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Tony Abreu of the Los Angeles Dodgers during a 2007 MLB season game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Larry Goren/Four Seam Images)
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Q: Why do I get "Internal Server error 500" when subscribing to mailchimp in Rails, but it complete the request? I am trying to get a user subscription going in Rails with Mailchimp and GIbbon gem.
I have the form working right now, and I can subscribe user to mailchimp. When I hit submit, the browser console returns this error. BUT the my mailchimp list gets updated with the new user, and that user email gets a confirmation. Why does this happen?
POST http://localhost:3000/subscribe 500 (Internal Server Error) jquery.js?

Here is my form
<%=form_tag( url_for( :action=>'consubscribe'), method: "post", id: "subscribe", remote:        "true") do -%>
<%=text_field_tag(:name, nil, {class: "form-control", :placeholder=>"John Smith",:required => true} ) %>
<input class="form-control" id="phone" name="phone" placeholder="phone" type="phone" required />
<%=phone_field_tag(:phone,nil, {class: "form-control", :placeholder=>"647-232-1234",:required => true} ) %>
<% end %>

here is the corresponding action
def consubscribe

@list_id = "1d8d6b92f2"
gb = Gibbon::API.new

gb.lists.subscribe({
  :id => @list_id,
  :merge_vars  => {:NAME => params[:name],:PHONE => params[:phone]},

  :email => {:email => params[:email][:address]},
  :double_optin => false,
  :send_welcome => true
  })

end

here is my route
 post '/subscribe' => 'main#consubscribe'

Now I also want to perform some jquery action after the submit is sucessful. Right now, the form does nothing after you hit the submit, all the fields are there, nothing is cleared out, there is no indication of success or failure.
I want the form to fade out after the request is sucessful, and give them a message, or a failure message if there is an error. How do I go about and do this?

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This fast and flat course takes you off of the island of Key West, through Stock Island, and up to US 1 for a turnaround. Once back on the island the Gulf of Mexico greets you to help you finish your race. There is a 6 hour time limit for the marathon.
The Half takes you off of Key West and onto Stock Island for the turnaround. On the way back, the Gulf side of the island provides water views for a majority of the way.
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Charity of the month...
Every month at every Surrey Farmers Market we have a Charity Tea Tent, with a wonderful array of home made cakes, and biscuits available along with hot and cold drinks. The Tea Tent is hosted by our kind volunteers and all proceeds raised are donated to our named Charity Partner.
This month's charity is the Milford Hospital League of Friends…. www.milfordhospitalleagueoffriends.com/
Milford Rehabilitation hospital is a specialist establishment for people recovering from or suffering the after effects of stroke.
The League of friends supports the work of the hospital, through hands-on practical work and fund- raising to provide comforts and facilities for patients in order to make their stay in hospital as pleasant as possible.
Formed in 1975, The National Eczema Society has two principle aims; Firstly, to provide people with independent and practical advice about treating and managing eczema; Secondly, to raise awareness of the needs of eczema sufferers with healthcare professionals, teachers and the government.
Currently, there is no cure for eczema. Finding a cure would significantly transform the lives of over 5 million sufferers in the UK, of which 15-20% are school children.
The National Eczema Society supports and funds research into eczema. Because dermatology does not usually attract significant funding, contributions made by the Society create the potential to make a real difference in finding a cure.
We are committed to making life easier for the 1 in 5 children and 1 in 12 adults who suffer from eczema. We rely entirely on general public and company donations to fund our work as well as membership subscriptions.
Free Helpline 0800 089 1122. Open Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm.
A registered charity assists disabled people to enjoy greater independence and a better quality of life through the help of specially trained dogs.
So many of us love dogs and want to help them but are not always in a position to be able to have a dog of our own. But you can give so much help just by donating even a small amount towards the care and upkeep of our rescued dogs while they are waiting for their forever home. And you can be reassured that every penny donated goes to our dogs – for veterinary care, for kenneling, for whatever they need.
GSDR always has and always will operate a NO DESTRUCTION POLICY because we believe that all dogs deserve a good life. We will find the right home for all the dogs that come into our care no matter how long it takes. German Shepherd Dog Rescue is both a registered charity and company, which produces yearly accounts so that you know where your donated monies are spent.
We have many discarded dogs in kennels waiting for their new homes, some have been in kennels over a year.
We will house them safely until new homes are found but this is no life for a GSD.
Could you foster or adopt one of these poor souls? If not could you sponsor one of them by donating towards their kennel costs until a new home is found? These are our kennel dogs with no home of their own.
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Guide Dogs provides vital mobility services to blind and partially sighted people; these services include guide dogs, "buddy" dogs, "my guide" sighted guiding and white cane training.
"We will not rest until people who are blind and partially sighted can enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else"
The Guide Dog service receives no Government funding.
Last month we were raising funds for Action.
Today in the UK, there are hundreds of thousands of sick and disabled children who need help. Action Medical Research find and fund the best research to help these children but can only do this with your support, find out more at action.org.uk
Become a Tea Tent Partner
If you have a cause close to your heart and would be interested in becoming one of our Charity Partners we would love to hear from you.


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"""
Given a sorted array of integers, find the starting and ending position of a given target value.

Your algorithm's runtime complexity must be in the order of O(log n).

If the target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].

For example,
Given [5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 10] and target value 8,
return [3, 4].
"""

__author__ = 'Danyang'
class Solution:
    def searchRange(self, A, target):
        """
        Binary Search Twice
        Notice the low-bound & high-bound binary search

        :param A: a list of integers
        :param target: an integer to be searched
        :return: a list of length 2, [index1, index2]
        """
        result = []
        length = len(A)

        # low-bound binary search
        start = 0
        end = length  # [0, length)
        while start<end:
            mid = (start+end)/2
            if A[mid]<target:  # NOTICE: less than
                start = mid+1
            else:
                end = mid

        if start<length and A[start]==target:
            result.append(start)
        else:
            return [-1, -1]

        # high-bound binary search
        start = start
        end = length  # no "-1" # [0, length)
        while start<end:
            mid = (start+end)/2
            if A[mid]<=target:  # NOTICE: less than or equal
                start = mid+1
            else:
                end = mid

        result.append(start-1)
        return result

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ANTIFUNGAL COMPOSITION
The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of an agricultural product which comprises the addition of a composition which comprises phosphite and natamycin to the agricultural product wherein the composition comprises preferably less than 0.1 g lignosulphonate, more preferably less than 0.1 g polyphenol, per gram natamycin and is still more preferably free of lignosulphonate and most preferably free of polyphenol.
Stark, Jacobus (Rotterdam, NL)
Bijn, Ferdinand Theodorus Jozef Van (Delft, NL)
Krieken, Wilhelmus Maria Van Der (Wageningen, NL)
Stevens, Lucas Henricus (Utrecht, NL)
47/1.01R
514/31, 47/58.1R
A01G7/06; A01N43/04
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20100031386 SWEET PEPPER LINE SBY28-1223 February, 2010 Leij
20050252076 Trellis system November, 2005 Schloesser et al.
20050217172 Watering device for watering plant containers and watering arrangement formed therewith October, 2005 Korte et al.
20100005715 ADJUSTABLE GARDEN STAKE January, 2010 Allsop et al.
20080216404 Plant Growth Module September, 2008 Jarvis
20040244283 Revolutionary non-polluting, air-tight, temperature regulated, cultivation system December, 2004 Chen
20050274072 Method of Preserving a Live Tree December, 2005 Ueng
20020108303 Plant support August, 2002 Charles Jr.
20090288338 HORTICULTURAL APPLICATOR DEVICE November, 2009 Heckler et al.
WO2006136551A1 2006-12-28
Webster's New World Dictionary, second college ed., The World Publishing Co., NY, 1972, page 1127.
Farm Chemicals Handbook '98, Meister Publishing Co., Ohio, 1998, page C 191.
HCAPLUS abstract 1998:638576 (1998).
PAK, JOHN D
McBee Moore & Vanik, IP, LLC (McLean, VA, US)
1. A composition comprising phosphite and natamycin.
2. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that the ratio natamycin to phosphite is 1:2 to 1:500 (w/w).
3. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that the phosphite is selected from the group consisting of potassium phosphite, sodium phosphite, ammonium phosphite, ethyl hydrogen phosphonate, fosetyl-aluminium complex, phosphorous acid or its alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts, or a mixture thereof.
4. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that it has 10 times or more than 10 times less (in gram) lignosulphonate than natamycin.
5. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that it has 10 times or more than 10 times less (in gram) polyphenol than natamycin.
6. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that it is free of lignosulphonate.
7. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that it is free of polyphenol.
8. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of a sticking agent, a surfactant, and/or a compound to combat insects, nematodes, mites and/or bacteria
9. A composition according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a mineral substance, a solvent, a dispersant, a wetting agent, a stabiliser, an antifoaming agent or an antioxidant.
10. Process for the treatment of an agricultural product which comprises the addition of a composition according to claim 1 to the agricultural product.
11. An agricultural product treated with a composition according to claim 1.
12. An agricultural product according to claim 11, characterized in that the product is selected from the group consisting of bulbs, tubers, root-tubers, seed-potatoes, rootstocks, cuttings, grafts, onions, grain, maize, wheat, coffee beans, cocoa beans, soy beans, seeds, berries, citrus fruits such as oranges, grapefruits and lemons, grapes, peaches, plums, cherries, cereal crops, vegetables, coffee plants, cocoa plants, fruit trees, grape plants, strawberries, cucumber plants, and tomato plants.
13. Use of a composition according to claim 1 to prevent and/or treat agricultural products from moulding.
14. A process for the prevention, treatment or both of mould growth on a bulb which comprises the addition of an antifungal composition according to claim 1 to the bulb directly after harvesting of the bulb.
The present invention relates to novel antifungal compositions for the treatment of agricultural crops such as flower bulbs, tubers, root-tubers, rootstocks, onions and seed-potatoes.
The cultivation of bulbous and tuberous plants is a difficult process. Mostly after harvesting the bulbs or tubers are stored for prolonged periods of several months before they are planted in the earth again. After re-planting mostly it takes several weeks up to several months before the plant develops. Furthermore, most of these crops are grown in the open air, where all kind of negative influences determine the development of the crop, e.g., moulds, insects, parasites and weather conditions such as a too high humidity. Also during storage and transport the quality of the bulbs or tubers can be affected in a negative way. To avoid deterioration of the bulbs or tubers, they are mostly stored under more or less controlled environmental conditions.
Although bulbs and tubers are subjected to various biotic and abiotic threats, development of moulds during storage and after planting can be considered as one of the main problems. Only in The Netherlands the economic losses due to mouldiness of flower bulbs is estimated at ε 200 million per year, this in spite of the extensive use of synthetic fungicides.
On flower bulbs of which tulip and lily are the most important crops Fusarium (e.g., Fusarium oxysporum) and Penicillium species are known to cause most of the problems. However, on these and other bulbs also other moulds such as Botrytis species, Stagnospora species, Rhizoctonia species and Pythium species may occur. On seed-potatoes Fusarium species (e.g., Fusarium solani), Rhizoctonia solani, Helminthosporium solani, Phoma species and Penicillium species are examples of well known pathogenic moulds.
Since due to upcoming EU regulation it is expected that some of the frequently used synthetic fungicides will be banned, the future problems concerning moulds are expected to become even worse. To prevent considerable economic losses for the industry in the near future, there is a need for environmental friendly natural fungicides. Also from an environmental and health point of view it is of importance to obtain alternatives for the harmful synthetic fungicides which are applied nowadays.
For many decades the polyene macrolide antimycotic natamycin has been used to prevent fungal growth on food products such as cheeses and sausages. This natural preservative, which is produced by fermentation using Streptomyces natalensis, is widely used throughout the world as a food preservative and has a long history of safe use in the food industry. It is very effective against all known food spoilage moulds. Although natamycin is applied for many years in e.g. the cheese industry up to now development of resistant mould species was never observed.
Cheeses and sausages are treated by immersion or by spraying with a suspension of natamycin in water. Cheeses can also be covered by an emulsion of a plastic coating of mostly polyvinyl acetate in water containing natamycin. Casings applied on sausages can be soaked in a saturated suspension of natamycin. In case of beverages such as fruit juices, natamycin is simply dissolved in the end product.
Natamycin has a low solubility in water of 30-50 ppm; only the dissolved fraction has antifungal activity. Since natamycin has a MIC (Minimal Inhibitory Concentration) of less than 10 ppm for most fungi, the dissolved concentration is in most cases sufficient to prevent mould development. Under normal hygienic conditions denaturation of dissolved natamycin is compensated by dissolution of natamycin from the crystals and diffusion over the surface to the site of contamination.
Already in the 1 970ties it was realized that natamycin (pimaricin) might be of value for control of fungal plant diseases on flower bulbs (see Dekker and Langerak (1979)). It was demonstrated that natamycin was as effective as organic mercury or formalin in preventing the spread of Fusarium oxysporum in the water baths in which the bulbs were dipped for two hours at 43.5° C. to eliminate nematodes, insects and mites. Natamycin effectively eliminated the Fusarium mould preventing cross contamination from diseased to healthy bulbs in the water bath.
However, in spite of these positive results of thirty years ago and the observation that under laboratory conditions natamycin was effective in combating fungal species occurring on crops such as flower bulbs, tubers and seed-potatoes, in practice treatment of these crops with even high natamycin concentrations was not effective in preventing mould development. Therefore, up to now this environmental friendly antifungal agent was never applied in practise on e.g. flower bulbs and comparable mould-sensitive crops such as tubers, onions and seed-potatoes.
In patent application WO 2004/067699 it is disclosed that a composition containing lignosulphonates together with a wide selection of other compounds can protect agricultural crops against threats such as weeds, biotic and abiotic stresses, insects, nematodes and pathogenic micro-organisms such as moulds, bacteria and viruses. Polyphenols and especially lignosulphonates are applied to enhance the effectiveness of other active compounds such as pesticides, fungicides, herbicides and plant protection compounds. Natamycin is mentioned as an example of a suitable fungicide, while potassium phosphite is mentioned as an example of a plant protection compound. In Example 3 of WO 2004/067699 it is demonstrated that the combination natamycin-lignosulphonate was effective against Botrytis development on leaf tips. In Example 11 an experiment is described in which lignosulphonate and natamycin were used to protect tulips against the Fusarium mould. It is observed that the leaves growing from tulip bulbs treated with natamycin and lignosulphonate showed no yellow mould spots compared with the bulbs dipped in natamycin alone where some yellow spots were observed. However, in this experiment the quality of the bulbs was not reported.
The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of an agricultural product which comprises the addition of a composition which comprises phosphite and a polyene fungicide to the agricultural product. Preferably, the composition comprises 0.1 g or less lignosulphonate, more preferably 0.1 g or less polyphenol, per gram polyene fungicide and is still more preferably free of lignosulphonate and most preferably free of polyphenol.
The present invention also provides a composition comprising phosphite and natamycin. The ratio of phosphite to natamycin (in weight) in the composition is in general between 2:1 to 500:1 (w/w), preferably between 3:1 to 300:1 (w/w) and more preferably between 5:1 to 200:1 (w/w). Preferably, in the composition 10 times (or more than 10 times) less (in gram) lignosulphonate, more preferably 10 times (or more than 10 times) less (in gram) polyphenol, is present than natamycin and still more preferably the composition is free of lignosulphonate and most preferably is free of polyphenol. This composition can be used to treat agricultural products.
The present invention provides a process for the treatment of an agricultural product which comprises the addition of a composition which comprises phosphite and a polyene fungicide to the agricultural product, wherein the composition comprises 0.1 g or less lignosulphonate, preferably 0.1 g or less polyphenol, per gram polyene fungicide. More preferably, the composition comprises 0.05 g or less lignosulphonate, preferably 0.05 g or less polyphenol, per gram polyene fungicide. Even more preferably, the composition comprises 0.01 g or less lignosulphonate, preferably 0.01 g or less polyphenol, per gram polyene fungicide. In a preferred embodiment the composition of the invention is free of lignosulphonate and most preferably free of polyphenol.
Unexpectedly the present inventors have found that the protection of e.g. bulbs, tubers and seed-potatoes against moulds is markedly enhanced when a polyene fungicide, e.g. natamycin, is combined with a natural crop protection compound belonging to the group of phosphites, e.g KH2PO3 or K2HPO3 or a mixture of both phosphite salts. Moreover, it has been found that the growth and development of the crops is improved and the yield is increased. It has also been found that lignosulphonate has no or even a positive effect on mould formation on agricultural products, such as flower bulbs. Therefore, substantially no polyphenols such as lignosulphonates are present in the composition of the invention or are present in the process according to the present invention to protect agricultural products against moulds.
The present invention provides a preparation or a composition for the treatment of agricultural products such as flower bulbs, tubers, root-tubers, rootstocks, onions and seed-potatoes, comprising an amount of polyene fungicide and an amount of a phosphite compound effective to prevent the development of moulds. Preferably, the antifungal activity consists of the activity of a polyene fungicide combined with a phosphite salt.
Suitable examples of polyene fungicides applied in the composition of the invention are natamycin, nystatin, amphotericin B, filipin and lucensomycin. The preferred polyene fungicide is natamycin. In an embodiment of the invention the compositions may also contain two or more different polyene fungicides. It is to be understood that derivatives of polyene fungicides including, but not limited to, salts or solvates of polyene fungicides or modified forms of polyene fungicides may also be applied in the compositions of the invention. Commercial products which contain natamycin such as Delvocid® can be incorporated in a composition of the invention. Delvocid® is the brand name of a commercial product produced by DSM Food Specialties (The Netherlands). Delvocid® contains 50% (w/w) of natamycin.
Suitable examples of phosphite compounds are potassium phosphites such as KH2PO3 and K2HPO3, sodium phosphites, ammonium phosphites, ethyl hydrogen phosphonate, fosetyl-aluminium complexes, phosphorous acid or its alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts, or mixtures of these compounds. A mixture of e.g. KH2PO3 and K2HPO3 can easily be obtained by e.g. adding KOH or K2CO3 to a final pH of 5.0-6.0 to a KH2PO3 solution. Precursor-type compounds which in the bulb, seed-potato, crop or plant are metabolized into phosphite compounds can also be included in the compositions of the present invention. Such compositions and their use in the process as described herein are another aspect of the present invention. Examples are phosphonates such as the fosetyl-aluminium complex. In e.g. a plant the ethyl phosphonate part of this molecule is metabolized into a phosphite. An example of such a compound in the commercial ethyl hydrogen phosphonate product called Aliette® (Bayer, Germany).
A composition of the present invention may be a solid, e.g. a powder, or a liquid. Generally, it will be a liquid which can be used for immersion or spraying e.g. the flower bulbs, tubers, onions and seed-potatoes. A composition of the present invention will generally comprise 0.05 g/l to 100 g/l and preferably 0.1 g/l to 50 g/l of a polyene fungicide. Preferably, the amount is from 0.1 g/l to 3 g/l. Preferably, the polyene fungicide is natamycin. The composition will generally comprise 0.5 g/l to 100 g/l and preferably 1 g/l to 50 g/l potassium phosphite. More preferably, the amount of potassium phosphite is from 2 g/l to 30 g/l. According to the present invention also other phosphites may be used in equimolar amounts to the potassium phosphite.
The composition of the invention may optionally contain a sticking agent, which improves the sticking of the antifungal compound to the surface of e.g. the flower bulb, tuber, cutting, onion or seed-potato. Examples of such sticking agents are latex based products like Prolong® (Holland Fyto B.V., The Netherlands) and Bond® (Loveland Industries Ltd), pinolene/terpene based products like Nu-film® (Hygrotech Saad) and Spray-Fast® (Mandops) and long chain polysaccharides like xanthan gum and guar gum. Alternatively, the sticking agents may be polymers or co-polymers from types of polymers such as polyacrylate and polyethylene.
For treating objects with a hydrophobic surface such as e.g. flower bulbs, the addition of a surfactant may be of advantage. The optional addition of said compounds is also included in this invention. Examples of useful surfactants are anionic tensides such as sodium lauryl sulphate or polyethylene alkyl ethers or polyoxyethylethers, e.g. Tween® 60, 61 or 65. Other examples of useful surfactants are organo silicones, sulfosuccinates, alcohol ethoxylates, fatty acid ethoxylates, fatty acid propoxylates and the commercial product Zipper® (Asepta BV, The Netherlands). In addition, the compositions may also contain suitable carriers and adjuvants ordinarily employed in formulation technology, including, but not limited to, mineral substances, solvents, dispersants, wetting agents, stabilisers, antifoaming agents and antioxidants.
To improve the effectiveness and the practical use of the present invention also compounds to combat insects, nematodes, mites and bacteria may be added to the antifungal composition. Examples of such compounds are Admire® (Bayer), formalin and Actellic® (Syngenta, Switserland). In addition, the composition of this invention may also contain other antifungal compounds such as e.g. captan (nonsystemic phthalimide fungicide), prochloraz (N-propyl-N-[2-(2,4,6-trichlorophenoxy)ethyl]imidazole-1-carboxamide) and formalin and commercial products known under the name Topsin® M (Cerexagri Inc, active ingredient thiofanaat-methyl), Jet-5® (Certis Europe BV, The Netherlands, active ingredients peracetic acid and hydrogenperoxide) and Shirlan® (Syngenta, Switserland, active ingredient fluazinam).
The compositions of the present invention also include concentrated stock suspensions/solutions and concentrated dry products such as e.g. powders, granulates and tablets. They can be used to prepare compositions for immersion or spraying of the agricultural products.
Furthermore, the invention provides agricultural products treated with a composition of the present invention. The treated agricultural products may contain a coating comprising a composition of the invention. Examples of such agricultural products are bulbs, especially flower bulbs such as tulip, lily, narcissus, crocus or hyacinth; other bulbous crops such as e.g. onions; tubers, root-tubers and rootstocks, such as seed-potatoes and dahlia.
Said crops can be treated after harvesting before storage e.g. by immersion or spraying with a composition of the present invention. When treated just, e.g. directly, after harvesting, moulding e.g. mould growth of e.g. the flower bulbs during storage will be prevented. For example, bulbs of tulips are generally harvested in summer and planted in October-November. Other examples are lily bulbs and seed-potatoes, these crops are harvested in summer or autumn and planted in springtime.
Alternatively, the bulbs, tubers or seed-potatoes can also be treated with a composition of the present invention just before planting. This will give an extra protection of the crops during germination in the ground.
Up to now bulbs such as flower bulbs were treated with fungicides just before planting. Surprisingly, we have found that when bulbs are treated with an antifungal agent before storage, preferably directly after harvesting, an optimal control of moulds is achieved. Directly after harvesting as used herein means during washing/cleaning, just after washing before the first drying step (before peeling) or after peeling before the second drying step, e.g. within the first 14 days, preferably within the first 12 days, more preferably within the first 10 days, particularly within the first 7 days and more particularly within the first 5 days after harvesting. So, a further aspect of the present invention pertains to a process for the prevention and/or treatment of bulbs from moulding, i.e. mould/fungal growth and/or mould/fungal infection, said process comprising the step of applying an antifungal agent or an antifungal composition to bulbs directly after harvesting of the bulbs. In a preferred embodiment the antifungal composition comprises natamycin. Suitable antifungal compositions, include, but are not limited to, compositions comprising compounds such as e.g. captan (nonsystemic phthalimide fungicide), prochloraz (N-propyl-N-[2-(2,4,6-trichlorophenoxy)ethyl]imidazole-1-carboxamide) and formalin and commercial products known under the name Topsin® M (Cerexagri Inc, active ingredient thiofanaat-methyl), Jet-5® (Certis Europe BV, The Netherlands, active ingredients peracetic acid and hydrogenperoxide) and Shirlan® (Syngenta, Switserland, active ingredient fluazinam). In a preferred embodiment the compositions of the present invention are being applied in the process. A person skilled in the art will appreciate that antifungal compositions may comprise different antifungal agents and may further comprise other agents/compounds suitable for the intended use.
In addition, the compositions of the present invention may be used on cuttings or grafts such as generally applied to multiply flower plants, indoor plants or crops; seeds for growing of new plants and treatment of seeds that are stored as feed or feed (e.g. maize and wheat). Examples of cuttings or grafts are carnation, fuchsia, chrysanthemum, roses, fruit plants like tomato, melon, cucumber, and aubergine and plants grown in greenhouses.
The composition of the invention may also be used to prevent mould/fungal growth and/or mould/fungal infection on stored agricultural products such as grain, maize, coffee, beans, cocoa beans, soy beans, berries such as e.g. strawberries, citrus fruits such as e.g. oranges, grapefruits and lemons, grapes, peaches, plums and cherries. Of course, the composition of the invention may also be used during the drying and/or fermentation process of coffee and cocoa beans.
Finally, the composition of the present invention may also be used for the treatment of growing crops in the field including, but not limited to, cereal crops such as grain and maize, vegetables, coffee plants, cocoa plant, fruit trees, grape plants, strawberries, cucumber plants and tomato plants.
The present invention is also concerned with the use of a composition according to the invention to prevent agricultural products from moulding and/or to treat agricultural products against moulding, i.e. mould/fungal growth and/or mould/fungal infection.
Treatment of Tulip Bulbs
In this example tulip bulbs of the variety Prominence were treated with a 1:1 mixture of spores of the pathogenic moulds Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tulipae CBS116591 and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tulipae Tu467 by submersing the bulbs for 30 minutes in a suspension containing 50.000-100.000 spores per ml. The mould spores were obtained using well-known methods. It should be noticed that in this challenge test the effect of the compositions was tested under very severe circumstances, because a very high number of mould spores was used. In real practise, the disease pressure will be less severe.
After the inoculation with mould spores the bulbs were dried following well-known methods. 40-60 minutes after drying the bulbs were treated with the different compositions described in Table 1. The compositions were prepared according to the instructions described on the label. All compositions contained 0.1% (v/v) of the sticking agent Prolong® (Holland Fyto, The Netherlands) and the surfactant Zipper® (Asepta BV, The Netherlands) in a concentration of 1 ml/l. Subsequently, the bulbs were planted in soil in pots (10 bulbs per pot) and incubated under well known standard conditions for growing tulips.
Table 1 shows the percentage of infected bulbs for each treatment. The bulbs were examined for mould infection when the flowers were at full bloom. For each incubation the average observation of 60 bulbs is given. Statistical analysis was performed after an ASIN transformation. The LSD at P=5% was 6.50.
The results in Table 1 clearly demonstrate that the composition of this invention (natamycin+potassium phosphite) gives a much better protection against moulds than natamycin or potassium phosphite alone. Surprisingly, the combined application of natamycin and potassium phosphite leads to a strong synergistic reduction in infection. The results presented in Table 1 also demonstrate that copper lignosulphonate as such or in combination with natamycin did not lead to reduction of moulds, but even to a small increase in mould infection. Apparently, copper lignosulfonate has a negative effect on the activity of combined application of potassium phosphite and/or natamycin when applied on flower bulbs.
This example describes the results of an experiment performed as described in Example 1. Just as in the experiment performed in Example 1, the pH of all solutions was adjusted to 5.7 with KOH or K2CO3which results in a mixture of two phosphites, KH2PO3 and K2HPO3.
The results obtained with a composition comprising 25% of a standard cocktail which is generally applied in practice are included. This standard cocktail contains the commercial products 0.5% (v/v) Captan (546 gram active ingredient per liter), 0.3% (v/v) Prochloraz (450 g/l) and 1% (v/v) Topsin M (500 g/l). The number of infected bulbs was scored and grouped using the well-known statistical method ANOVA (LSD at P=5% was 6.50).
Table 2 shows that the composition of this invention is ranked in the same group as the combination of natamycin and standard cocktail, meaning that the environmental friendly composition of natamycin and potassium phosphite could replace a combination of natamycin with the standard cocktail of fungicides. This example also illustrates that the composition of this invention gives a much better protection against moulds than the standard cocktail, natamycin or potassium phosphite alone. "D" is the control, untreated bulbs.
In this experiment tulip bulbs of the variety Prominence were infected just after harvesting with a spore suspension of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tulipae CBS 116593 and treated with the antifungal compositions presented in Table 3. This time, the bulbs were not planted but stored. In this experiment the efficacy of the antifungal composition during the storage of the bulbs was studied.
After harvesting, the outer dry skin of the bulbs was removed and the bulbs were disinfected by applying a treatment with 4% (v/v) Glorix® for 5 minutes. The bulbs were dried and a lesion of a few millimeters was made in the surface of the bulb using a knife. The wound was infected with 15 μl of a spore suspension of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tulipae; this way approximately 10.000 mould spores infected the wound after which the bulbs were treated with 30 μl of the compositions described in Table 3. Twenty bulbs were treated per composition. In one experiment the treatment with the antifungal composition was applied 12 hours after infection. The bulbs were incubated for 15 days at a temperature of 24° C. after which the bulbs were examined visually on mould growth. The results are presented in Table 3.
The results clearly demonstrate that the composition of this invention protects flower bulbs against mould infection during storage. It also demonstrates that when the treatment is applied 12 hours after infection, the composition of this invention even fully prevents moulding of the bulbs.
These results also demonstrate that treatment of bulbs with an antifungal composition directly after harvesting of the bulbs and before storage prevents moulding of the bulbs.
Treatment of Seed-Potatoes
This example illustrates the antifungal effect of a composition comprising natamycin and potassium phosphite on seed-potatoes against the mould Helminthosporium solani which is causing the well-known silver scurf disease on potatoes.
Freshly harvested seed-potatoes naturally contaminated with silver scurf were selected for this experiment. The seed-potatoes were treated with the compositions described in Table 4. All compositions contained 0.1% (v/v) of the sticking agent Prolong® (Holland Fyto, The Netherlands) and the surfactant Zipper® (Asepta BV, The Netherlands) in a concentration of 1 ml/l. Said compositions were sprayed on the seed-potatoes using well-known methods after which the seed-potatoes were stored under standard conditions. For each composition 9×25 seed-potatoes were used; of each composition one triple set of seed-potatoes (3×25) was judged visually on mould growth after 1 month of storage (t=1), after 3 months of storage (t=3) and after 6 months of storage (t=6). The mould growth is reported as increase of surface covered with moulds (in percentage). In addition the sporulation of the moulds on the seed-potatoes was examined and scored on a scale from 0 to 4 (0=no sporulation; 4=high sporulation). These results are presented in Table 5.
The results presented in Tables 4 and 5 clearly demonstrate that the composition of this invention is very effective in inhibiting the silver scurf mould during the storage for six months of seed-potatoes. It is also demonstrated that the composition comprising natamycin and potassium phosphite almost completely prevents sporulation of the mould during storage and by this way prevents further contamination during storage of the seed-potatoes.
Percentage of mould infected tulip bulbs after different treatments.
% of
Active ingredient infected
control 100
natamycin (0.2 g/l) 88
potassium phosphite (20 g/l) 87
copper lignosulphonate (2 g/l) 97
Mix of natamycin (0.2 g/l) and 100
copper lignosulphonate (2 g/l)
Mix of natamycin (0.5 g/l) and 95
potassium phosphite (20 g/l)
Statistical evaluation of mould infection of tulip bulbs
treated with different antifunqal compositions.
Component 1 Component 2 Score Grouping
Control (untreated) — 90.0 D
120 mM phosphite — 72.9 C
200 ppm natamycin — 76.0 C
standard cocktail — 51.5 B
200 ppm natamycin standard cocktail 38.5 A
200 ppm natamycin 120 mM phosphite 43.3 A
Infection of tulip bulbs after 15 days of storage.
Amount of bulbs with Amount of non-
Composition visible moulds (in %) infected bulbs (in %)
Control (untreated) 60 40
120 mM phosphite 50 50
500 ppm natamycin 40 60
500 ppm natamycin and 30 70
120 mM phosphite
500 ppm natamycin and 0 100
(12 hours a.i.)
Increase in percentage of the surface
of seed-potatoes covered with mould.
Treatment t = 1 t = 3 t = 6
Water (control) 3.8 3.4 7.8
Phosphite 120 mM 2.5 4.0 6.9
Natamycin 2000 ppm 1.5 3.0 3.8
Natamycin 2000 ppm and 0.8 2.5 1.2
phosphite 120 mM
Sporulation of silver scurf moulds on seed potatoes.
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Verdi Wakes the Grateful Dead
by Christopher Wilkins
August 6, 2018 July 29, 2018 by Christopher Wilkins
Next Wednesday, weather gods permitting, will find the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, One City Choir, Back Bay Chorale, and a quartet of soloists combining forces in Verdi's monumental Requiem, a work Hans von Bülow described as "opera in church vestments." After playing the immortally sprightly overture to Rossini's "Semiramide," artistic director Christopher Wilkins will summon hushed, prayerful tones to open Verdi's Mass setting. But don't worry, because an impassioned plea for salvation ensues; in the monumentally dramatic "Dies Irae e Tuba Mirum," trumpets will surround the audience and bass drums pound as if the ground were opening under the Esplanade.
We have dedicated this concert to the memory of Robert Honeysucker (1943-2017) [see BMInt tribute HERE]. His sonorous voice and expressive musicianship graced our stages many times, including our 2008 performance of the Verdi Requiem at the Hatch Shell, and our memorable Beethoven's 9th at Fenway Park. Honeysucker was not only one of America's finest baritones, he was also a true friend of Boston Landmarks Orchestra from our very beginning. We truly miss him.
Rain Date: Thursday, August 2. If it rains on August 2 as well, the concert will be held at First Church Cambridge (11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138).
Prelude concert (at approximately 6:20 pm) by North End Music & Performing Arts Center Children's Choir.
My podium notes follow.
Tonight's program begins with Gioachino Rossini. So does the history of the Verdi Requiem. Following Rossini's death in 1868, Verdi wrote to a friend, "A great name has disappeared from the world! His was the most widespread, the most popular reputation of our time, and it was a glory of Italy!"
Verdi proposed a Requiem Mass in Rossini's memory, to be performed on the first anniversary of the composer's death. Verdi's plan envisioned a collaborative work created by "the most distinguished Italian composers." Verdi's motives were altruistic but the stipulations he put on the project were impractical; the performance never took place. The portion of the work that Verdi contributed, however—the Libera me—was the starting point for what would eventually become his Messa da Requiem. In 2016 The Landmarks Orchestra gave the New England premiere of the Libera me of 1869 with the One City Choir, Back Bay Chorale, and celebrated English soprano Jane Eaglen. On that occasion the North End Music and Performing Arts Center Youth Choir joined us, as they have each of the past four seasons. We are pleased to present them again tonight in their own mini-recital.
For seven years, the One City Choir has symbolized the Landmarks Orchestra's desire to bring people together from every neighborhood of Boston. Once again a record number of choristers have signed up—so many that we have had to place them both behind and in front of the stage. They are under the brilliant leadership of Scott Allen Jarrett, Music Director of one of our most prized partner organizations, the Back Bay Chorale.
Semiramide, based on a tragic novel by Voltaire, was Rossini's thirty-fourth opera. At just thirty-two years of age, he was already the most performed composer in operatic history. Audiences lapped up his music like champagne, to which his sparkling creations were often compared.
Indeed, Rossini had a nose for the delectable, like a gourmet chef, which he also decidedly was. Dozens of culinary dishes were named after him. According to the New York Times, "If you want a phrase that summons all the voluptuous pleasure of haute cuisine in its heyday, 'Tournedos Rossini' does the trick." Characterizing Rossini's music is sometimes like describing food or drink: enticing melodies, bubbly rhythms, pungent orchestrations, and the hearty character of its structure.
Rossini's Semiramide Overture begins with his signature move: the "Rossini crescendo." A quartet of horns then introduces a stately theme. After an excited response from the whole orchestra, the horn theme returns in the woodwinds, adorned by pizzicato lines in the strings. A second crescendo leads to the main Allegro and a series of effervescent phrases. With the timing of a superb comic, Rossini puts a stop to this excitement just as it gets underway. When the music halts for a second time, a jovial second subject launches in the woodwinds. The four horns return, though this time in their traditional hunting guise, ushering in a full recapitulation of the main section ahead of a rousing coda.
In the same letter in which Verdi expressed how deeply affected he was by the loss of Rossini, he linked Rossini's name to another: "When the one other glory that is like unto it [Rossini] exists no longer… what will remain of us?" The "other glory" was the poet and novelist, Alessandro Manzoni. Verdi admired Manzoni's work not only for its literary merits, but also for the crucial role it played in the Italian Risorgimento, the mid-nineteenth century movement to unify Italy into one kingdom. Manzoni helped establish, for example, a modern linguistic style based on spoken Tuscan speech rather than the antiquated usage of the eighteenth century. Less than five years after Rossini died, Verdi received news of Manzoni's death. It was to honor the memory of Manzoni that Verdi dedicated his own Requiem Mass, the Messa da Requiem.
Verdi sets the requiem text as a series of dramatic scenes, in music that is profoundly moving and at times extraordinarily visual. Yet, while Verdi's approach is dramatic throughout—even theatrical—he wished to distance the Requiem from the world of opera. "One must not sing this Mass in the way one sings opera, and therefore phrasing and dynamics that may be fine in the theater won't satisfy me at all, not at all." He wished for purity in delivery, and for a beauty of vocal line that is the hallmark of Italian music. We are blessed with a solo quartet tonight—Meredith Hansen, Ann McMahon Quintero, Yeghishe Manucharyan, Nathan Stark—who I believe embody the qualities Verdi took pains to describe.
The text of the Requiem derives from the liturgy of the Mass for the Dead in the Roman Catholic tradition. It is a variant of the text of the mass Ordinary—the portions of the mass text that are the same for every mass. Yet the text of the Mass for the Dead was not always not a set thing. Throughout the first millennium of the church, the service for the dead was largely joyful in nature, its main purpose being to celebrate the promise of the Resurrection. But by the late fifteenth century, hell and damnation had become popular themes with the public. The church finally acceded to popular pressure and allowed the poem Dies iræ to be included in the service. At about the same time, the predominant color at memorial services changed from white to black.
Requiem e Kyrie The music begins with cellos intoning a simple descending line, as if bowed in prayer. The chorus half-whispers the opening 'Requiem… requiem aeternam' ('Rest… eternal rest') as if praying together. At the words 'et lux perpetua luceat eis' ('and may eternal light shine upon them') the music brightens from minor to major. The chorus now sings a hymn in antique style. The music of the opening returns and unexpectedly transitions into the Kyrie where for the first time solo voices emerge, then join with the full chorus in Verdian splendor.
Dies iræ The Dies iræ is by far the longest portion of the Requiem. It represents about a third of the music and half of the text. The poem comprises eleven separate sections in Verdi's setting, each flowing directly into the next.
(1) The Dies iræ begins with massive full-orchestra hammer blows as if delivered by the Supreme Judge. When these chords are repeated ten bars later, thunderous strokes in the bass drum are inserted, adding a Shakespearean "crack of doom." Downward hurtling gestures in the strings and lower brass leave no doubt as to the fate of the damned. (2) No sooner has the chorus forecast the "terror [that] will be when the Judge shall come" than eight trumpets signal that the terrible day is upon us. Four onstage trumpets are answered by four offstage. A feeling of dread builds inexorably as we are confronted with our own impending doom. By the time the chorus enters, all hell has broken loose. (3) The catastrophic clamor leads to one of the great tension-filled silences in all of music. No one dares move. 'Death and nature will be stunned,' the bass soloist stammers. In the first extended passage for solo voice, the alto proclaims that a book shall be brought forth by which the world is to be judged. The choir quakes in the background, leading to (4) a partial reprise of the opening Dies iræ music.
(5) Saving the sound of the lowest male voice for the following section, Verdi now presents the work's first ensemble, 'Quid sum miser,' a trio for soprano, alto, and tenor. The tone is more intimate and the text shifts to the first person singular. The mood becomes increasingly apprehensive until (6) the basses address the King of Dreadful Majesty directly, in music reminiscent of some of the great curses of Verdi opera. Individuals plead for mercy in a thrilling passage that eventually leads the soprano to the first of her two high C's in the Requiem.
(7) In the soprano-alto duet, 'Recordare,' the text turns to Jesus for the first time. "Recall," they plead, "that I was the reason for Your journey." Woodwinds quietly reiterate the rhythm associated with "Salva me" ("Save me") from the previous section. The vocal lines are at once consoling and unsettled, with a meandering cadenza for the soloists at the end. (8) The tenor aria, 'Ingemisco,' is the most personal passage of the Requiem. The voice of the supplicant is tinged with guilt, but gradually it strengthens in the hope of joining the flock and being placed at the right hand of God. (9) In the 'Confutatis' the bass invokes the fires of hell once again, but then pleads to be called among the blessed. (10) The opening music of the Dies iræ returns now for the third time (we will hear it a final time at the end of the Requiem). (11) A descending line in the violins leads to the 'Lacrymosa,' music originally composed for Don Carlos. It suggests the suffering of all mankind, but begins with the alto, who may represent the weeping of the Virgin Mary at the cross. An unexpected harmony on the final 'Amen' causes more uncertainty than comfort.
III. Offertorio The Offertory begins with an invocation and a prayer for deliverance from the terrors of hell. The soprano enters to express the hope that the archangel Michael will deliver the faithful into the holy light; she is accompanied by high luminous violins. The reference to Abraham and his seed is traditionally set to the self-proliferating form of a fugue, as Verdi does here. The 'Hostias,' begun quietly by the tenor, is imbued with sweet religious feeling. The fugue returns, now delivered more forcefully than the first time, before a final reminder of the opening plea for mercy.
Sanctus A mere two-and-a-half minutes in length, the Sanctus is ablaze in light. The complexity of the counterpoint is created by a double chorus, with Verdi writing here for eight separate choral parts rather than four.
In the Agnus Dei, soprano and alto spin out a gentle chant-like melody. It is answered by the chorus, and then repeated by the soloists in minor. When it returns for one more responsorial treatment, a single word extends the text to specify that the rest should be eternal. A final rising gesture in the violins points heavenward.
A constant interplay of light and darkness animate the Lux æterna. The music for three soloists suggests, in alternation, the radiance of perpetual light and the shadows of death. Again the soprano soloist is held in reserve, awaiting her prominent role in the final movement.
Robert Honeysucker singing "At the River" in 2012, one of his 11 appearances with the orchestra between 2003 and 2014.
He sang in the Verdi Requiem with the forces in 2007.
VII. We end where Verdi began, when he first conceived this Libera me as the concluding section of the Requiem for Rossini. With panic in her voice, the soprano cries out to be delivered from damnation on that day when the earth shall move. The chorus mutters its own fearful response. The hammer blows of the Dies iræ mount one last assault. The chorus sings—without accompaniment—the music the strings had played at the very opening of the Requiem. A choral fugue reveals the desperation of the gathered throngs with such vehemence that they seem "intent on achieving salvation by violence," in Francis Toye's characterization. All forces come together on the words 'Domine, libera' in music that echoes other passages in Verdi associated with the Risorgimento and political liberty. In a final dramatic gesture, the soprano rises for the second time to a ringing climax on a high C, before falling in exhaustion before the terror of the unknown. The chorus is left to utter a colorless monotone on 'Libera me,' as the orchestra offers the hope of a major chord. But the outcome has never been more in doubt. Verdi—ever the skeptic—seems to return the question of salvation back to the listener.
Christopher Wilkins was appointed Music Director of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra in the spring of 2011. Since then the orchestra has helped reaffirm founder Charles Ansbacher's vision of making great music accessible to the whole community.
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Udo Ulfkotte, a former editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the largest newspapers in Germany, admits he worked for the CIA.
He decided to tell the truth about corporate media controlled by the financial class because he fears war in Europe.
Ulfkotte said most corporate media journalists in the United States and Europe are "so-called non-official cover," they work for an intelligence agency. "I think it is especially the case with British journalists, because they have a much closer relationship. It is especially the case with Israeli journalists. Of course with French journalists. … It is the case for Australians, [with] journalists from New Zealand, from Taiwan, well, there is many countries," he said.
CIA subversion of the corporate media is well documented. Beginning in 1948, former Wall Street lawyer Frank Wisner, as the director of the Office of Special Projects (soon to become a division of the CIA), established Mockingbird, an operation designed to convert the corporate media into a propaganda vehicle for the financial elite. Wisner enlisted Philip Graham of The Washington Post to run the operation and recruit journalists, many who worked for military intelligence during the Second World War.
"By the early 1950s, Wisner 'owned' respected members of the New York Times, Newsweek, CBS and other communications vehicles," writes Deborah Davis in her book, Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and the Washington Post.
By 1953 the operation was run by CIA director Allen Dulles and held sway over virtually every large corporate news organization, including The New York Times, Time and Life magazines, and television news, particularly CBS News under the leadership of William Paley. In addition to newspapers and television news networks, the CIA controlled Hollywood and movie production.
"CIA files document additional cover arrangements with the following news gathering organizations, among others: the New York Herald Tribune, Saturday Evening Post, Scripps-Howard Newspapers, Hearst Newspapers, Associated Press, United Press International, the Mutual Broadcasting System, Reuters and The Miami Herald," Carl Bernstein, the renowned Watergate journalist, wrote in a Rolling Stone article in 1977.
Evidence the CIA's propaganda network, its "mighty Wurlitzer," as Wisner called it, existed well into the 1970s was revealed by the Church Committee.
"The CIA currently maintains a network of several hundred foreign individuals around the world who provide intelligence for the CIA and at times attempt to influence opinion through the use of covert propaganda. These individuals provide the CIA with direct access to a large number of newspapers and periodicals, scores of press services and news agencies, radio and television stations, commercial book publishers, and other foreign media outlets," a report from the committee to Congress stated in 1976.
As Alex Constantine documents, Mockingbird is still operational today under a variety of guises. One of its major progenitors, Richard Mellon Scaife, recently passed away.
Udo Ulfkotte came forward because he is afraid of a war between the United States, Europe and Russia.
For the ruling elite, the financial oligarchy in control of the United States, war is a customized tool for centralizing and maintaining power and establishing a world monetary order. Blinded by hubris and arrogance, the elite believe a war with Russia will check that nation's geopolitical aspirations, which it perceives as a threat, as it does the aspirations of China. Checking and challenging Russia is what the war in Ukraine that has of late fallen from the headlines is all about.
"In my view, our primary enemy is the U.S. and the North Atlantic bloc," General Yury Yakubov, a senior Russian Defense Ministry official, said last month.
Yakubov said Russia has merged its Air and Space Defense Forces with its land, sea and air based nuclear forces.
"In addition, it is necessary to hash out the conditions under which Russia could carry out a preemptive strike with the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces," he said.
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In the 1990s, Adidas moved its entire production to low-wage countries in Asia, but in 2015 it re-opened a factory in Germany and recently also opened one in the US. These highly automated Speed Factories in Ansbach and Georgia are only responsible for a few per cent of Adidas' total yearly production, but they guarantee extra short delivery times – one week instead of two months, to be precise. However, most of the brand's shoes are still manufactured in Asia. And Adidas is not alone. Nike also combines small-scale robotised local production with large-scale offshore factories. The textile sector is also exploring the possibilities. But why are companies moving a small share of their manufacturing activities back home? Professor Robert Boute and some of his colleagues developed a unique algorithm to answer this question.
Asia is becoming more expensive
"The phenomenon of Speed Factories is closely linked to the trend of manufacturing coming home, closer to the local market", Robert explains. "In the past ten years, labour costs in some regions of China, for example, have more than tripled, and rental prices have doubled. Production may still be cheaper in Asia for the time being, but transport and stocking costs are on the rise. Long travel distances mean longer delivery times, so companies require larger stocks - after all, e-commerce demands prompt delivery to consumers. However, they risk not selling all their stocks and their working capital is tied up until they do. Moreover, long delivery times mean companies cannot respond to rapid market changes, which is a problem because demand is becoming less and less predictable. However, there is good news too: technological advances in automation and robotisation have accelerated, and they enable us to cut down the higher labour costs and long delivery times and lower working capital costs."
Robert and his colleagues have developed an algorithm that investigates when such Speed Factories are useful, and to what extent. It takes account of the impact of the demand pattern, capacity and factor costs, stock levels, replenishment smoothing rules, delivery times and labour flexibility.
The algorithm applies to companies that rely on a supplier with long delivery times in low-wage countries and are considering setting up an additional automated Speed Factory closer to home, to respond quickly to market fluctuations. Among other things, the team modelled the impact of three typical demand patterns, each with a different type of unpredictability: (1) autocorrelated demand1, (2) stationary demand, which is unpredictable but fluctuates around an average value, and (3) non-stationary demand that can increase or decrease out of the blue. "That last pattern in particular is becoming increasingly common," Robert explains, "and social media have a lot to do with it. An influencer posts a pair of sneakers on Instagram, and orders peak from one day to the next: that the company cannot keep up, but it all changes with the next post."
The less predictable, the better
What did the analysis show? An automated Speed Factory combined with large-scale production abroad is not always equally useful. The demand pattern plays a key part in this: the more unpredictable the demand – as is the case with non-stationary demand – the greater the added value. The optimal Speed Factory is small and can even be a useful option if local production costs are higher than the price charged by the foreign manufacturer. The short delivery times allow the Speed Factories to save on stocks, and as a result also on working capital. Those savings compensate for manufacturing costs that may be higher. The greater the difference in delivery times and the more flexible the local labour force, the more attractive a Speed Factory is. The foreign manufacturer may also benefit from the Speed Factory: it will receive fewer orders, but demand will fluctuate less, resulting in lower costs for unused capacity and overtime.
How can you use the algorithm yourself? "We are currently developing a Shiny app2, an interactive online app that will allow companies to analyse where and when a Speed Factory would be viable in a fairly simple manner. You basically need to determine the break-even point by following the evolutions in foreign purchasing prices and local manufacturing costs. If the price abroad exceeds the break-even price or if the local manufacturing costs decrease below the break-even costs, it makes sense to bring part of the production home. The app will help you determine when and where to take this step."
Speed Factories are also relevant from a social point of view, as Robert explains. "The technological advances that we call 'Industry 4.0' for simplicity's sake allow us to bring part of production back home, even if only on a very small scale. It makes no sense whatsoever to keep complaining about manufacturing activities moving abroad, because what is lost will not come back. However, we can attract a new type of production. That is a positive message that does not often receive enough attention. When people claim that highly automated factories do not create jobs, my response is: "They do create jobs, but not the traditional ones. They require operators and maintenance technicians with specialised skills that we need to stimulate. Moreover, you should not lose track of the multiplier effect: an extra job in the high-tech sector offers over four jobs in other sectors in the same region - in logistics, catering and other related services."
1 In the case of an autocorrelated demand, the subsequent values of a variable are correlated according to a repeated pattern. A high demand during a specific period, for example, leads to a high demand during the subsequent period.
2 An interactive online app developed in R, a user-friendly programming language for data analysis. Shiny apps present the results of sophisticated analyses in a visually attractive manner.
Source: The paper 'Dual Sourcing and Smoothing under Non-Stationary Demand Time Series: Re-shoring with Speed Factories', including the detailed mathematical appendixes. You can request a copy from the authors.
About the authors: Robert Boute is a Full Professor in Operations Management at Vlerick Business School and at the Faculty of Economics and Business of KU Leuven. Stephen M. Disney is a Professor in Operations Management at Cardiff Business School (UK). Jan A. Van Mieghem is a Harold L. Stuart Distinguished Professor in Managerial Economics and a Professor in Operations Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (USA).
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How Do Cable Systems Fail?
Understanding how cable systems fail is one of the key elements to ensure reliability. Insight into empirical evidence and lessons learned after profiling over 130 million feet of installed 5kV to 500kV class cable systems will debunk some common theories and myths associated with solid dielectric cable failure. This insight has triggered a revolutionary life-cycle approach to cable system reliability that provides clear direction on product selection, system design, installation practices, commissioning, system operation, assessment of aging infrastructure, and repair and replacement strategies. Implementation of this new paradigm across multiple large-scale programs has demonstrated dramatic reliability improvements at substantially lower costs than legacy approaches.
With the oncoming wave of underground distribution cable systems (URD) reaching their expected end-of-life, utility asset managers are facing significant challenges balancing reliable power delivery with budget constraints. Using age as the determining factor for when to replace URD systems is not financially viable; nor is run-to-fail publicly acceptable. To provide the expected level of reliability within an acceptable budget, asset managers must find a more effective way of making repair and replacement decisions and develop a sustainable life-cycle approach.
This webinar will provide a brief overview of emerging trends in the design and maintenance of URD systems. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the planning, installation, and end-of-life of their underground cable systems.
Utility, renewables, industrial, and commercial operations have lost millions of dollars due to the use of ineffective test practices which cannot detect defects (incipient faults) in critical power cable systems. This unfortunate situation has provided the industry with a wealth of case studies and is driving the new industry best practice of specifying an assessment technology and technique that is comparable to factory quality control tests.
Data collected at over 180 renewable energy sites and over 90 million feet of cable assessment over the last decade demonstrates a dramatic improvement in reliability performance where this best practice was implemented.
Wind farm operators are required to achieve high plant availability while minimizing maintenance dollars. While much of the industry focus has been on the wind turbines themselves, there is a growing recognition that small investments in balance of plant maintenance, especially the cable system, provides a significant return on investment.
On the basis of the IMCORP Factory Grade® technology, the presenters of this webinar have foot by foot profiles of cable systems at over 180 renewable energy sites and over 90 million feet of cable assessment experience. This webinar will review the anatomy of wind farm cable system failures and their financial impact, provide statistics on the probability of substandard components, and layout operating and maintenance strategies to minimize cost and maximize cable collector system reliability.


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What makes this 50-year-old floral business different from the rest
An arrangement designed by Barbara Schneider in the English Garden style. Schneider and her husband created unique one of kind arrangements that are a departure from the traditional florist style. CONTRIBUTED
By Beth Anspach
Tucked away inside a small building on Far Hills Avenue in Centerville is a floral shop that focuses on the unique. Far Hills Florist has been serving the Dayton and Centerville communities for more than 50 years.
"It was my husband's (Jeff) father's business," said Barbara Schneider, an owner of Far Hill Florist along with her husband, who officially bought the business from his dad in 1995. "Today we offer the best, highest quality flowers at the onset and created styles that are unique and different."
Barbara and Jeff are "artisan" florists and prefer to work with flowers that most people wouldn't think of as long lasting.
"We tend to create in two drastically different styles," Schneider said. "The English Garden style uses a lot of different types of plant materials and we like the French Compact style, which we tend to do more than anything else."
These styles lend themselves well to square cubes and Barbara said they line their vases with leaves to create more interest.
"It's the care of the flowers that makes them last," Schneider said. "We pay a lot of attention to that kind of thing."
Teaching customers to care for their floral creations is key, according to Schneider, who is often invited to speak at area garden clubs. Over the years, Schneider has learned much about the floral field, including the unique arrangements and styles she creates today and tricks to help make them last longer.
Schneider's interest in flowers began in childhood when she grew her own garden and preserved dried arrangements. She thought she would like to going into interior design but ended up becoming an accountant because she said it was difficult to find good design schools.
"I was good with numbers and accounting and being a designer seemed like an unattainable thing," Schneider said. "I was always creative and continued designing as a hobby."
When she met her husband, and learned he came from a family of florists, her passion for decorating with flowers accelerated. Jeff Schneider had gone to design school and had worked in the floral shops with his father, creating more traditional arrangements. But he was a mechanical engineer when he and Schneider met.
"We decided to return to the florist industry after we got married because he missed it," Schneider said. "We see our customers all the time and we have become friends and that's what I love about it. The hustle and the bustle of this life brought us back to it."
The couple complements one another with their strengths: Schneider's is in color design and her husband's is mechanics of design. When they started out in the field together, they had two shops in the Dayton area. But at the end of 2000, they decided to combine forces at the current location in Centerville, where they remain today.
"We are not traditional," Schneider said. "We are executing our own vision of what we think a floral shop should be."
This includes having a large and sometimes unique selection of plants available year-round. Customers coming to the shop this time of year will find seasonal spring flowers like hyacinths and tulips, often purchased from countries all over the world.
Their family business has grown through mostly word of mouth and recommendations from longtime customers. And of course, through cultivating and building strong, close relationships with their clients.
"I enjoy what I do because I get to be creative and make people happy," Schneider said. "I do a lot of wedding flowers and when I see how happy I've made them with what I have created, it makes me feel complete."
Over the years, Far Hills Florist customers have moved from weddings, to having children to grandchildren. Customers who buy flowers for their weddings often come back for special occasions in their lives.
"It's satisfying to develop those relationships with our clients," Schneider said. "Anyone can say they are different, but people who walk into our shop or see our photos on social media get the idea that our designs are not every day cookie cutter. We have built a good reputation."
Far Hills Florist supports the local community by donating flowers by request to non-profits. They also support Centerville Schools and local churches by giving the gift of flowers.
"I think most people would be shocked to see what we have in our store," Schneider said. "We have a really great selection of plants and unique home and garden gifts as well."
Visit the shop online at farhillsflorist.com or at 278 N. Main Street in Centerville.
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NS1 now supports CERT resource records for storing certificates in DNS. Part of encrypting sensitive content involves verifying the authenticity of the sending and receiving parties. CERT records store and provide that information.
Defined by RFC 4398 which is updated by 6944, CERT resource records provide a space in the DNS for certificates and related certificate revocation lists (CRLs). These certificates verify the authenticity of the sending and receiving parties. The CRLs identify the certificates that are no longer valid.
Secure communications are essential for any business. One industry in particular that benefits from DNS CERT records for secure email is the healthcare industry. The healthcare industry handles millions of pieces of sensitive patient information every day. Organizations in this industry benefit from DNS CERT records that allow them to send patient information via secure email. Directtrust, a non-profit consortium of healthcare organizations, developed and promulgates the technology healthcare organizations can use to securely exchange healthcare information. This solution facilitates faster healthcare results for patients while keeping organizations in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
In addition to maintaining email security, you still need to follow DNS best practices on your network. Maintaining redundancy with a secondary DNS provider is essential to avoid a single point of failure in your DNS network. Both your primary and secondary DNS providers need to support CERT records in order to maintain redundancy for your encryption configuration.
NS1 is now able to add that security for your DNS needs along with all of the other benefits of our global DNS network. This solution is available whether you need primary DNS, secondary DNS, or both, using our Dedicated DNS solution. Get in touch with us to discuss your projects and goals for secure email with CERT records.


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United Way AmeriCorps Member 2020-2021 – Lynn, Salem, and Gloucester MA
LOCATION: Lynn, Salem, and Gloucester, MA
About AmeriCorps and the United Way AmeriCorps Program:
AmeriCorps is a national community service program that gives people an opportunity to apply their skills and ideals towards helping others and meeting critical needs in the community. The United Way AmeriCorps Program is an innovative young program that places 30 AmeriCorps Members in schools and nonprofit organizations throughout Lynn, Salem, and Gloucester, MA, to help implement programs designed to reduce the school dropout rate among English Learners in grades K-12 by supporting social-emotional and academic needs. AmeriCorps Members serve with their host sites, either in a school or a community based nonprofit that provides services to young people. Members provide structured tutoring and mentoring support to English Learners, helping them succeed academically and develop their social-emotional skills. Youth typically range in age from 8-17, depending on the site. AmeriCorps Members complete 1700 hours of service from their start date in September 2020 to July 2021. Collectively, the service of the AmeriCorps Members ensures a holistic approach throughout the community to reduce the barriers to academic success for English Learners and their families.
About United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley:
We unite to create positive, lasting change for people in need. We call it harnessing the power of people working together. And that means everyone — individuals, nonprofits, companies, and government agencies. We work every day to achieve our vision and mission by focusing on two foundations of better lives: Financial Opportunity and Educational Success.
AmeriCorps Service Requirements:
Complete a minimum of 1700 hours of documented service over the course of one year, as well as the full-term of service (September 2020 – July 2021)
Attend all Corps wide training and learning sessions
Complete all required AmeriCorps documentation and reporting
Member Qualifications:
Must be a US Citizen or Permanent US Resident
Between the ages of 17 and 29 as of August 1st 2020
Preferred Member Qualifications:
Experience with and/or commitment to youth development
Interest in nonprofit organizations and/or public schools, and their development
Organization and communication skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Passion for national and community service
Desire to work with diverse people, organizations and communities
Positive attitude, flexibility and adaptability
Position Benefits:
$17,000 taxable living allowance paid in bi-weekly installments
$6,195 Segal Education Award upon completion of service
Paid health, dental, and vision insurance
Loan Forbearance
Uniform parts
Free YMCA Membership for the year (Access to Lynn, Salem, and Gloucester YMCAs)
Training and networking opportunities among a core groups of Corps Members and other nonprofit professionals.
Access to the United Way network for resources during and after service
AmeriCorps Member Selection Timeline:
Application deadline for the 2020-2021 year is July 2020. Applicants will be notified on a rolling basis as applications are reviewed.
September 8th to September 25th, 2020 – Three week full team AmeriCorps Member orientation focused on understanding AmeriCorps, United Way, professional development and team building.
September 28th, 2020 – AmeriCorps Members begin full time service at sites
Join Our 2020-2021 Team Today!
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Come previsto dalla legge n. 51 del 27 maggio 2019, il collegio è stato definito tramite decreto legislativo all'interno della circoscrizione Emilia-Romagna.

Il collegio comprende la zona definita dai quattro collegi uninominali Emilia-Romagna - 04 (Modena), Emilia-Romagna - 05 (Imola), Emilia-Romagna - 06 (Bologna) e Emilia-Romagna - 07 (Carpi) quindi tutto il territorio della città metropolitana di Bologna e della provincia di Modena e i 3 comuni di Baiso, Casalgrande e Castellarano in provincia di Reggio Emilia.

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 Collegi elettorali della Camera dei deputati del 2020

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Supreme Engages Leading Financial Communications Firm Bayfield Strategy
September 28, 2017 /in 2017, Press Release /by admin
TSXV: FIRE
TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2017 /CNW/ – Supreme Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Supreme" or the "Company") (TSXV: FIRE) is pleased to announce that it has retained Bayfield Strategy, Inc. ("Bayfield") to provide comprehensive Investor and Public Relations. Bayfield will work with Supreme's leadership team to achieve its broad communications goals to support growth with a focus on expanding capital markets awareness and enhance engagement with shareholders and stakeholders.
"Supreme, through its wholly-owned subsidiary 7ACRES, is committed to producing high quality cannabis at scale. Our focus to date has been developing a core competency and proprietary value in cultivation, building out our state-of-the-art Hybrid Greenhouse facility, raising capital to fund growth and graduating to the TSX Venture. Having now achieved a significant milestone, moving into revenue and undergoing significant expansion, we believe Bayfield will be a strong partner for disseminating our story to a broader investor audience and the management of our existing stakeholders. We believe Bayfield's unique offering of investor relations, public relations and government relations is an ideal combination for a public company in the highly regulated nascent cannabis industry in Canada, " said John Fowler, CEO of Supreme.
For Investor Relations, please contact:
Jenni Byrne
Bayfield Strategy, Inc.
Email: IR@supreme.ca
Supreme is a Canadian publicly traded company committed to becoming a leading cultivator and distributor of sun grown cannabis through its wholly owned subsidiary 7ACRES. 7ACRES is a federally licensed producer of medical cannabis pursuant to the ACMPR operating inside a 342,000 sq. ft. Hybrid Greenhouse facility. The Hybrid Greenhouse combines the best technology of indoor production with the efficiencies and sustainability of a greenhouse, in a single large-format production footprint. Please visit www.supreme.ca and www.7acres.com for more information.
About Bayfield
Bayfield Strategy, Inc. is leading financial communications firm that represents public companies, private equity firms, hedge funds and high-profile individuals in mandates across Canada, the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom.
SOURCE Supreme Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Investor Relations, Jenni Byrne, Bayfield Strategy, Inc., Email: IR@supreme.ca, Website: www.supreme.ca
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to increased hunger and overeating) similar to eating a handful of jelly beans! The higher fiber content in sweet potatoes blunts this effect, while still delivering the filling, satisfying comfort food you crave. That's why they're often called the "anti-diabetic" food, because they actually stabilize blood sugar levels.
Sweet potatoes are also loaded with beta-carotene, fiber, B vitamins, calcium, potassium, and iron. And get this: Research has shown that when the cyanidins, peonidins, and other phytonutrients in sweet potatoes pass through your digestive tract, they may lower the possible health risk from toxins like heavy metals (such as lead and mercury that may sneak into your diet) and oxygen radicals.
Sweet Potatoes not only are good for you, but are also extremely versatile and can add much needed nutrients to the every day foods you and your family already eat. Here are 13 ways you can incorporate my Carrot-Sweet Potato Base Blend into your favorite snacks and meals.
Stir them into soups to add creaminess—without the cream.
Use them to replace half the fat and sugar in baked goods, like muffins.
Ditto breakfast items such as pancakes and waffles.
Mix them into nut butters.
Stir them into any red sauces, like marinara or pizza sauces.
Add them to replace some of the cheese in recipes like mac and cheese or quesadillas.
Mix them into store-bought hummus.
Add them to condiments, like ketchup and mustard.
Try them in salad dressings.
Use them in brown gravies.
Doctor up prepared baked beans with them.
Mix them into meaty dishes, like meatloaf.
What if I told you that you could eat some of football fans' most popular dishes without the guilt?
Football Sundays are a day for fans to indulge themselves in finger foods, sandwiches, and sweet treats.Typically these foods are not the healthiest, especially hot wings, pizza, dips, and good ole' greasy burgers. These deliciously healthy alternatives will get you game day ready! Packed with added nutrients from hidden veggies but you'll never know it. You surely won't be sacrificing any taste here.
Creamy Kale Guac – Guacamole is healthy in and of itself, but it's also one of those calorie-dense foods that can go from a snack to a meal pretty quickly. The blend in this version extends the volume of the dish by 50 percent, while taking down the calories.
Curried Deviled Eggs – I use Chickpea-Zucchini Base Blend as a stand-in for the mayo in this recipe. It lends a creamy hummus-like texture that makes the eggs healthier and lighter— with half the calories of the standard sat-fat-laden version. If you're not a curry fan, leave it out; they'll taste just as yummy without it.
Mac and Cheese – The secret to this totally diet-friendly version of mac and cheese? The blend and cauliflower florets add volume—so you get to eat more—and I use super flavorful cheeses.
Crab and Artichoke Dip – This dip is so decadent you almost won't believe it doesn't have the cream cheese, sour cream, mayo, and tons of Parm traditional versions have.
Doctor's Choice Chili – Chili is one of a Sneaky Chef's best hiding places. As I tested this recipe, I was astonished at the amount of puree that could disappear into this firehouse favorite.
Brainy Brownies – It's hard to believe that brownies can be healthy, but this recipe " takes the cake." My baker friend Karen worked for days with me on this one and cringed every time I wanted to add another sneaky (i.e. wholesome) ingredient, yet I knew it could be done.
Turkey Burgers – I'm usually not a fan of turkey burgers; they're so bland and hockey-puck-like. The spices in my version punch up the flavor and the Black Bean–Blueberry–Baby Kale Base Blend adds moistness and a "beefiness" to the burgers.
Crunchy Kale Crust Pizza – I'm always on the lookout for a pizza crust that isn't just a refined carb fest—and this is one of the best I've ever had. It's incredibly good for you in and of itself, not just a delivery system for the sauce and cheese. What's not to love?
Be sure to stop by my Facebook page Super Bowl Sunday to share a picture of your football spread for a chance to receive an autographed copy of my new book Sneaky Blends! Packed with over 100 hidden veggie recipes.
Are you struggling with your New Year's Resolutions?
My Blends Cleanse Reboot is so easy and so delicious. Check out the video below for a quick preview and further below you'll find my 3 Day Reboot and some tips on how to incorporate them into your everyday life to help you maintain both a healthy weight and good nutrition all year long.
next few days. More instructions in my book Sneaky Blends that give you more how-what-why details.
Replace three meals a day with the purees below for three days. Follow the exact recipes and portion sizes, and promise me you won't skip.
Eat two snacks each day—and dessert. You'll find the quick-fix recipes later in this chapter.
Stick to the Cleanse Blend options in the meal chart below. They're designed to give you the right balance of nutrients from a variety of foods over the course of the day. If you only eat one blend, you'll miss out.
Couldn't be easier, right? Oh, and don't forget to weigh yourself before you start the Reboot and then again on the morning of day four so you can measure your results!
We all have our favorite holiday recipes that the family requests every year. If your house is anything like mine, the less healthy they are, the more they are liked. This year you can serve the same recipes with a Sneaky Twist while keeping the flavor and eliminating some unnecessary extra calories and fat.
I am always looking for new tips to add to my list, so please share your healthy cooking tips and tricks in the comment section below.
In recipes where you use water, use a nutritious liquid instead. Water by itself doesn't add any nutrients.
Milk adds calcium, vitamin D and protein.
Blueberry or pomegranate juice adds a concentrated dose of immune-building phytochemicals and a day's worth of vitamin C.
Green tea provides a significant dose of heart-protecting antioxidants and builds immunity.
Vegetable broth provides potassium, calcium and all of the essential minerals.
Chicken or beef broth adds minerals and protein.
Add pureed vegetables (white bean base blend) to your holiday mac-n-cheese and a little extra cheese to get that creamy consistency you want.
Add pureed cauliflower to mash potatoes to cut down on the carbs. Click for Cauliflower Base Blend Recipe.
Add green pureed veggies, like my Sweet Pea-Baby Kale Base Blend, to your holiday meatballs, more nutrients and same great taste!
Stir in some green or orange blend to gravy for added nutrients. Click for my gravy recipe!


HBO has consistently stayed on the cutting edge of new programming. And judging from the trailer for the new Issa Rae series Insecure, HBO is showing no signs of stopping.
At last, Issa Rae's long gestating HBO series Insecure has finally received a series order. We couldn't be more excited.


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