the world-renowned research institute NIAB EMR.
SIT has long been recognised as "the perfect solution" for insect pest control, BigSis founder Glen Slade said, but in the 60 years since it was conceived, it's always been too expensive to deploy beyond a limited number of special-use cases.
However, BigSis turned to artificial intelligence and robotics to automate SIT, he revealed: a breakthrough that slashed the cost of SIT solutions by as much as 90 per cent.
SIT's basic premise is simple, he explained: sterilise and release male insects into the crop, where they mate with wild females to prevent the rapid increase in pest populations that leads to crop damage.
"We're finally bringing SIT to growers as an affordable, farm-scale solution for insect pest control in agricultural crops," he said.
Conducted in Kent, the field trial focused on the control of SWD, a global invasive pest of softfruit, first detected in the UK in 2012, that can cause thousands of pounds worth of damage.
Growers spend up to £11,000 per hectare using currently approved chemical treatments and labour-intensive hygiene measures in a bid to control the pest, BigSis said.
BigSis released sterile male SWD in and around a corp of everbearing strawberries between April and the end of harvest. Using sticky traps with lures, numbers of wild female SWD were monitored at the treated site and two control sites.
During the trial, numbers of female SWD in the treated plot barely rose above one trap per week, compared to a peak of nearly ten insects per trap per week in untreated controls, BigSis said.
Genetically engineering the diamondback moth
Posted in Biotechnology, Insects, sterile male technique on May 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »
From PestNet
Courthouse news update
https://www.courthousenews.com/cornell-researchers-set-use-gmo-moths-control-pests/
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The diamondback moth costs farmers over $4 billion annually. (Photo: The Shelton lab at Cornell University)
(CN) – Researchers at Cornell University hope to tackle a small pest and a big problem that has plagued agriculture since the 1800s: controlling the destructive diamondback moth through genetic engineering.
The diamondback moth is a small creature, about the length of two grains of rice, but they are capable of inflicting billions of dollars of damage on cabbage and broccoli crops every year. In fact, the moth is Enemy No. 1 when it comes to the cabbage and broccoli family. Cornell University's agriculture research division in Geneva, New York, is studying how to invade the invaders with genetically engineered male diamondback moths that mate with females, which then die before reaching adulthood.
The federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said last week it is seeking public comment on Cornell's plan to release sterile male diamondback moths from the United Kingdom on Cornell's research grounds.
The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) is the world's worst insect pest of brassica crops (cabbages, canola, broccoli, cauliflower and kale). The pest costs farmers $4 to $5 billion annually worldwide, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The pest arrived on ships in the 1800s, according to Tony Shelton, head of the Shelton Lab at Cornell University's agriculture research station.
Female diamondback moths can lay over 150 eggs during their short lifetime, and a generation can be produced in as little as two weeks. This invasive pest probably originated in Europe, but is now found throughout the world, including New York and other states that farm brassica vegetables.
Shelton is the leader of the diamondback moth project at Cornell University. The Shelton Lab is part of Cornell University's Department of Entomology and is about 50 miles from the main campus at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, in the heart of the Finger Lakes.
Damage to a cauliflower plant caused by diamondback moths. (Photo: The Shelton lab at Cornell University)
Shelton works with crucifer farmers globally, and this week he was off on a plane to Bangladesh. "Wherever crucifers are grown, diamondback moths are there," he said in an interview.
Biological controls are part of the solution to controlling the tiny invaders, Shelton said. Best methods of controlling the pests are a combination of biological controls, plowing fields after harvest, and "judicious use of insecticides," Shelton said. "Genetic control using a self-limiting method could make a valuable contribution of integrated pest management."
Diamondback moths infest crucifer crops in all U.S. states, but most severe damage occurs in warmer areas where more generations of the moth are produced, Shelton said.
The proposed release of diamondback moths would be at the Cornell research station and would not exceed two years, according to the application. The release would be limited to an experimental field, up to 10 acres. The release site is surrounded by other agricultural fields within the research station's 870 acres where diamondback moths occur naturally. Shelton's team would release up to 10,000 male genetically engineered moths per release, up to 30,000 males per week.
The moths that Cornell University is looking to release onto its research grounds are genetically engineered to be sterile, and they also have a fluorescent red marker that shows up under special light. The field studies at Cornell are funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Oxitec, the company that designs and breeds the diamondback moths to be released.
This biological approach to controlling pests has been used for about 50 years and is known as the sterile insect technique. In this technique, male insects are sterilized with radiation and then released to mate with female pest insects of the same species. Because the males have been sterilized, there are no offspring from the mating and this reduces the pest population over time with multiple releases, according to the USDA.
There is one problem with this technique in diamondback moths, though. The radiation used to sterilize the males can affect many other genes and the sterilization reduces the fitness of the male insects to the point they are actually less able to mate with the females.
Affiliated with Oxford University, Oxitec scientists developed a way to produce the same sterility effect using genetic control instead of radiation. By adding two self-limiting genes into the species, the moth offspring are unable to survive into adulthood. Scientists also added a color marker into the genetically engineered moths to be able to track and trace the insects in the environment and to distinguish Oxitec insects from the local pests.
Until now, farmers have sprayed crops to reduce infestation from diamondback larvae, but the moths have developed resistance to the poison, according to the USDA.
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Sterile Insect Technique against the Cocoa Pod Borer
Posted in Emerging/invasive pests, Insects, sterile male technique on August 20, 2016| 1 Comment »
Insect and Control Newsletter 87 July 2016 (FAO, IAEA) page 13
Supporting a Feasibility Study on Using the
Sterile Insect Technique against the Cocoa
Pod Borer (PAP5001)
Cocoa is an important agricultural commodity in Papua
New Guinea (PNG) and 80% of the export is produced by
smallholders, who are dependent on it for their livelihoods.
The cocoa pod borer (CPB) Conopomorpha cramerella,
was first detected in PNG in 2006, and available data seem
to indicate multiple entry points. The CPB is now considered
one of the most serious threats to the global cocoa industry.
In East New Britain cocoa production plummeted
by 82% between 2008 and 2012, i.e. from 25,000 tons to
4,000 tons. National cocoa production dropped from
50,000 tons in 2008 to 34,000 tons in 2014. There is plenty
of room to expand cocoa production on PNG, and it is estimated
that only 2% of the land that is suitable for cocoa
production is actually planted with cocoa trees. The Government
of PNG has set a very ambitious goal of reaching a
production/export volume of 300,000 tons per year by
2030. All stakeholders seem to agree that this will not be
possible without adequate management of the CPB.
Cocoa fruits in a well-managed orchard.
The TC project PAP5001 "Supporting a Feasibility Study
on Using the Sterile Insect Technique against the Cocoa
Pod Borer" will be providing support to a feasibility study
to assess whether the SIT can be developed against the
CPB. This will entail developing rearing techniques, with
special emphasis on an artificial larval diet. Some expertise
is already available in the region (e.g. Indonesia, Malaysia)
and it is proposed that a workshop be organized to bring all
this expertise together and to jointly develop a strategy to
the rearing of the CPB.
Posted in Insects, sterile male technique on August 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »
From: PestNet
FAO/IAEA newsletter 87 July 2016
http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/ipc/public/newsletters-ipc.html
Sterile moth technology to target Navel orangeworm in tree nuts
Posted in sterile male technique on February 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Western Farm Press
Feb 17, 2016 Dennis Pollock, Contributing writer
To combat one of its major insect pests, the pistachio industry would like to take a page from the playbook of cotton growers and their highly successful pink bollworm (PBW) eradication program.
The nut growers' target – it also plagues walnuts and almonds – is the Navel orangeworm (NOW), a vector for aflatoxin that is under increased scrutiny from pistachio processors.
The objective of a NOW control pilot project would be to do what the pink bollworm program has done, rearing and sterilization of massive numbers of moths per day. The project is in "the very preliminary stage," said Bob Klein, manager of the California Pistachio Research Board.
The PBW program has been a resounding success; there have been no native pink bollworm detections since Spring 2012.
Klein said there is disagreement among researchers as to whether sterile NOW moths could be produced and in high numbers as is done with the PBW. Their physiology is, of course, different.
But if the objective is reached, the payoffs could be considerable. It would mean fewer costly sprays, higher survivability for beneficial insects, and a chance to come to grips with aflatoxin.
The California and Arizona cotton industries have used PBW eradication program for years. Sterile PBW moths are raised in a rearing facility in Phoenix, Ariz., and shipped to cotton producing areas in the United States. They are dispersed from airplanes.
The basic strategy is to flood the population of native PBW moths with sterile PBW moths at the ratio of 25 to one. The likelihood of two fertile PBW moths mating then becomes very small.
Sterile releases for NOW will start in this spring.
The strategy, proponents say, is "to suppress sterile moth mating of each generation so after a number of years, fertile NOW moths numbers are very minor or even cease to exist, as with PBW."
The PBW program has been so successful that the Phoenix facility is no longer needed, except to sustain a very small population of PBW in case eradication becomes necessary again in the future.
If the NOW effort works, the plan would house production of sterile NOW moths in part of the Phoenix facility that would be shared with production of sterile PBW moths.
It would likely save some jobs at the facility, Klein said.
Some scientists believe NOW can successfully be reared in massive numbers, sterilized, and distributed by air in the same way the PBW moths are.
Jeff Gibbons, plant and grower relations manager with Setton Pistachio in Terra Bella, is among those on a pistachio industry task force who is a firm believer in the project's chances for success.
Gibbons said a pioneer in the PBW effort 30 years ago met with the same sort of resistance by some scientists that is facing those looking at the NOW plan.
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2010 Middle East Lecture Series at U Explores Perspectives on the State of Democracy in the Middle East
Feb. 2, 2010 — The University of Utah's Middle East Lecture Series kicks off its 2010 lecture series with four talks examining the emerging patterns of political participation in the Middle East and its impact on the meaning of legitimacy for regimes and citizens in the region.
The series, titled "Elections & Legitimacy in the Middle East: Perspectives on the State of Democracy in the Middle East," will take place Feb. through April, 2010 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanitarian Building auditorium, room 109 and are free and open to the public. See below for a complete schedule.
"Although democracy has remained rare in the Middle East, elections have played a considerable role as devices of legitimacy and international recognition," says Bahman Baktiari, director of the Middle East Center. "Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran and Egypt have held or are scheduled to hold elections in 2009-2010."
Baktiari adds that since the 1980s, there has been renewed political participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and in authoritarian regimes more generally. Voters have gone to the polls, political parties (re)opened their offices, non- governmental organizations (NGOs) mushroomed and vigorous debates over political and economic reform have emerged in Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and Israel. Scholars and policymakers have tried to make sense of the impact of elections in Middle Eastern countries on democratization, citizenship and civil society.
Titles and speakers include:
"Elections & Legitimacy in the Middle East"
Michael Hudson, professor of international relations, Georgetown University.
Hudson is a founding member and former director of Georgetown's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Among his publications are Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy, The Precarious Republic: Political Modernization in Lebanon, The World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators, which he co-authored and most recently he was an editor and contributor to Middle East Dilemma: The Politics and Economics of Arab Integration. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. His fields of interest include U.S. Middle East policy, Gulf security, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Palestinian politics, Lebanon, political reform in the Arab world and new media and information technologies in the Middle East
"Expectations vs. Reality: The Iraqi Elections of 2010"
Ali Allawi, minister of finance in Iraq's transitional government to May 2006
Allawi is the author of The Crisis of Islamic Civilization and The Occupation of Iraq which was voted in the best top ten non-fiction books by the Washington Post. In April 2004, he was appointed to be Iraq's first post-war civilian minister of defense. In January 2005, he was elected to Iraq's Transitional National Assembly as a member of the United Iraqi Alliance. In April, 2005, he was appointed to be the minister of finance in the transitional government headed by Ibrahim al-Jaffari. He held that post until May 2006 when he returned to private life. Allawi earned his bachelors in civil engineering from MIT in 1968 and continued his postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics in regional planning. He went on to obtain an MBA from Harvard University in 1971.
"Beyond Karzai's Re-election"
Andrew Garfield, vice president of Glevum Associates.
Garfield is the vice president of Glevum Associates, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications company and is currently a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. He served in both the British military and as a senior civilian intelligence officer, finishing his government service in 2001 as a senior policy adviser in the UK Ministry of Defense. He has extensive information operations (IO) and psychological operations experience, including becoming the UK Defense Intelligence Staff's first IO Staff Officer in the mid 1990's and performing IO-related research and operations for the Department of Defense in the United States since 2002.
"Post-election Crisis' Impact on the Clerical Establishment in Iran"
Babak Rahimi, assistant professor of Iranian and Islamic studies, University of California at San Diego.
Rahimi has written numerous articles on culture, religion and politics and regularly writes on contemporary Iraqi and Iranian politics. He has been the recipient of fellowships from the national endowment for the Humanities and Jean Monnet Fellowship at the European University Institute and was a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., where he conducted research on the institutional contribution of Shi'i political organizations in the creation of a vibrant civil society in post-Baathist Iraq. Rahimi's current research project is on the religious cultural life of the Iranian port-city of Busher, southern Iran. He earned his bachelor's from University of California at San Diego and received his doctorate from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy in October 2004.
The Middle East Lecture Series is organized by the Middle East Center at the University of Utah, in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice President for Institutional Advancement and the College of the Humanities. For more information on the upcoming lectures or on the Middle East Center at the University of Utah, contact Delva Hommes 801-581-4239 or delva.hommes@socwk.utah.edu or visit www.hum.utah.edu/mec.


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