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TOWN NEWS BRIEFING
Week Of Jan. 13
Is Tree Pickup Time
TORRINGTON -- Municipal workers will pick up Christmas trees during the week of Jan. 13, the public works department announced.
Homeowners may put trees curbside on their regular trash-collection day. All plastic bags and decorations must be removed before pickup. Details are available through 860-489-2232.
Used Book Proceeds
Help Display New Ones
AVON -- Almost $4,000 raised at last spring's Avon Free Public Library book sale will be used to buy items that will help the library better display books for the adult and children's departments.
The executive board of the Friends of the Avon Free Public Library voted recently to spend $3,987 from funds raised at the annual May used book sale to purchase book display devices and sign holders for the library's bookshelves.
The group, which has almost 500 members, supports the library with money it raises and through the work of volunteers.
The group uses proceeds from the book sale and other events to buy items that are beyond the ordinary library budget. It also sponsors programs and activities such as the winter concert series, the Library Times newsletter, museum passes, monthly exhibits, the annual library birthday party and the summer internship.
Membership in the Friends of the Avon Free Public Library is open to all.
Rates are $10 for individual and senior members, $15 for senior couples and $25 for a family membership. Special membership categories include Book Lover ($50-$99), Bibliophile ($100-$199) and Book Collector ($200 and up).
For information about the group or its programs, call Andrea Groves at 860-673-5075 or pick up a brochure at the Avon Free Public Library.
The group's executive board recently appointed several new members.
The board includes president Barbara Leonard, vice presidents Andrea Groves, Kathryn Pasquenca and Ceci Taylor; secretary Lynn Erie; and treasurer Ruth Pandiscio.
Other members are: newsletter editor Mady Schichor; ways and means directors Linda Murphy and Martha Dixon; exhibits coordinator Elizabeth Roe; volunteer coordinator Bernice Lampert; hospitality chairwoman Marie Grizey; school liaison Linda Pearson; and publicity chairwoman Nora Howard.
Police Reroute Traffic
After Tree Falls
WEST HARTFORD -- Traffic was rerouted along a portion of Albany Avenue Wednesday night as crews worked to remove a tree that had fallen across the road.
The tree fell just north of Bishops Corner near Coolidge Road. It took down some wires, causing some nearby residents to lose power, police said.
Cabs To Give Free Rides On New Year's Eve
For the 13th year, United Way of the Capital Area and Yellow Cab Company will combat drunken driving through the Dial-A-Ride program by offering free rides on New Year's Eve.
Beginning at 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve and ending at 6 a.m. the following day, individuals who have had too much to drink and feel they cannot safely operate a vehicle can call 666-6666 for a free ride home.
Since the program's inception in 1990, calls originating from Hartford, West Hartford, East Hartford, Wethersfield and Bloomfield resulted in more than 1,600 safe rides home in Greater Hartford. Individuals calling for a ride home must have a valid Connecticut license with current address as well as his or her car keys.
United Way of the Capital Area provides funding to agencies that offer prevention, intervention, treatment, community education programs and ongoing counseling to address the issue of substance abuse. Additional support for Dial-A-Ride comes from Hartford Distributors of Manchester, which will distribute 15,000 cards with the Dial-A-Ride telephone number to restaurants and liquor stores throughout the area, in addition to underwriting the cost of printing the cards.
Police Report Number
Of False Alarms
WETHERSFIELD -- Fifty-two people were recently found in violation of the local false alarm ordinance.
According to a recent support services report, the police department received and responded to 123 alarms during October. Of that total, one was found to be a legitimate alarm, the report states.
Areawide
State Proposes Cuts In
Health Care For Needy
The state Department of Social Services is proposing cuts in some so-called "optional" health care services for needy persons over age 21 who participate in the Connecticut State Medicaid Plan.
Under the proposal, as of Jan. 1, the program would no longer pay for services from the following: psychologists, podiatrists, chiropractors and naturopaths. Also out are independent therapists including physical therapists, licensed audiologists and speech pathologists. The state would continue to pay for services from these providers for those under 21 pursuant to federal Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment requirements.
The department is making the cuts in compliance with a special act of the state legislature that requires the department to reduce Medicaid costs. The changes are expected to cut $1.8 million from the program in the current fiscal year and another $5.4 million in fiscal 2004.
Medicaid is a federally and state funded program of health care for needy persons, regardless of age. Income and asset criteria determine eligibility.
Copies of the proposed amendment are available. Written requests or comments may be sent to Linda Mead, Medical Care Administration -- 11th floor, Department of Social Services, 25 Sigourney St., Hartford, 06106-5033. They are also available at department offices in Bridgeport, Danbury, Manchester, Middletown, New Haven, Norwich, Torrington, Willimantic, Bristol, Hartford, Meriden, New Britain, Norwalk, Stamford and Waterbury.
'Festival Of Trees'
On Display At Library
WINDSOR LOCKS -- The middle school's "festival of trees" is on display at the Windsor Locks Public Library.
More than 50 trees decorated by various classes, based on various themes, are set up in the community room, library director David Brown said. They vary in size from 18 inches to 5 feet.
In Restaurant Identified
BRISTOL -- Police have identified a man who was found dead in a city restaurant's bathroom this week.
Brian Richard of Bristol appeared to have died of a heroin overdose, police said. Drug paraphernalia was found nearby, police said.
Richard's body was found Monday in the restroom of a Friendly's restaurant. Police do not know his age.
The chief state medical examiner's office said autopsy results are "pending further study."
Architect Honored
By Institute
BRISTOL -- The Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects honored Ray Gilley, partner in Gilley-Hinkel Architects, LLC of Bristol, with the "AIA Connecticut Award for Outstanding Service in Historic Preservation."
Gilley is one of only three architects in the state to be honored.


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Telegramm für X ("Telegram for X") is the fifth studio album by German singer Xavier Naidoo, released by Naidoo Records on 24 November 2005 in German-speaking Europe. In 2016 it was awarded a double platinum certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 800,000 copies+ throughout Europe.

Track listing
 Und – 4:20
 Bitte frag' mich nicht – 5:07
 Dieser Weg – 4:04
 Zeilen aus Gold – 5:31
 Oh My Lady – 5:40
 Seelenheil – 4:31
 Wo komm ich her – 4:57
 Bist du am Leben interessiert – 5:56
 Abgrund – 4:58
 Bist du aufgewacht – 4:08
 Sie sind nicht dafür – 4:27
 In DEINE Hände – 6:10
 Du bist wie ein Segen – 4:27
 Was wir alleine nicht schaffen – 3:44
 Danke – 7:20

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Weekly charts

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Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

2005 albums
Xavier Naidoo albums

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Firefighters honor fallen
Tara Melton
The Otero County Firefighters Association hosted its annual Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony on Friday at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, honoring the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives that fateful day, one of which was from Alamogordo.
Fourteen years ago on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes and deliberately crashed two of the planes into the upper floors of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. After learning about the attacks, passengers on Flight 93, fought back and the plane crashed into a field in western Pennsylvania, about 20 minutes by air from Washington, D.C.
According to the 9/11 Memorial website, The attacks killed 2,977 from 93 nations. 2,753 people were killed in New York City, 184 people were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
Lt. Al Marchand joined Alamogordo Department of Public Safety on Feb. 19, 1980. Marchand was a certified public safety officer on Nov. 13, 1980 and was then promoted to sergeant on Oct. 26, 1987. Marchand retired at 44 years old on March 3, 2001. He began working as a flight attendant for United Airlines. Marchand was on board the hijacked Flight 175 when it crashed into the South Tower.
"He retired before I came to work for the city," said Jim LeClair, Deputy Chief of Operations. "But from everything that I've heard about him, he was a great guy."
Marchand's helmet was part of the ceremony in an effort to honor the former police officer and firefighter.
LeClair said the annual event is held to remember all those who died and make sure people don't forget.
"Just like Pearl Harbor or other wars, people die to protect the freedom of the United States and that's what a lot of emergency service people do also," he said. "They're willing to give their lives so others can have freedom."
LeClair also said the Firefighters Association hosts the event to make sure that people understand there are those that take on serving their community for reasons they don't understand.
"They're selfless, they don't think about their own safety, these people are actually willing to die for them," LeClair said. "Police officers and firefighters are giving people. It's not like they make a whole lot of money doing what they do. The reason why they do is because they have that servitude mentality."
As the Firefighters Association looks ahead, LeClair said they hope to host a bigger event next year on the 15th anniversary of 9/11.
"It's a symbolic occasion, it's something that we want people to be involved in and we hope with us doing this that they don't forget and that they also teach their children about what happened on that day," LeClair said. "We (want them to) keep being vigilant and don't lose sight of what happened that day and to think about our community and those people that live in our community to keep them safe."
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Timothy of the Cay is a book written by Theodore Taylor. It is a prequel for Timothy and a sequel for Phillip to the 1969 novel The Cay.

Synopsis
The book discusses Timothy's life before the events of The Cay, when he was living in "Back O' All," the poorest section of what was then the squatter's village of Charlotte Amalie, on the then Danish-held United States Virgin Island of St. Thomas (of which Virgin Island it is now the capital), and Phillip Enright's life after the same events. The theme to this story is making dreams a reality.

Timothy
According to Timothy of the Cay, Timothy had been abandoned as a baby at the residence in Back O' All where Hannah Gumbs, a former coal carrier turned washer-woman who reared him, was a squatter. As a boy, he formed a dream of one day being captain of his own schooner, which he meant to name after the woman he called "Tante Hannah." Even though she was not Timothy's biological aunt, Timothy still referred to her as this. When he tried to become a cabin boy on one ship, its captain took on a "bukra" boy instead because he was a negro (black person). A "bukra" was a white boy in the richer part of St. Thomas. When he finally got a job on another ship, the Gertrude Theismann, he believed he was only fourteen, but he claimed an age of sixteen. He later claimed to be sixty, younger than the more than seventy years of age he guesstimated he actually was, so he could become part of the crew on the Hato.

Hannah Gumbs died during the second of Timothy's first four years at sea. Timothy came back home with clothes for her only to find that she was dead. Timothy worked long enough and hard enough, both at sea and on land, to be able to afford a schooner originally named the Tessie Crabb by what he guesstimated were his forties. Holding a master's license in the name of "Timothy Gumbs" (he would think of himself simply as Timothy, without a family name, for his entire life) by this time, he renamed this schooner the Hannah Gumbs, as he had always intended. Making his living as its "captain," Timothy gleaned an extensive enough knowledge of the sea to be able, in his last months, to help Phillip Enright survive on a cay in La Boca del Diablo, "the Devil's Mouth."

The story describes how, after the captain of the Hettie Redd died, Timothy was asked to bring his body back for burial as temporary captain of the Hettie Redd. He did so reluctantly, suspecting that a violent storm, or "tempis'," might strike. And one did, sinking the Hettie Redd with all hands let alone him and drowning all its passengers in spite of all he did to ensure their survivals. Though he was absolved in the inquiry, Timothy carried the guilt for the rest of his days and often wished that he too had drowned in the storm.

At over seventy years of age, and two years after he had sold the Hannah Gumbs and retired from the sea, Timothy signed aboard the S.S. Hato, the Dutch-registered freighter that, according to The Cay, was sunk on April 9, 1942, as an able-bodied seaman, in response to a call for volunteers that had been placed early in 1942. The cause was that of a German U-boat that had torpedoed the S.S. Hato. When it picked up Phillip Enright and his mother in Curaçao, of what were then the Netherlands Antilles, they were fleeing to their native Virginia. Instead the Hato was torpedoed; as it sank, Phillip was struck on the back of the head by a piece of loose timber just as he was being thrown aboard a raft, which blinded him two days later. Most of the events in The Cay follow the sinking of the Hato. Timothy later taught Phillip Enright to survive on his own. Approximately three months after the Hato's shipwreck, give or take a few days, another "tempis'" struck in July. Timothy let Phillip live by shielding him from the storm with his back. The wind and the flying debris from the storm eventually beat and killed Timothy. Before his death, he had provided Phillip with enough preparation to survive alone, which Phillip did for almost two months after Timothy's death due to him shielding Phillip from the "tempis".

Phillip Enright
After his rescue from the Cay in La Boca del Diablo, Phillip was reunited with his parents. (His mother had likewise survived the sinking of the Hato.) His mother, Grace Enright, continued to think of him as a child of age 10 for a long while, even after he was told that an operation could be performed that might restore his vision, but her husband, Phillip Enright Sr, endorsed their son's decision to have that surgery. Phillip had come, since Timothy's life, to consider Timothy a guardian angel with whom he could sometimes speak, but his mother thought this idea was foolish.

They flew to New York, where the surgeon from New York Presbyterian who could perform the operation was based. The operation was a success, restoring most of Phillip's vision, though he would always need eyeglasses from that day forward. He and his father made plans to visit the cay where he and Timothy had survived for just over three month.

Phillip eventually sails to find the location of the island where he and Timothy had survived for several months, ultimately being able to find it thanks to closing his eyes and remembering the island when he was blind.

Reception
This book was named "one of the greatest books for children" by Students Across America (SAA) in 2011. They said of it: "This novel is about the life of Timothy and Philip before their ordeal on the cay. In order to make sense of this story you must first read The Cay."

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American children's novels
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Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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July 25, 2018 / 10:25 AM
John-David Duggar engaged to Abbie Burnett
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July 25 (UPI) -- Television personality John-David Duggar is engaged to be married.
The 28-year-old Counting On star confirmed in a video on the TLCme website Wednesday that he recently proposed to Abbie Burnett.
"So, I have some news," he said alongside Burnett. "It's official. We are engaged."
Duggar announced in June that he and Burnett were officially courting. He said being engaged is "very different" than a courtship.
"Engagement actually says, 'Okay, I'm committed to this person for marriage, for life,'" the star explained. "A courtship is more of 'I'm getting to know this person with the idea of the possibility of marriage.' But now it's actually that commitment towards marriage."
"We are looking forward to planning a wedding so we can get married," Burnett added.
Duggar's family confirmed the news in a blog post Wednesday.
"We are thrilled to announce the engagement of John-David and Abbie! They are a wonderful match and make a beautiful couple!" the post reads.
"Abbie is a lovely young woman, full of tenderness and compassion. She has a deep love for the Lord and we are so delighted that John-David has asked her to be his wife! We love weddings in this family and can't wait for this next one!"
Duggar and his family came to fame on the TLC series 19 Kids & Counting, and now star on Counting On. His sister Jinger Duggar gave birth to her first child, daughter Felicity, last week.
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Coal India shares gain 3% to touch 52-week high on strong Q1 numbers
Shares of Coal India gained over 3 per cent to hit a 52-week high in morning trade on Thursday after the company reported robust June quarter numbers.
On BSE, the stock opened strong at Rs 226.00, then gained further to hit a 52-week high of Rs 226.10, registering a rise of 2.84 per cent over its previous closing price after its June quarter profit almost tripled to Rs 8,832.86 crore.
On the NSE, the stock climbed 3.16 per cent to a 52-week high of Rs 226.80.
Coal India Ltd on Wednesday reported an almost three-fold rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 8,832.86 crore for the June 2022 quarter on the back of higher sales.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 3,169.86 crore in the year-ago period, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a BSE filing.
Its revenue from operations during the April-June period increased to Rs 35,092.17 crore from Rs 25,282.75 crore a year ago.
The company's net sales in the first quarter rose to Rs 32,497.9 crore from Rs 23,293.65 crore earlier.
Its output in the April-June period rose to 159.75 million tonnes (MT) from 123.98 MT in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.
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Trying to think of an alternative to the ole bouquet of flowers? Heres a fun (and lasting) one. Rifle Paper Co. has carried its beautiful stationary art to the world of digital paper with this floral design iPhone 6 case.


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American golfer Jim Furyk made PGA history on August 7th by shooting a round of 58 at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. The 46-year-old had an eagle and 10 birdies on the 70-par round to finish it at 12 under. However, even though he managed a record-setting round in the tournament, Furyk didn't win it as he finished in fifth place, three strokes behind Scotland's Russell Knox. Furyk also went into the event as one of just six male golfers to previously score under-60 on an 18-hole round. All previous players had scored a 59 once in their careers. Furyk managed to shoot a round of 59 at the BMW Championship back in 2013.
Empty seats at Spanish soccer stadiums could lead to fines
For years, the Spanish La Liga allowed each individual Primera Division club to negotiate its own television broadcasting deal. This meant the top clubs such as Barcelona and Real Madrid would typically rake in all the big money while the rest of the league's teams had to fight over the table scraps. However, that has changed now, as the league itself has a television deal which sees all teams sharing the benefits and revenues. This enables the smaller and less glamorous clubs to at least make some decent money as they ride the coattails of the rich franchises. The new way of negotiating broadcasting rights should give the smaller teams some money to spend on better players in the transfer windows.
Alex Rodriguez retiring from MLB on August 12th
Friday August 12th has been circled on the calendar as the date of the final Major League Baseball game for New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. The controversial 41-year-old native of New York City will leave the ball diamond for the final time against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on the 12th and will then begin a new chapter of his career early next year when he becomes an instructor and special adviser with the famous club. Rodriguez and the Yankees announced the player's retirement before taking the field against the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium on August 7th.
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American Jimmy Walker won his first major golf tournament on July 31st when he captured the 2016 PGA Championship at Baltusrol in New Jersey. Walker shot a three-under par 67 in the fourth and final round to finish at -14 (266) for the 72-hole event. Jason Day of Australia finished one stroke behind at -13 and fellow American Daniel Summerhays was third at -10. It was the fourth and final major of the year and Walker became the fourth golfer in 2016 to win their first majors. Danny Willett of England won the Masters, American Dustin Johnson took the U.S. Open and Henrik Stenson of Sweden captured the recent British Open.
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The Snowdrifters Poker Run will go on as scheduled on Saturday, February 6. Registration and lunch will be at the Groomer Shed. If you are not sure of the location, it will be very well marked on that Saturday. It is on the road in from the summit parking lot.
The groomer has been down with mechanical problems for a few days, but the target is to get it up and running this weekend. After that we will be running it almost all the time to get things perfect for the Poker Run.
As I write this, I do not know about any kind of after ride party, so I suggest you just come for the Poker Run, and then go with the flow of what ever takes place then.


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Well, it's Monday. Not my favorite day of the week, not by a long shot. But, I thought I could make things better by introducing something new to this blog, something called "Weekly Wishes."
"Weekly Wishes" is a link up hosted by The Nectar Collective that is meant for bloggers to share their goals and hopes and wishes for the week. I think this is a great idea to help myself be more focused and thoughtful in how I approach my week, and to simply be happy with the choices I am consciously making. Additionally, it is meant to be a way to meet and connect with other bloggers, and to encouage them with their own "Weekly Wishes." This is my first ever link up for this blog, so I'm pretty excited to see what it does for me personally and for growing friendships with other bloggers!
- Make new friends in the blog world. Oh, hey! This link up will help with that!
I think it is really important to get to know other bloggers, as it can help you and your blog grow. I would love to get to know the people behind the many lovely blogs I read more, and to maybe team up and do things together, or to simply just have friends across the country, maybe even world!
- Make some decisions and tie up lose ends for my work situation this fall. I am sort of starting a new job possibly, but also need to talk to my nanny family I had this past school year about leaving, and those conversations are just hard to have. I'd also like to find out for sure if I got this other job before I tell my current family if possible. It's just a lot of waiting to hear back from people. So wish me luck with that!
It's great for him, and it's great for me. I just need to plan and prioritize a little better to accomplish this. We are both so much happier when we get out for a walk. It helps me clear my head and recharge, and he just loves smelling/peeing on everything. Win-win (in a kind of gross way).
- Spend time reading every day. I love reading! I really do, and I am hardly ever able to read things that I would like to when I am in school. I know I should, again, just prioritze and plan better, but at the end of the day, my brain is just not up for it when I have all my other responsibilities. And I always fall asleep if I wake up early to do any reading haha. So, I'll just make the most of my last weeks of summer and hope I can integrate it into my every day life. I'm currently reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed. It's great so far and makes me want to just pack up and head into the wilderness!
Do you have any wishes or goals for this week?
Waiting on work situations is never fun. Sometimes I get so excited for a new situation, but it's best to wait and have you ducks in a row before you leave a current job.
Also, this link up is a great way to meet fellow bloggers! Another great way - comment on as many blog posts that interest you as you can and tweet to bloggers you don't know. It feels strange at first, but I have met some incredible bloggers by tweeting them randomly and commenting on their blogs often.
Welcome to Weekly Wishes!! Be sure to google the "Snail Mail Collective" too, if you're new to that too.
In the interim, I have my fingers crossed on the job front.
Your list is very similar to mine! I really want to read more this week! Its really important to me. I am so far behind on my reading list I need to make some progress!
I found your blog on the Nectar Collective and I love it! The coolest thing about blogging is getting to share with others and being a part of a community. Although I need to work on that a little bit more myself. Isn't finding time to read such a struggle?! Which seems silly cause its such a fun and relaxing thing to do. I think every day needs an extra few hours! Hope you have a peachy keen day!
Good wishes! I wish I had more time for reading and walking my dog every day.
Jess, I am loving your goals. And Weekly Wishes is the perfect project to get to know other bloggers. I'm coming across such wonderful people this way (like you) and it's so rewarding!


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Name John Owen Evans
Registration Between 1 Oct 1888 and 31 Dec 1888 Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, Wales [3]
Volume 11b, Page 152
Born 7 Oct 1888 Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
Census 5 Apr 1891 Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales [4]
Census 31 Mar 1901 Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales [5]
Name Johnnie
Buried Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
Person ID I522 The Williams Family Tree
Father John Evans
b. 21 Feb 1858, Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, Wales
d. 3 Jan 1926, Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales (Age 67 years)
Mother Mary Williams
b. 18 Jul 1862, Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
d. 18 Jul 1959, Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales (Age 97 years)
Registration Between 1 Apr 1883 and 30 Jun 1883 Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]
Volume 8b, Page 38
Married 13 Apr 1883 St. David's Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7, 8]
Family Ellen Grace Jones
b. 6 Aug 1892, Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales
d. 17 Feb 1961, Welford, Northamptonshire, England (Age 68 years)
Married Sep 1915 Gellilydan, Merionethshire, Wales
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Married at Utica Chapel, Gellilydan
Registration Sep 1915 Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales [9]
1. Jessie Evans
b. 22 Aug 1916, Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
d. 5 Aug 2008, Saddington, Leicestershire, England (Age 91 years) [unknown]
Registration - Birth - Between 1 Oct 1888 and 31 Dec 1888 - Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Born - 7 Oct 1888 - Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
Census - Wales - 5 Apr 1891 - Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
Census - Wales - 31 Mar 1901 - Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
Registration - Marriage - Sep 1915 - Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales
Buried - - Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
Headstone for John Owen and Elin Grace Evans
Aberdyfi Cemetery.
1891 Wales Census for Aberdovey, Merionethshire
RG12 Piece 4587 Folio 46 Page 6
Dwelling 11 New Street
Location Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales
Source RG12 Piece 4587 Folio 46 Page 6
Surname Forename(s) Relationship Marriage Age Sex Occupation Birthplace
EVANS John Head M 30 M Tailor and Draper Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire
EVANS Mary Wife M 28 F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Elizabeth Daughter 7 F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Annie Daughter 5 F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS John O Son 2 M Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Mary Daughter 11m F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Mary J Servant 16 F General Servant Llanbrynmair Montgomeryshire
SHORTLAND Henry R Servant 16 M Apprentice Tailor London
Location Aberdovey, Merionethshire
Surname Forename(s) Relationship Marriage Age Sex Occupation Status Home Birthplace
EVANS John Head M 41 M Tailor and Draper Llanbrynmair Montgomeryshire
EVANS Elizabeth Daughter 17 F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Annie Daughter 15 F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS John O Son 12 M Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Mary Daughter 10 F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Olwen J Daughter 8 F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Enid M Daughter 5 F Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS David S Son 7 M Aberdovey, Merionethshire
EVANS Richard B Son 2 M Aberdovey, Merionethshire
WILLIAMS John E O Servant 19 M Tailor Treddol Cardiganshire
WILLIAMS James J Apprentice 16 M Ap Treddol Cardiganshire
From the 1891 Census (RG12 Piece 4587 Folio 46 Page 6) we see that John, 2, was born in Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales and is living with his parents, John and Mary, at 11 New Street, Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales. Siblings Elizabeth, Annie and Mary are also present. The family have a 16 year old General Servant by the name of Mary J. Evans from Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire and an Apprentice Tailor, 16 year old Henry R(obert) Shortland from London. Henry went on to marry John's aunt, Susannah Williams.
From the 1901 Census (RG13 Piece 5190 Folio 32 Page 6) John, now 12, and his parents are still at 11 New Street, Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales. Siblings Elizabeth, John O(wen), Mary, Olwen J(ane), Enid M(argaret), David S(amuel) and Richard B(reese) are also present. Also in the household are 19 year old John E. O. Williams a Servant Tailor from Treddol Cardiganshire and 16 year old Apprentice Tailor James J. Williams also from Treddol, Cardiganshire.
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Last week, over 72 companies demonstrated their approaches at Finovate Spring 2016. As VC funding slows down, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs are now focused on incremental improvements instead of transformational game-changers.
Here are the eight major themes, trends, and implications that you should know.
The overarching theme emerging from the upstart companies was "we're your allies, not your threat." There were no new business models being explored, no reconceptions of value creation. Offerings were focused on incrementally improving workflows and extending the reach of existing products to new customers.
As a simple metaphor, we saw no leaps from Blackberry to iPhone, we saw iOS 7 to iOS 8 on display. Given funding challenges, and an industry where scale beats service design, that may make sense in the short term.
While well-known consumer-focused robo-advisors have primarily focused on offering simple, passive investment automation solutions, new Financial Advisor ("FA")-focused robos are now enabling greater levels of granularity.
These robos enable FAs to directly integrate their wirehouse investment committees, enabling automated execution of their proprietary investment theses. This can bring a three-week process of bringing organization insight into clients' portfolios down to less than three minutes. These white-label robos also enable clients to feed their own ideas into the investment process, creating a new kind of partnership between FAs and their clients—sometimes in real time.
With the rapid change in regulatory regimes across the world, regulatory tech is a billion dollar industry that is attracting the attention of regulators, financial institutions and investors alike. These RegTech companies provide tools and services that automate compliance tasks, improve identity management and authentication, and reduce fraud risks.
Though this market is still too young to measure the impact of RegTech on the bottom-line, multiple companies are now touting the benefits of their products to improve the defensive posture, increasing the ability to move faster on offense.
Company to Watch: QumRam is a Switzerland-based company that records every interaction between advisors and their clients, making recordings auditable without manual intervention. UBS is one of their pioneer clients.
Portfolio allocation, risk management, customer care, marketing communication, offers and promotions, mortgage origination, bill payments, student loans management—name any friction-filled financial services process, and there's an app automating the experience. Entrepreneurs are automating complex, underlying experiences—and making it a delightful experience customers can tap into on their smartphones.
Company to Watch: Blend Labs is bringing a Rocket Mortgage capability to all banks, delightfully automating the entire mortgage lending experience and making it available on smartphones.
Fintech ventures have loads of great ideas, but lack the scale necessary to grow into profitable and sustainable companies. Almost all of the 72 demonstrating companies spoke about their eagerness to get into commercial partnerships and agreements with incumbent financial services firms to gain traction. Tools and services were designed to be white-labeled, or offered through open APIs to integrate into the complex technology eco-system of existing large financial institutions.
That supply was met by great demand: the show was well-attended by senior executives from large banks, smaller credit unions and incumbent financial institutions from across the globe, all of whom were scanning for the next innovative tools and services that could accelerate their own innovation efforts.
Financial institutions clearly have a major perception gap among the general public. However, industry insiders are moved when fintech firms focus on solving vexing global social and economic challenges. The Finovate audience selected two firms focused their businesses on directly meeting the needs of the under (un)-banked in the US, and the completely dispossessed globally. We are certain that financial institutions that do well by doing good will win at the expense of the many firms that profit by simply extracting value out of their customers, and out of society.
Companies to Watch: Best of Show winners BanQuApp and PayActiv focus on creating social impact with financial service technology. While BanQuApp uses blockchains to create individual economic identity in less privileged societies across the globe, Payactiv is focused on encouraging better ways to foster savings, thereby improving the financial wellness of all of our neighbors.
Blockchain hype has definitely slowed down. We heard only two real blockchain products among 72 demos during the two days of the conference. This corroborates with our point of view that blockchain is not as hot as its hype cycle implies. This will ultimately be a positive development, as start-ups and and incumbents will focus on direct usefulness instead of making non-fundable bets on long term, game changing impacts. It will grow into a game-changer as it becomes a preferred automation and transparency tool across more use cases.
Companies to Watch: Digibyte is a Hong Kong-based technology firm using blockchains to provide and secure and confidential document signing service. BanQuApp uses blockchains to create individual economic identity in less privileged societies across the globe in partnerships with global aid agencies and large foundations.
While there were many women presenters at the conference, there were not many women founders. Worth.fm and Meetinvest were probably the only two women-led start-ups that made compelling pitches at Finovate Spring. As women become the majority of investors and household CFOs, their concerns and needs will become the mainstream method of delivering banking and investing services. Only those companies that can build trust and confidence with this emerging investor audience will survive this transition.
Companies to Watch: WorthFM is the brainchild of Amanda Steinberg and Michelle Smith, two entrepreneurs deeply dedicated to women and their money. Meetinvest is a Switzerland-based robo advisor founded by the husband-wife duo of Michel and Maria Jacquemai. It provides sophisticated and scalable digital B2B2C investment solutions for the global financial industry.
These patterns unite a disparate group of companies. While we are excited to see major improvements in customer experience, lending facilitation and greater empowerment of people through technology, we are also excited to find the next transformative leap that will create true transparency and alignment between customers and financial institutions.


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Annals of the Entomological Society of America
VOL. 101 · NO. 5 | September 2008
ECOLOGY AND POPULATION BIOLOGY (3)
ARTHROPOD BIOLOGY (2)
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY (1)
MORPHOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, AND FINE STRUCTURE (2)
Rensch's Rule Applies to Clinal Variation of Body Size in the Argentine Grasshopper Dichroplus pratensis: Correction of Bidau and Martí
Matthew E. Wolak
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 801, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[801:RRATCV]2.0.CO;2
Rensch's Rule in Dichroplus pratensis: A Reply to Wolak
Claudio J. Bidau, Dardo A. Martí
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 802-803, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[802:RRIDPA]2.0.CO;2
A New Species of Galendromus (Acari: Phytoseiidae): A Case of Intraspecific Variation and Redefinition of carinulatus Species Group
Peterson R. Demite, Antonio C. Lofego, Reinaldo J. F. Feres
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 804-807, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[804:ANSOGA]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Brazil, carinulatus species group, Galendromus (Mugidromus), predatory mites, South America
A new species, Galendromus (Mugidromus) sulamericanus, is described from northwestern São Paulo state, Brazil, and it is included in the carinulatus species group Chant and Yoshida-Shaul, which is herein redefined to accommodate this new species. A variation in the insertion of ZV2 seta in the ventral shield was observed in individuals from the same population. A key is provided for all known species of the subgenus Mugidromus Tuttle and Muma.
Notes on Some Neotropical Alderflies (Sialidae: Megaloptera)
Atilano Contreras-Ramos
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 808-814, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[808:NOSNAS]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Megaloptera, Sialidae, Protosialis, Neotropics, taxonomy
Diagnoses and distributional notes are provided for four of the 10 recorded species of Neotropical alderflies (genus Protosialis Weele). Protosialis bifasciata (Hagen), P. chilensis (McLachlan), P. flammata Penny, and P. mexicana (Banks) are discussed and illustrated.
A New Cryptic Species of Cicada Resembling Tibicen dorsatus Revealed by Calling Song (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae)
Jeffrey A. Cole
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 815-823, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[815:ANCSOC]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Cicadidae, Tibicen, cryptic species, bioacoustics
Two morphologically cryptic species have until now been treated under the name Tibicen dorsatus (Say). T. dorsatus is redescribed, and a neotype is designated from topotypic material collected from Atchison County, KS. Tibicen tremulus sp. n. is described and diagnosed from T. dorsatus and from similar species by using the shape of the male claspers and color pattern. Calling songs of the males are distinct, as evidenced by field recordings of multiple individuals of both species. Males of T. dorsatus produce a rattling song, during which syllables are repeated at a rate of 38.9 ± 1.7 s−1 and are broadcast over a constant carrier frequency band of 2.6–12.7 kHz, 4.0 ± 0.3 kHz at maximum amplitude. The main portion of the song of T. tremulus consists of amplitude and frequency modulated syllables repeated at a rate of 16.2 ± 0.6 s−1, frequency 5.4 ± 0.3 kHz at maximum amplitude. During these modulations, amplitude increases and a base frequency range of 3.9–5.8 kHz broadens to 3.6–7.7 kHz for a duration of 19.7 ± 2.7 ms. Dorsoventral movements of the male abdomen accompany the amplitude and frequency modulations in T. tremulus, a behavior not observed in singing males of T. dorsatus. Museum records show T. dorsatus to be widespread in the prairie biome of the central United States. T. tremulus occurs west of −97° longitude, where it seems to be widely if not entirely sympatric with T. dorsatus.
Genetic Diversity of Plum Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Among Geographical Populations in the Eastern United States
Xing Zhang, Zhijian Tu, Shirley Luckhart, Douglas G. Pfeiffer
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 824-832, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[824:GDOPCC]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Conotrachelus nenuphar, strains, mtCOI, polymorphism, PHYLOGEOGRAPHY
This study investigated the genetic diversity among plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst), populations from 11 different geographic locations by using partial sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) gene. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products were 863 bp. In total, 23 unique haplotypes were identified from 50 tested samples. Haplotypes G (n = 5), L (n = 12), and T (n = 13) made up 60% of the 50 samples. Two distinct major clades were found in the phylogenetic analyses. Northern and southern clades were strongly supported (100/83 (MP/ML) and 100/62, respectively) by bootstraps. The mid-southern subclade within the southern clade was also moderately supported by bootstraps (73/57, MP/ML). The results of analyses of molecular variance (AMOVA) are consistent with phylogenetic analysis. The results suggested that the northern and the southern clades correspond with northern strain and southern strain of plum curculio. The three-group model of AMOVA test may suggest that there is a transitional group existing between northern and southern groups. In this study, the mtCOI sequence was highly informative as a molecular marker in that it could distinguish C. nenuphar from northern and southern geographic locations in the eastern United States.
A New Species of Mindarus (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on the Endangered Guatemalan Fir
Colin Favret, Charlotte Nielsen
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 833-836, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[833:ANSOMH]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Abies guatemalensis, Guatemala, conservation, aphid
A pestiferous species of Mindarus (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Mindarinae) presents challenges for the cultivation and conservation of the endangered Guatemalan fir, Abies guatemalensis Rehder. The aphid, Mindarus guatemalensis n. sp., is described.
Relationship Between Chromosomal Races/Subraces in the Brachypterous Grasshopper Podisma sapporensis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Inferred from Mitochondrial ND2 and COI Gene Sequences
Marek Kowalczyk, Haruki Tatsuta, Beata Grzywacz, E. LŻB. I. E. T. A. WARCHAŁOWSKA-ŚLIWA
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 837-844, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[837:RBCSIT]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: mtDNA, chromosome rearrangement, PHYLOGEOGRAPHY
Podisma sapporensis Shiraki, 1910 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is distributed on the islands of northern Japan and Far East Russia (Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and Kunashiri), and it exhibits a unique diversity of chromosomal races (X0 and neo-XY) on the island of Hokkaido. To infer the history of geographical isolation and chromosome rearrangements (main races and subraces), we used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation in two regions, NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) and cytochrome oxidase subunit II (COII), among 55 individuals representing eight X0/XX and three neo-XY/XX populations. The molecular phylogenetic tree revealed a high level of overall mitochondrial diversity, but the clustering of the examined population is in most cases closely related to their geographic distribution and associated with chromosomal races and subraces. Together with cytogenetic observations, we discuss the origin of the polymorphism within the X0 and XY races as well as differences between both northern and eastern races.
Systematics of the Dioryctria abietella Species Group (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA
G. Roux-Morabito, N. E. Gillette, A. Roques, L. Dormont, J. Stein, F. A H. Sperling
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 845-859, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[845:SOTDAS]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Dioryctria, mitochondrial DNA, COI, COII, seed orchard
Coneworms of the genus Dioryctria Zeller include several serious pests of conifer seeds that are notoriously difficult to distinguish as species. We surveyed mitochondrial DNA variation within the abietella species group by sequencing 451 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and 572 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 (COII) genes from 64 individuals of six major species in the group. In addition to examining phylogenetic relationships within European members of the group, the study focused on the two most damaging species, D. abietivorella Grote from North America and D. abietella Denis & Schiffermüller from Europe and Asia, which have been considered taxonomically synonymous in the past. To detect different levels of divergence, we extensively sampled in seed orchards and natural forests for D. abietella on different hosts. Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses confirmed the monophyly of the abietella species group and its separation into three clades. The grouping of North American species (clade A) received strong support in both analyses, whereas relationships between clade A and the two European clades were weakly supported. Dioryctria simplicella Heinemann could not be unambiguously separated from D. abietella populations. The diverse haplotypes observed in the network analysis conducted with eight populations of polyphagous D. abietella suggested the presence of two distinct lineages in France.
ECOLOGY AND POPULATION BIOLOGY
Overwintering Strategy of Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Cold-Free Space As a Factor of Invasive Success
G. Labrie, D. Coderre, É Lucas
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 860-866, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[860:OSOMAL]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: overwintering survival, Harmonia axyridis, cold-free space, Coleomegilla maculata lengi
Successful overwintering of a coccinellid species is partially dependent on quality of hibernacula, for surviving cold temperatures, for drowning risk, and for avoiding parasitism or infection by pathogens. The multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), an introduced species that has spread throughout North America since 1988, overwinters outside and inside houses or artificial structures. Five experiments were conducted during winter 2003–2004 to evaluate winter survival of the invasive H. axyridis compared with the indigenous Coleomegilla maculata lengi Timberlake outside and inside human houses, to assess its contribution to the invasive success of the multicolored Asian lady beetle. We formulated the hypothesis that H. axyridis will survive during winter inside human houses and that no survival would be observed outside in Quebec, Canada. Survival of H. axyridis ranged from 25 to 53% in different experiments inside houses, whereas no survival was recorded outside. C. maculata did not survive inside houses, but 12.5% of the individuals survived outside. The indigenous species C. maculata had higher proportion of lipids than the invasive species H. axyridis, suggesting that H. axyridis is not physiologically adapted to overwinter in Canada. Selection of human houses as overwintering sites by the multicolored Asian lady beetle may constitute a "cold-free space," which could explain its great invasive success in northern regions.
Changes in Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colony Swarming and Survival Pre- and Postarrival of Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) in Louisiana
José D. Villa, Dulce M. Bustamante, Jimmy P. Dunkley, Luis A. Escobar
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 867-871, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[867:CIHBHA]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Apis mellifera, Varroa destructor, survival, swarming, recurrent event
The impact of Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) on colonies of Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in southern Louisiana was evaluated by analyzing changes in swarming and longevity of colonies for 17 yr. Swarming rates were calculated from yearly captures of swarms in bait hives placed in five areas of Louisiana from 1991 to 2006. Colony longevity was monitored in 104 swarms established from 1990 to 2000 and followed until 2004. In the first years, before V. destructor, average swarm capture rates ranged from 0.85 to 0.95 swarms per bait hive-year, and survival of colonies established from swarms averaged 14 mo. In years immediately after the arrival of V. destructor (1993–1996), swarming rates and colony longevity decreased to 0.36–0.60 swarms per bait hive-year and 10 mo, respectively. After ≈5 yr in the presence of V. destructor, both rates recovered to levels at least as high as those seen before varroa arrived; swarm capture rates were 0.75–1.04 swarms per bait hive-year and average longevity was 26 mo. Analysis of varroa infestations in three colonies established from swarms in 1997 showed the presence of varroa at oscillating densities for 5 to 8 yr. Possible causes for this apparent recovery are natural selection for resistance in honey bees, introgression of selected resistant genetic material or reduced virulence of the mites.
Elements of Population Dynamics of Bagworm (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) on Hedge Rows of White Pine
Marc Rhainds, Clifford Sadof
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 872-880, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[872:EOPDOB]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: bagworm, flightless Lepidoptera, population regulation, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, white pine
Spatiotemporal elements related to the population dynamics of bagworms, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), on white pine, Pinus strobus (L.), were investigated by sampling populations of bagworms repeatedly at 12 sites within a 50-km radius in central Indiana. The number of live bagworms declined over time by up to 95% in some sites, and the rate of population decline increased with the initial density of larvae. A comparison of population density of bagworms in past generations with that of the current-year generation revealed that sites heavily infested with bagworms from previous years carried a high number of live larvae early but not late in the season. The positive relationship between densities of bagworms in past and current generations observed at five of 12 sites suggests that larvae commonly do not disperse when they emerge on a suitable host. However, there was considerable variation relative to this pattern, suggesting that dispersal is common as well. Pupation and emergence of adults occurred in late summer and early fall, with some level of phenological asynchrony observed at different sites. Dates corresponding to 50% pupation or adult emergence varied by up to 12 d at different sites. Males suffered higher mortality than females during the pupal stage. The positive correlation between the mortality level of female pupae and previous years' population density may be related to a buildup of populations of natural enemies in sites that were previously heavily infested with bagworms.
ARTHROPOD BIOLOGY
Head Capsule Width and Instar Determination for Larvae of Streblote panda (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)
D. Calvo, J. Ma Molina
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 881-886, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[881:HCWAID]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Streblote panda, Dyar's rule, instars, developmental stage, southwestern Andalusia
The moth Streblote panda Hübner (1820) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) is an ornamental and fruit plant pest in southwestern Andalusia. Analysis of head capsule width of 387 larvae reared on different host plants (Pistacea lentisco L., Arbutus unedo L., Citrus reticulata Blanco, Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss, Spartium junceum L., Tamarix gallica L., and Vaccinium spp.) indicates that growth rate between instars does not fit well to Dyar's rule. The number of instars varied from 5 to 8. Head capsule width could be used directly to determine developmental stage of individual in almost all host plants used. Only for larvae fed on S. junceum, R. sphaerocarpa, Vaccinium corymbosum L. 'Sharpblue', and Vaccinium ashei Reade 'Bonita', beyond third instar, did the range of measurements overlap. These data were analyzed using a combination of statistical methods. A nonlinear least-squares approach was used to determine width means and ranges for each instar, and misclassification probabilities were calculated for each overlapping instar using Z statistics for all head capsule widths. Various factors are discussed to explain the results.
Development of Monoclonal Antibodies to Pear Psylla (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) and Evaluation of Field Predation by Two Key Predators
Thomas R. Unruh, Tiffany Yu, Laura S. Willett, Stephen F. Garczynski, David R. Horton
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 887-898, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[887:DOMATP]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: insect predation, monoclonal antibodies, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Gut contents
The pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), and related psyllids are important pests of pear (Pyrus spp.) worldwide. Many of these pests are thought to be partially controlled by predatory insects. To improve our understanding of the predator species that attack pear psylla, we developed monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against this pest for predator gut content studies. Mice were immunized with homogenates of nymphal, adult, and egg stages of pear psylla. A mouse immunized with nymph homogenate showed high activity against all three antigen types and was used for MAb development. From 952 hybridomas screened, 35 showed good activity to pear psylla and low activity against nontarget arthropods. Four MAbs were retained: two from immunoglobulin M (IgM)-secreting hybridomas, both with high activity against all stages of psylla except young eggs, and two immunoglobin G-secreting hybridomas, both with high activity against psylla eggs and gravid adult females. Using one of the IgM-MAbs, pear psylla remains were detected in the predatory bugs Anthocoris tomentosus Péricart (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) and Deraeocoris brevis (Uhler) (Heteroptera: Miridae) in laboratory feeding trials. Digestion half lives typically exceeded 24 h and were dependent on meal size and predator life stage. Gut content analysis of 970 field-collected D. brevis and Anthocoris spp. showed that the proportion which fed on psylla averaged 59% and that percentage closely tracked the density of pear psylla nymphs during three seasons. The utility of these antibodies for the study of trophic interactions and habitat management in relation to biological control of pear psylla is discussed.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY
Tracing an Invasion: Phylogeography of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in the United States Based on Mitochondrial DNA
Thomas J. Simonsen, Richard L. Brown, Felix A. H. Sperling
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 899-905, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[899:TAIPOC]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Cactoblastis cactorum, PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, invasive species, introduction, dispersal
The adventive cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a widely used biological control agent for Opuntia Mill. cacti, was detected in Florida in 1989. Since then, it has spread along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of southeastern United States, threatening native Opuntia populations. We examined the phylogeography of 20 C. cactorum populations from Australia, South Africa, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the southeastern United States based on 769 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit 1. Five distinct haplotypes were discovered, three of which occur in the United States. Cactoblastis cactorum in the United States falls into two distinct lineages: a western haplotype along the Gulf Coast and an eastern lineage with two haplotypes along the Atlantic Coast, with one of the eastern haplotypes identified as occurring at a single locality on the Gulf Coast. The two lineages have nontrivial genetic divergence (0.5%), and both are more closely related to populations outside the United States than they are to each other. This leads us to conclude that C. cactorum has been introduced to the United States at least twice. The isolated eastern haplotype on the Gulf Coast may indicate that C. cactorum has been introduced a third time, either from the Atlantic Coast or from outside the United States. Evidence from analysis of haplotypes and other information indicates that dispersal by commercial import action and human transport may be more important than flight ranges of ovipositing females for determining long range expansion of the species. Interestingly, the east-west pattern mirrors other coastal species distributions that have been interpreted as being due to Pleistocene vicariance.
MORPHOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, AND FINE STRUCTURE
Immature Stages of Caria plutargus (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), with Discussion on the Behavioral and Morphological Defensive Traits in Nonmyrmecophilous Riodinid Butterflies
Lucas A. Kaminski
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 906-914, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[906:ISOCPL]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: ant-organs, balloon setae, host plants, myrmecoxeny, scanning electron microscopy
Aspects of the natural history and early stage morphology of the nonmyrmecophilous butterfly Caria plutargus (F.) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) are described. Immature stages were observed through scanning electron microscopy, emphasizing larval structures that may be related to myrmecophily or not. The larvae have several types of setae (balloon, echinoid, dendritic, plumose) and perforated cupola organs. The presence of balloon setae in C. plutargus is the first record for Riodinini. These structures have been described for some Riodinidae tribes, such as Nymphidiini and Helicopini, and also for some taxa in the incertae sedis section. The literature has proposed that balloon setae play a role in the symbiosis between larvae and ants in myrmecophilous riodinids. However, the discovery of balloon setae in nonmyrmecophilous riodinids spurs a new debate concerning the function and evolution of these specialized setae (Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 97: 310–321, 2004). The morphological and behavioral traits here described are discussed in the context of defense against predators.
Ultrastructure of Anterior Midgut Region of Corbiculate Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
José Eduardo Serrão, Milton Ronnau, Clovis Andrade Neves, Lucio Antonio Oliveira Campos, José Cola Zanuncio
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 915-921, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[915:UOAMRO]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: bees, insect, midgut, peritrophic membrane
The anterior midgut region of stingless bees is anatomically and histologically modified, but its function is uncertain. Here, we describe the ultrastructure of the anterior midgut region of corbiculate bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to help understand the structure and function of this section of the digestive tract. The species studied were Apis mellifera L. (Apini), Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides Leptelier (Meliponini), Bombus morio (Swederus) (Bombini), and Euglossa townsendi Cockrell (Euglossini). The anterior midgut region has a specialized structure only in Meliponini with tall and narrowed cells. However, in M. quadrifasciata anthidioides, as well as in the others species studied, the cells of this midgut region have ultrastrucutural features of digestive cells. The basal plasma membrane infoldings have many openings to the hemocoel, suggesting an absorptive role in this midgut region. The cells of the anterior midgut region of Meliponini, despite having an anatomically and histologically differentiated section, consist of cells with ultrastructural features similar to those of the other corbiculate bees. These cells may play a role in water absorption.
Effects of Phenotype and B-Chromosomes on Adult Survival in Dichroplus elongatus (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Natalia Rosetti, Juan C. Vilardi, Maria I. Remis
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 922-929, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[922:EOPABO]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: adult survival, body-size related traits, B-chromosomes, grasshoppers
The grasshopper Dichroplus elongatus Giglio Toss is an example of a species with widespread B-chromosome polymorphism. We detected in males considerable variation in adult size, and part of this variation is associated with the polymorphism for B-chromosomes that has a negative effect on male body size. The analysis of fitness components revealed that B-carriers are negatively selected during mating, whereas B-carrier females exhibited higher fecundity than standard females. We recorded adult survival in relation to karyotype and body size, as measured by total, third tibia, third femur, thorax, and tegmen lengths. Our data showed directional phenotypic selection favoring large males and, as expected from the relationship between karyotype and phenotype, chromosome directional selection was detected favoring males with standard karyotype. In females, the effects of phenotype on survival showed an opposite tendency to that detected in males, i.e., small females outlive large females. Phenotypic selection in females may be explained by a trade-off between early and late fitness components. Our results suggest that B-chromosomes cause detrimental effects on body-size related traits that are selected for adult male survival. All available information on B-chromosomes in D. elongatus supports the hypothesis that their persistence in Argentinean populations depends on trade-offs between opposite selective effects.
Conopomorpha cramerella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Malay Archipelago: Genetic Signature of a Bottlenecked Population?
Leo H. Shapiro, Sonja J. Scheffer, Navies Maisin, Smilja Lambert, Hussin Bin Purung, Endang Sulistyowati, Fernando E. Vega, Paul Gende, Samson Laup, Ade Rosmana, Sylvia Djam, Prakash K. Hebbar
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 930-938, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[930:CCLGIT]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Theobroma cacao, Conopomorpha, genetic bottleneck, cytochrome oxidase I, elongation factor-1α
Conopomorpha cramerella (Snellen) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) is a devastating pest of cacao, Theobroma cacao L. (Sterculiaceae), in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Malay Archipelago. We surveyed genetic variation at two unlinked loci, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and nuclear elongation factor-1α (EF-1α), in C. cramerella from throughout most of their known geographic range. Given the enormous area sampled, COI variation is extremely low; EF-1α variation may be low as well, but this is more difficult to assess due to the lack of appropriate data sets for comparison. Our results strongly suggest that sampled C. cramerella populations have experienced at least one bottleneck in their recent past, although the possibility that COI variation has been reduced by a selective sweep cannot be excluded based on available data. We suggest that one or more bottlenecks likely occurred when C. cramerella from an as yet unknown source population, either within or outside the Malay Archipelago, became established on cacao, which is not endemic to this region (Conopomorpha is an Old World genus and cacao originated in the New World). Identification of the source of this pest could be important in efforts to identify natural enemies for biological control.
Phylogeography of the Darkling Beetle Coelus ciliatus in California
Stylianos Chatzimanolis, Michael S. Caterino
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 939-949, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[939:POTDBC]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: phylogeographic breaks, coastal animals, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, serial founder event
The heavily impacted coastal dunes of California are home to numerous invertebrates, but very few studies have examined their phylogeographic patterns. Here, we examine the phylogeography of the flightless fossorial darkling beetle Coelus ciliatus Eschscholtz and the extent to which previously identified phylogeographic barriers for terrestrial and marine taxa can explain its haplotype distribution. We compared 16 localities and 128 specimens along the coast of California by using 826 bp of the COI mitochondrial gene. We used Bayesian and parsimony-based phylogenetic analyses and haplotype network analyses to study the phylogeographic structure of the populations, as well as analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA), isolation by distance and FLUCTUATE to examine the population structure. Our analyses identified 42 haplotypes and significant geographic and genetic structure among populations. Gene flow was limited between populations, and phylogenetic, nested clade, and AMOVA analyses indicate a deep break of the populations into two clades, north and south of Big Sur, near Monterey Bay. Populations between Pt. Conception and Big Sur follow a serial founder event pattern, as indicated by isolation by distance analysis. We did not identify a phylogeographic break at Pt. Conception or the Los Angeles area, but we recovered a deep phylogeographic break at Big Sur that contrasts with a break at Monterey Bay identified in other coastal terrestrial animals.
Egg-Dumping: A Strategy for Host Range Expansion in Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
Chia-Wei Cheng, Rou-Ling Yang, I-Cheng Cheng, Shwu-Bin Horng
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 950-954, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[950:EASFHR]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: Callosobruchus maculatus, dumping behavior, host range, egg-laying decision
Herbivorous and parasitic females often show adaptive behavioral plasticity in response to their resources for oviposition. However, the phenomenon of individuals continuing oviposition on unsuitable places if hosts are unavailable also occurs, which is referred to as egg-dumping behavior. In previous studies, this egg-dumping behavior was considered to be a maladaptive behavior because some physiological constraints. In the current study, by clearly designating individuals as a dumper or nondumper in a population within 24 h, the life-history traits of female weevils, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.), with different oviposition characters were compared, and no significant differences were observed. In addition, this study provides two lines of evidence: 1) the egg-dumping rate was influenced by host experience; and 2) different host acceptance to novel beans between dumper and nondumper females. The inferences are that egg-dumping behavior may be a strategy for host range expansion by cowpea weevils if preferred hosts are not available.
Effects of Physical and Chemical Factors on Oviposition by Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Kishan R. Sambaraju, Thomas W. Phillips
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 955-963, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[955:EOPACF]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: physical stimuli, chemical stimuli, chemical ecology, host selection behavior
Acceptance of a potential host for oviposition by gravid female moths is believed to be predominantly determined by the physical and chemical cues on the substrate surface. We evaluated the effects of substrate physical and chemical stimuli on oviposition by the Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in a series of laboratory experiments. The experimental arenas were 5.7-liter plastic boxes that contained a single, uncovered 5-cm-diameter glass petri dish with either artificial substrates alone or artificial substrates applied with 0.1 g-equivalent of a hexane extract of wheat, Triticum aestivum L., or 10 g of wheat kernels. Presence of the chemical extract of wheat significantly increased P. interpunctella oviposition compared with physical stimuli without extract. A dish surface with spherical glass beads elicited significantly enhanced oviposition compared with surfaces with cheesecloth, filter paper, or sandpaper. Increasing the numbers of similar-sized extract-treated glass beads increased oviposition until a certain number of beads was reached, after which the oviposition remained constant. The diameter of the spherical glass beads, rather than the total surface area of beads presented, significantly influenced oviposition, with the 5-mm-diameter glass beads receiving the most eggs. P. interpunctella oviposition was also affected by the geometric shape of substrates, with ovoid shapes preferred over cuboid. These studies clearly show that semiochemical and physical cues are required to elicit maximum oviposition by P. interpunctella, and they suggest that ovipositing females prefer substrates with smooth, round or curved contours.
"Bubbling" or Droplet Regurgitation in Both Sexes of Adult Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Fed Various Concentrations of Sugar and Protein Solutions
John G. Stoffolano, Awilda Acaron, Mirela Conway
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (5), 964-970, (1 September 2008) https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[964:BODRIB]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: insect crop, bubbling, droplet production, regurgitation, blow fly
Bubbling behavior or regurgitation is defined as the production of a droplet on the tip of the proboscis. No behavioral differences were observed in the components of the bubbling behavior between the two sexes of adult Phormia regina Meigen (Diptera: Calliphoridae). One of the most interesting behaviors, from a functional standpoint, is the proboscis shaking and proboscis pumping that is always associated with droplet extrusion. Droplets were usually reingested and not dropped on the substrate as reported in some fly species. On a sucrose meal, the average total time the fly spent on bubbling, regardless of sex, was 9.4 min, whereas the average time the droplet was present on the proboscis was 7 min. The number of droplets produced per fly for both sexes was 19.8 for sucrose and 24.6 for liver. The average time to initiate droplet extrusion after a meal by both sexes was 69 min for sucrose and 102 min for the liver meal. Bubbling flies had a statistically significant greater crop volume (7.9 μl on liver and 6.2 μl on sucrose) than nonbubbling flies (4.1 μl on liver and 2.3 μl on sucrose). The latter results place the important functional significance of bubbling or regurgitation on crop volume and the need of flies to eliminate crop water load, thus concentrating crop solute.


The NJIT Residence Hall Network has had a large increase in computing workstations connected to it. It has been found that this increase is due in part to residents installing hubs or switches connecting multiple computers to the network. We would like to remind residents that connecting hubs or switches to the residence hall network is not permitted. The reason for this is that NJIT provides real public Internet addresses for its residence hall network members. The public address space is limited and there is only one (1) address available to each resident. When a resident connects a hub or switch to the network and exceeds the amount of addresses allocated to them it can prevent another resident from connecting. To stop this from happening in the future, NJIT implemented hub and switch control throughout the residence hall network beginning in the Spring 2006 semester.
Hub and switch control will permit only one active network device to be connected at each residence hall wall plate at any one time. Should a resident connect multiple network devices to their wall plate using a hub or switch, only the first active device will function, all other devices will be inactive. If the hub or switch is a manageable intelligent device, it may count as the first active connection and no other network device will function. If you are using a hub or switch, please remove it, wait at least five (5) minutes and then connect a single network device to the wall plate. The single device should now function. Also, if you move your device to a different wall plate then the one it was first connected to, it may take up to five (5) minute to be come active in the new location.
Should a resident wish to connect more then one computing device, they have different options.
If you are using a second network device or another device infrequently, remove the primary device from the wall plate and connect the second network device. The second network device should begin to function after one (1) minute. To restore your primary network device, disconnect the second device and reconnect the first - it also should begin to function after one (1) minute.


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Thailand's DTI set to receive upgraded BTR 3CS AFV
21 November 2019	(Last Updated December 15th, 2019 12:55)
Thales has announced that the first C5I-enabled BTR 3CS armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) will be delivered to Thai Defence Technology Institute (DTI) by the end of December.
DTI is a research and development agency operating under the Thai Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The agency is procuring the upgraded armoured personnel carrier (APC) to deliver improved capabilities to the Royal Thai Army on the battlefield.
According to British publishing firm Jane's, BTR 3CS is a command version of the Ukrainian BTR-3 8×8 AFV.
The vehicle was developed in a collaborative effort involving DTI, Ukroboronprom, Thales and Datagate.
Thales is equipping the APC with a computerised, command, control, communications and combat information (C5I) system under a memorandum of agreement (MoA) signed with DTI and Datagate last year.
The advanced communications solutions being incorporated into the vehicle will enhance the Royal Thai Army's battlefield digitisation.
Enhancements will enable quick decision-making and deliver an advantage to soldiers on the battlefield.
As part of the project, the vehicle will be equipped with integrated digital radio communications with very high-frequency (VHF) combat net radios.
The combat platform will also include a battle management system for tactical command and control.
Thales Thailand country director Massimo Marzini said: "Thales supports the long-term ambitions of the Thai Government to grow its capabilities in the digital domain, including moving the country to Thailand 4.0.
"This extends to enhancing the armed forces' capabilities in the battlefield by equipping them with the high-end communications solutions needed to gain an edge. We continue to enable Thailand to deepen its expertise in digital defence through close partnership with local industry and continued training and transfer-of-technology."
The company's C5I system is also expected to provide the potential for incorporation of self-protection, sensors and alert systems.
The upgraded communication capabilities will provide an integrated system to conduct command activities planning, radio communications and tactical information sharing.
DTI unveiled a prototype of the upgraded BTR 3CS fighting vehicle at the Defense and Security (D&S) 2019 event.
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In this edition we introduce our new developed CeraMac® C-series and we take you on tour through the new Mayflower Water Treatment Works of South West Water in Plymouth, that uses our technologies and will be operational in 2018.
Further on we look back at the SIWW 2017 Spotlight Event in Singapore and the second DOC2C's observers workshop, hosted by De Watergroep in Belgium.
Finally we are happy to show you how our PWNT team takes initiatives and commits itself intensively regarding Corporate Social Responsibility.