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Our Contract With The People
Politics is about choosing people to best represent you, your community and your country. People who have experience and drive, who are not afraid to shy from the truth and are willing to make the right choices so Scotland and our children will prosper. Talking a good game should not excuse failure, now is the time for Reform.
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Meet our candidates
Mid Scotland & Fife
Alan Melville
Alan is leading the Reform UK Scotland list in Central Scotland. He holds Masters' degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and has taught in both schools and universities. A committed libertarian, he considers lockdowns economically illiterate and socially devastating. He has finally found the political home that he has been seeking since the Brexit vote.
Alan can be contacted at [email protected]
Andy MacMillan
Andy MacMillan is leading Reform UK Scotland's Glasgow list. He was born in Glasgow, moving to London and Manchester as a child before returning to Glasgow to finish schooling. Andy left school at 16 to start an engineering apprenticeship at the British Leyland Albion Works. He later went on to study, as a 22 year old mature student, Politics & Economic History at the University of York. After graduation Andy returned to Glasgow where he has lived ever since. He started his own business over 20 years ago, which has been successful enough over the years to support both his family and himself. Andy MacMillan and his family are regular everyday people, who have the same hopes, dreams, worries and problems as most other folk. His entire family has been educated in the state school system and like so many they rely upon the NHS for their health care Andy can be contacted at [email protected]
Jamie-Lee Mcmillan
Jamie-Lee Mcmillan is the second candidate on Reform UK Scotland's Glasgow list. For many years he was a metalworker (armour and weapon smithing), then going on to study counselling for a time before moving to writing a year prior to the first lockdown. Outwith campaigning for a better Glasgow, he enjoys playing both the piano and the guitar. He is standing for Reform UK Scotland with the intent of first abolishing the hate crime act and then introducing a strong and robust bill for freedom of both speech and expression. He is also heavily invested in reforming our education system as for far too long has it failed us all. Jamie-Lee can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
Sandra Skinner
Sandra is our lead candidate on the Highlands and Islands list.
Sandra is an active community volunteer, participating in various community groups and supporting local salmon fishermen following the Scottish Government's ban on the centuries-old tradition of coastal salmon-netting.
During her twenty plus years in the heavy fabrication industry it saddened her to see politicians across all parties preside over Scotland's industrial demise. Her passion to reverse this motivated her to stand in the 2015 GE; 2017 Council Elections; 2019 GE and again in this up-coming Scottish Election. It was also a driving force behind her decision to campaign to leave the European Union in 2016.
Our SG has long championed renewables, indeed former FM Alex Salmond once claimed Scotland had the potential to be the "Saudi Arabia of renewables". A decade ago SNP promised to deliver a renewable 'jobs bonanza' with Mr Swinney promising 28,000 jobs, yet in Feb 2020 it was reported only 6% of these jobs had been delivered, the vast majority having gone overseas. From the many communications she penned to newspapers, politicians and enterprise groups, the response has been either a) political speak excusing 'no change', or b) details of plans to reverse the decline, likely developed by persons with business know-how, however clearly not within heavy industry! The negative economic, social and health consequences of extensive lockdown restrictions will be long-lasting, with revenue shortfalls from failing businesses and rising unemployment adversely affecting public services across the country. Scotland's politicians and political parties have failed us, more than ever we need political change, new blood to drive much-needed innovative policies to deliver.
Whether developing a Space Hub or Windfarm Projects; decommissioning Scotland's Oil & Gas Platforms or building MOD vessels, the political enthusiasm to ensure a level of 'in-country' procurement to provide the skilled local jobs necessary to deliver that much promised Second Industrial Revolution is essential.
Free of EU State Aid and Procurement Regulations offers an ideal opportunity to deliver Scotland's much needed Reform.
If elected to the Scottish Parliament, Sandra promises to work tirelessly towards:
pursuing a safe and timely exit from lockdown to minimise it's economic, social and health impacts;
supporting hard hit businesses towards a full post-Covid recovery to safeguard jobs;
ensuring local jobs for local communities from Scotland's renewable and decommissioning contracts;
reversing the centralised control of Health & Public Services while increasing council budgets to improve local spend & decision making powers;
improving Highland connectivity & infrastructure: broadband, roads and public transport;
increasing investment in hospitality & tourism across the Highlands;
supporting Scotland's farming & fishing through this Brexit transition and to realise the opportunities afforded from an expanded international market;
facilitating the political change necessary to reverse Scotland's economic decline and deliver improved healthcare; education; housing and public services for all.
Sandra can be contacted at [email protected]
Les Durance
Les is the second candidate on Reform UK Scotland's Highlands and Islands list.
After a long career in the police, Les is standing for Reform UK Scotland to change politics for good.
Les can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
Kate Brownlie
Kate is the third candidate on Reform UK Scotland's Highlands and Islands list. Kate's been an educational psychologist for 17 years and teacher of primary, secondary, AEN and VI for 12 years before that. There is nothing about schools & education she doesn't know – "head teachers often confide in us when there's nowhere else to turn!". Young people with anxiety, autism, ADHD, mental health & behaviour issues are her focus. Through parent consultations, she comes across children and families devastated by the side effects of vaccine damage. In this context, she is understandably wary about the speed at which the new Covid vaccines have been developed and has followed immunologists, virologists and public health officials closely over the past year. It's clear that a lot of science is being actively suppressed. Kate's first degree was Biology & Environmental Science with 10 years as a nature reserves warden in Norn Irn(!) Monitoring internationally important seabird colonies with puffins, razorbills, guillemots, kittiwakes & peregrine falcons, putting up fences, building paths, rescuing baby seals, bird & butterfly surveys and habitat management were all part of a day's work, She opened the first environmental visitor centre in NI with its displays, educational walks and summer Talks & Tours for adults learning about the countryside. Her commitment to the environment is lifelong and she is annoyed by false claims of global warming blamed upon carbon dioxide. Kate recognises these globalist excuses for control and extra taxes. "You can be sure the elite will still have their jet flights – whilst YOU won't have coal & wood for your fire or gas for your central heating as they push for 'electricity only' – that can be switched off at source. Agenda 2030 and "sustainable cities" tells all. Plants need carbon dioxide to make oxygen, and we need oxygen to breathe. The more CO2, the better crops grow. In the Earth's past, CO2 levels have been much higher. And the world didn't end. Folks – there is NO climate emergency. Greta is wrong! Just another bought-and-sold public figure. Kate spent 12 years as a single parent. She knows how tough that can be and has great empathy for those that 'make it on their own'. To overcome family illness, she studied acupuncture, reflexology, aromatherapy, energy medicine, sound healing, nutrition & qualified in Functional Medicine a few years ago. Kate also worked as in local government and in public relations, sales & parliamentary lobbying in London. She loves singing and has taken part in many musicals & theatrical performances, winning several awards for folk music. She was first put on the stage by the famous Irish playwright Frank McGuiness in 'the Scottish play' and has remained friends with him and her 1970s graduate friends, whom she sees every two years to reminisce and play Irish music! Kate was a Brexit Party candidate in 2019 and says: I won't make specific promises; my actions will depend on what YOU tell me needs to be done. A priority will be to re-establish a sense of community & caring after the horrendous isolating lockdowns and stripping away of personal autonomy that we've seen in the past year. The right to make a living and hug your own family, must be restored and never again traded for 'safety'. Personal medical information must never again be plundered by the State for an agenda. Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Kate can be contacted at [email protected]
Derek Winton
Derek Winton is leading the Reform UK Scotland list in the Lothian Region. He was born in Dundee, Scotland, the son of a Nurse and an RAF Aircraft Technician. Moving to Edinburgh in 1996 to study an MA in Philosophy and Mathematics he has, with the exception of a short period in England to study an MSc in Computational Intelligence and a year of overseas travel, lived in Edinburgh ever since. Derek now lives in the Abbeyhill area of Edinburgh and works as a software developer and management consultant. "I am incredibly lucky to live in one of the most beautiful cities, in one of the most beautiful regions, in the world. We have vast resources of talent, creativity and innovation and we will need to harness all of them to overcome the huge medical, economic and social challenges that face us." Covid-19, the disease caused by Sars-CoV-2 is the most serious health crisis we have faced in our lifetime. Unfortunately our response has been led more by panic than clear-headed science. The analysis driving the imposition of previously unimaginable restrictions has failed to take into account the incredible damage to our society and our children's futures and there is, sadly, a very real possibility that the measures taken have been ineffective or even made matters worse. Derek's Message I will be standing on the platform that the UK and Scottish government responses to the coronavirus pandemic have been a failed experiment on the British people and that both governments must do whatever it takes to avoid any future suspension of our fundamental human rights. Reform UK Scotland are the only party with the courage and vision to stand against lockdowns and offer a positive, evidence-based alternative to the blinkered approaches of the governing parties that have shown callous disregard for the consequences to the most vulnerable in our society." Derek can be contacted at [email protected]
Mev Brown
Mev is the second candidate on Reform UK Scotland's Lothian list.
He is a freelance political analyst, writer & pollster, Search "mev brown poll", for more information. He has worked in the homeless sector for 18 years, gaining insight into homelessness, housing, drug and alcohol addiction. He has been active in politics since 2004. During the 2016 EU referendum he was the chief spokesman for Business for Britain, affiliated to the Vote Leave campaign. Prior to the homeless sector, he worked in the recruitment and the IT sectors.
Mev can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
Kenneth Morton
Kenneth is our lead candidate in Mid Scotland and Fife.
Kenneth is a rural surveyor and agricultural valuer who has worked both in private practice and for some of Scotland's largest organisations and landowners. Having grown up and been schooled at Cumnock Academy in Ayrshire and thereafter gone to Aberdeen University, Kenneth's first job was in in Lancashire assisting in the management of estates where he stayed for 6 years, relocating back to Ayrshire in 2005 and then Stirlingshire, having spells with Forestry & Land Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland, before latterly moving to Perthshire and most recently working for SSE.
Kenneth has always had a libertarian bent, understanding that government should be as small as possible and should not unnecessarily intrude on people's lives, the current example of the lockdown being a transgression too far, where Governments have sought to impose across the board solutions to the benefit of one small section of society but resulting in other areas of society being substantially worse with people's lives being destroyed or people dying through other causes due to imposing their will based on interpretations of a limited pool of scientists with inaccurate models and failing to understand the underlying issues and therefore the appropriate measures to take to minimise the impact of COVID19 for society as a whole. Kenneth currently lives in the Carse of Gowrie, overlooking the Tay with his wife of 10 years and pet springer spaniel and enjoys a number of hobbies including reading sci-fi and computers and outdoor pursuits such as fly fishing and walking.
Kenneth's Message:
Both the UK and Scottish Government have failed on their COVID19 strategies, failed to protect the vulnerable, failed to protect jobs, failed to protect the environment, failed to protect fisheries, failed to protect our heritage, failed to protect free speech, failed to protect right to protest, failed to protect our education, failed to protect family life and failed to protect our culture. I am standing to ensure that these failures do not happen again and will do everything in my power to reverse those failures which have gone before.
Kenneth can be contacted at [email protected]
Vicky McCann
Vicky is the second candidate on Reform UK Scotland's Mid Scotland and Fife list. She holds a B.Ed. degree in Physical Education and was a lecturer in Sports Coaching & Health and Fitness in Edinburgh, and is also a successful professional natural bodybuilder and businesswoman. Vicky feels that politics isn't reflecting the real world and that it needs an injection of reality and common sense . She has chosen to stand for Reform UK Scotland because of our strong stance against lockdowns and the restriction of civil liberties and our positive plans for Education and the Economy.
Vicky can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
John Cox
John is our lead candidate in the North East Scotland region. John is currently a member of Aberdeenshire Council having served as a councillor for 30 years. He initially stood for local government on the former Banff & District Council. During this time he has been the driver of almost £50m of local investment in the area. He previously worked in the food processing and hospitality industries. He was MD of Scotland's largest privately owned Scottish seafood companies, supplying seafood to retailers throughout the UK and France. In recent years he has owned several hotels and hospitality venues, taking them from closure to being thriving businesses.
John currently holds various posts including Chair of NE Scotland Fisheries Partnership, Chair of Strategic Development Authority City & Shire. His main political interests are economic development and planning. He has a strong track record of business development and delivery of community projects and facilities. He is standing for Reform UK Scotland to bring a new, positive politics to Scotland. His priority is to deliver the best for all and to free people from centralised and unsustainable policies, allowing us to deliver a higher wage economy, greater prospects for our children and proper care for the elderly. John's interests out with politics includes martial arts – he is a former 5th Dan Shotokan. He is married to Adelaine, a teacher, and has four children.
John can be contacted at [email protected]
Jim Whitelaw
Jim is the second candidate on Reform UK Scotland's North East Scotland list. Jim can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
Greig Mair
Greig is the third candidate on Reform UK Scotland's North East Scotland list. Greig left school at 17 years old to enter into a glazing apprenticeship, where he served his time working in the building trade. As the industry changed, Greig moved on to study and gain software development qualifications and gained work experience in the field. He still holds a keen interest in programming and technology in general. He has currently spent the last 20 years as a postal worker and enjoys being part of the local community where he lives and delivers. Greig has decided to run as a Reform UK candidate because he is deeply troubled by both the UK and Scottish governments handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. He is concerned with the unnecessary constant closing and opening of schools, along with the unscientific and potentially damaging mitigations now introduced, such as cohort groups and masks. These will have devastating effects on children of all ages and academic staff, and of course, families, creating negative consequences for the whole of society now and well into the future. In April 2020, Greig helped set up the Facebook campaign group Us For Them Scotland. Around 14,000 members take part in calls for action to get all school children in Scotland back into full-time education as normal. Greig says, "Only Reform UK are talking about getting our children back into, in-school full-time education, without unnecessary, unscientific and harmful mitigations. Reform UK also has policies to support academic staff and improve educational standards in the future. We need to put a halt to the current destruction now. Otherwise, we will be to blame for the annihilation of a whole generation. I can't sit back and let that happen." Greig can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
Samantha Evans
Sam is the fourth candidate on Reform UK Scotland's North East Scotland list. She was born and raised in Arbroath, where she still lives with her family. In her spare time Samantha's passion is fitness, she started bodybuilding in 2015 competing as an amateur athlete before progression led her to take the 2018 Title for BNBF Miss Physique British Champion, she then went on to take 2nd place competing at the DFAC World Bodybuilding competition held in Miami. Samantha prides herself on her work ethic – her first job at age 13 was a shop assistant at her grandfathers fish shop until she left school at which point she began working in retail holding several jobs simultaneously. After starting a family she attended Angus college for two years whilst working to complete a HNC in business management before starting her career in the financial industry where she still works today with over 20 years experience as a wealth planner with a level 4 diploma in regulated financial planning Following the end of the 1st lockdown Samantha started to research and question the media & governments continuous contradictions to COVID measures, what started off as a 3 week lockdown to flatten the curve has seen the narrative then changed causing some extremely concerning draconian measures. Through her own research of the government website things just didn't add up and there seemed to be a lack of scientific evidence produced to back up these enforced draconian measures. Samantha became very concerned about the lasting affects these measures were having on children, the elderly and peoples mental health having had numerous suicides in her local town. During this time, Samantha started to research the current political parties running in Scotland and was very concerned to see the damage that had been done to the Scottish economy and decided that she could no longer sit back and do nothing, and needed to do something to support change for the sake of everyone's future, especially that of our children who are the forefront of the next generation. She was impressed with what she had seen from Reform UK and that the people standing were from all walks of life and shared a mutual feeling that things needed to be changed so the country could grow rather than being oppressed. Sam can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
Michelle Ballantyne
Michelle is our leader and is leading Reform UK Scotland's South Scotland list.
Michelle is a qualified nurse with 27 years' service in the NHS in both clinical, predominantly working in Intensive Care, and managerial roles.
This was followed by 11 years in the Third Sector heading up a drug and alcohol service for children and offenders and a service for children with social and behavioural issues.
Michelle is an experienced businesswoman and is still a director of the successful manufacturing company that she and her husband established 30 years ago.
Volunteering has always been an important part of Michelle's life and she is currently the Managing Trustee of a large estate left for the benefit of the community as well as patron of a community hub and foodbank.
Michelle became involved with politics in 2010 and was elected as a Scottish Borders Councillor in 2012 where she led the Scottish Conservative Group. In 2017 Michelle became an MSP for South of Scotland.
Michelle has been married to Neil for 37 years and together they have six children.
Michelle can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
David Kirkwood
David is the second candidate on Reform UK Scotland's South Scotland list.
After over 50 years living in Lanarkshire, in 2016 he and his wife and younger daughter moved to Moffat and have renovated a house in the town.
Educated at Chapelton Primary, Strathaven Academy and Larkhall Academy. Studied metallurgy and engineering at Glasgow College of Technology and the University of Strathclyde, culminating in the award of an MSc in Engineering in 1987.
Vacation employments included working on military radar production with Ferranti and process working in heat treatment for ICI, which involved in a near-death industrial poisoning. He has now signed the Official Secrets Act three times.
He started working for money at age 9, cleaning machines and doing simple lathe operations in the new family business, a machine shop. He has been working ever since, in businesses of all sizes and kinds, many of them owner-managed.
His only full time job was as a senior engineer and research scientist in a major West of Scotland manufacturer from which he was made redundant after eight years.
Since 1994 he has been fully self-employed, firstly as the owner of a small factory manufacturing a range of high-precision electrolytic gas welders, which he designed himself.
In 1997 he started to sell his services to the IT and consulting industries and has now fulfilled technical and managerial contracts for over three dozen companies across Europe. These have ranged from designing data handling architecture for one of Europe's premier industrial design companies through analysing regulatory reporting for a major Swedish bank and testing a ticketing system for a ferry company, to being in charge of $200Bn nightly processing for the world's biggest bank.
David voted for Scottish independence in 2014 and for the UK to leave the European Union in 2016, and sees no inherent contradiction in these votes. He joined the SNP in 1976 and voted for them in every election since, until the 2019 General Election when he voted, but spoiled his paper.
Sick of being told how to live his life by people who plainly had no idea how to live their own and appeared to be enjoying bossing others around far too much, he became a supporter of ReformUK Scotland in late 2020 and was adopted as a PPC in January 2021. His hope is to bring a commercial urge for fast results, combined with an engineering regard for rigour and a small-business necessity for economy to the business of government. He is especially eager to reform the creation of statutes so that they are at least intelligible by non-lawyers.
David can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
John McCallum
John is our lead candidate on the West Scotland list.
At 16, John left school to start an indentured apprenticeship working for a marine engineering business in Newcastle. After the closure of the yards during the late 70s, he started using his skills to support his family by travelling the UK to take up contract work. In the early 80's moved into contract working in Holland, Belgium, France etc. Throughout this period he worked with Scots, Geordies, Mancunians, Scousers and Cumbrians on many projects in shipbuilding, metal works for Shell, many refineries and rig refurbishment projects mainly in Holland and so learned Dutch, moved from foreman to area coordinator to client facing roles in projects and site management. Developing on from this he ended up, along with many good British workers, in the Middle East and eventually the Far East where he grew into posts of Project Manager and business development. Ending up these last few years in Kurdistan, Philippines and Indonesia occasionally meeting up with other trained British, Australian, New Zealand and American workers who had followed similar paths from apprenticeships. He returned to Scotland throughout this time to bring his children to enjoy the Scottish landscape and beaches (when not raining) and to see family. He is now living on the West Coast, and is worried that many jobs and employers have been adversely affected by the policies of the present government and Covid. He believes that we need to get back to a strong productive Scotland and lift people out of day to day contracts and into long term work which will help reduce poverty line wages. John wants to encourage businesses and individuals to invent/modify/enhance their ideas into working concepts that employ Scottish workers and enhance the technological ceiling in Scotland. This should give Scottish jobs to Scottish workers and to grow into overseas markets for the benefit of Scotland in the view of the world as a place to invest.
Wayne Darnell
Wayne is second on our West Scotland list. Wayne is a small-business owner, contemporary Sculptor and published author, based in North Ayrshire. He studied business at the Greenfield Valley Young Enterprise Centre in Holywell, North Wales and won Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for his manufacturing business, as well as a Shell Oil "Live Wire" award. He later went on to study design at the University of Hertfordshire which incorporated Architectural, Product Development and Visual Effects and Model Making. Wayne worked in and around London for a number of years as a model maker/ industrial designer and sculptor before moving to New York to teach art to children of drug dependant parents living in the projects, where he was awarded the "Laurence A. Wien" award in recognition of his work. He moved to Scotland in 1996 to raise his family, working as a retained fire fighter for Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service, and for Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park before setting up his own business in 2009- a socially engaged arts organisation, working with individuals, small businesses and local communities to design, create and deliver a wide range of creative projects in a diversity of mediums, as well as offering business support. Wayne's Message: Let's support small business and enterprise, and strengthen local communities. Let's fight for democracy and free speech. Let's fight against cancel culture and the Left-wing woke agenda. Let's get some common sense back into politics with politicians who have actually done a hard day's work in their life and have an understanding of how ordinary people function in the real world and what their priorities are. We need a new type of politics and politicians that understand the importance of the private sector, as well as the public sector. Let's hold to account the people responsible for:
the deaths in care homes as a result of Covid measures
the suicides and victims of domestic abuse, exacerbated by the lockdowns
the deaths as a result of missed or cancelled medical treatments and procedures
the devasting effects on the economy as a result of their reaction to the coronavirus
misleading statistics which have been used to enforce these lockdowns and infringement on human rights.
Vote Freedom. Vote Reform UK Scotland. Wayne can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
Peter Seivwright
Peter is the third candidate on Reform UK Scotland's West Scotland list. Peter can be contacted through our press officer at [email protected]
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The roles of geography and founder effects in promoting host-associated differentiation in the generalist bogus yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens
C. T. Darwell, K. A. Fox, D. M. Althoff
There is ample evidence that host shifts in plant-feeding insects have been instrumental in generating the enormous diversity of insects. Changes in host use can cause host-associated differentiation (HAD) among populations that may lead to reproductive isolation and eventual speciation. The importance of geography in facilitating this process remains controversial. We examined the geographic context of HAD in the wide-ranging generalist yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens. Previous work demonstrated HAD among sympatric moth populations feeding on two different Yucca species occurring on the barrier islands of North Carolina, USA. We assessed the genetic structure of P. decipiens across its entire geographic and host range to determine whether HAD is widespread in this generalist herbivore. Population genetic analyses of microsatellite and mtDNA sequence data across the entire range showed genetic structuring with respect to host use and geography. In particular, genetic differentiation was relatively strong between mainland populations and those on the barrier islands of North Carolina. Finer scale analyses, however, among sympatric populations using different host plant species only showed significant clustering based on host use for populations on the barrier islands. Mainland populations did not form population clusters based on host plant use. Reduced genetic diversity in the barrier island populations, especially on the derived host, suggests that founder effects may have been instrumental in facilitating HAD. In general, results suggest that the interplay of local adaptation, geography and demography can determine the tempo of HAD. We argue that future studies should include comprehensive surveys across a wide range of environmental and geographic conditions to elucidate the contribution of various processes to HAD.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12529
Geographic structure
Herbivorous insect
Host forms
Host use
Population differentiation
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Darwell, C. T., Fox, K. A., & Althoff, D. M. (2014). The roles of geography and founder effects in promoting host-associated differentiation in the generalist bogus yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(12), 2706-2718. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12529
The roles of geography and founder effects in promoting host-associated differentiation in the generalist bogus yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens. / Darwell, C. T.; Fox, K. A.; Althoff, D. M.
In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 27, No. 12, 01.12.2014, p. 2706-2718.
Darwell, CT, Fox, KA & Althoff, DM 2014, 'The roles of geography and founder effects in promoting host-associated differentiation in the generalist bogus yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 2706-2718. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12529
Darwell CT, Fox KA, Althoff DM. The roles of geography and founder effects in promoting host-associated differentiation in the generalist bogus yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2014 Dec 1;27(12):2706-2718. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12529
Darwell, C. T. ; Fox, K. A. ; Althoff, D. M. / The roles of geography and founder effects in promoting host-associated differentiation in the generalist bogus yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens. In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2014 ; Vol. 27, No. 12. pp. 2706-2718.
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N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2014 European Society For Evolutionary Biology.
N2 - There is ample evidence that host shifts in plant-feeding insects have been instrumental in generating the enormous diversity of insects. Changes in host use can cause host-associated differentiation (HAD) among populations that may lead to reproductive isolation and eventual speciation. The importance of geography in facilitating this process remains controversial. We examined the geographic context of HAD in the wide-ranging generalist yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens. Previous work demonstrated HAD among sympatric moth populations feeding on two different Yucca species occurring on the barrier islands of North Carolina, USA. We assessed the genetic structure of P. decipiens across its entire geographic and host range to determine whether HAD is widespread in this generalist herbivore. Population genetic analyses of microsatellite and mtDNA sequence data across the entire range showed genetic structuring with respect to host use and geography. In particular, genetic differentiation was relatively strong between mainland populations and those on the barrier islands of North Carolina. Finer scale analyses, however, among sympatric populations using different host plant species only showed significant clustering based on host use for populations on the barrier islands. Mainland populations did not form population clusters based on host plant use. Reduced genetic diversity in the barrier island populations, especially on the derived host, suggests that founder effects may have been instrumental in facilitating HAD. In general, results suggest that the interplay of local adaptation, geography and demography can determine the tempo of HAD. We argue that future studies should include comprehensive surveys across a wide range of environmental and geographic conditions to elucidate the contribution of various processes to HAD.
AB - There is ample evidence that host shifts in plant-feeding insects have been instrumental in generating the enormous diversity of insects. Changes in host use can cause host-associated differentiation (HAD) among populations that may lead to reproductive isolation and eventual speciation. The importance of geography in facilitating this process remains controversial. We examined the geographic context of HAD in the wide-ranging generalist yucca moth Prodoxus decipiens. Previous work demonstrated HAD among sympatric moth populations feeding on two different Yucca species occurring on the barrier islands of North Carolina, USA. We assessed the genetic structure of P. decipiens across its entire geographic and host range to determine whether HAD is widespread in this generalist herbivore. Population genetic analyses of microsatellite and mtDNA sequence data across the entire range showed genetic structuring with respect to host use and geography. In particular, genetic differentiation was relatively strong between mainland populations and those on the barrier islands of North Carolina. Finer scale analyses, however, among sympatric populations using different host plant species only showed significant clustering based on host use for populations on the barrier islands. Mainland populations did not form population clusters based on host plant use. Reduced genetic diversity in the barrier island populations, especially on the derived host, suggests that founder effects may have been instrumental in facilitating HAD. In general, results suggest that the interplay of local adaptation, geography and demography can determine the tempo of HAD. We argue that future studies should include comprehensive surveys across a wide range of environmental and geographic conditions to elucidate the contribution of various processes to HAD.
KW - Geographic structure
KW - Herbivorous insect
KW - Host forms
KW - Host use
KW - Population differentiation
U2 - 10.1111/jeb.12529
DO - 10.1111/jeb.12529
JO - Journal of Evolutionary Biology
JF - Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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Develop a hypothetical health promotion plan, 3-4 pages in length, addressing a specific health concern for an individual or a group living in the community that you identified from the topic list provided. Bullying. Teen Pregnancy. LGBTQIA + Health. Sudden Infant Death (SID). Immunization. Tobacco use (include all: vaping, e-cigarettes, hookah, chewing tobacco, and smoking) cessation. – 900 words
Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit organization or government agency to determine how it contributes to public health and safety improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of life within the community. Submit your findings in a 3-5 page report – 1000 words
Develop a disaster recovery plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to community services after a disaster. Then, develop and record a 10-12 slide presentation (please refer to the PowerPoint tutorial) of the plan with audio and speaker notes – 10 slides, add title and refs slides
Build a slide presentation (PowerPoint preferred) of the hypothetical health promotion plan you developed in the first assessment. Then, implement your health promotion plan by conducting a hypothetical face-to-face educational session addressing the health concern and health goals of your selected group. How would you set goals for the session, evaluate session outcomes, and suggest possible revisions to improve future sessions?
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Serious two vehicle accident Friday afternoon
At approximately 11:50 a.m. Friday, Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Officers, the Clear Lake Fire Department and two Mason City ambulances were dispatched to a two vehicle accident on CORRECTION: 250th…
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Bill introduced that would raise auto liability insurance minimum
DES MOINES – A bill was introduced Friday in the Iowa House of Representatives that increases the amounts necessary to provide proof of financial responsibility to respond in damages for liability…
Saudi king replaces chief of religious police
By Nehal El-Sherif RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The chief of Saudi Arabia's religious police has been replaced, following a decree issued Friday by King Abdullah, which is seen as part…
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Camp Pendleton general to lead Marine investigation of urination video
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times – CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine general from Camp Pendleton has been put in charge of the investigation into the video that Pentagon officials…
Wild rocked by Blackhawks
By Michael Russo, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – CHICAGO — Twitter was all abuzz Thursday night when the Montreal Canadiens pulled Michael Cammalleri mid-game against Boston. (PHOTO: The Minnesota Wild's David McIntyre (34)…
Receivers spot chinks in the Packers' armor
By Jeff Roberts, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — They see the vulnerabilities. They see the holes, the gambles that the aggressive Packers secondary takes, creating opportunities down…
The 'Tiger Bubble' has lost much air the past 10 years
By Michael K. Bohn, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – As the 2012 PGA Tour season tees off this month, golf fans wonder which Tiger will show up this year. Will he be…
The day the Broncos marched 98 yards to the Super Bowl
By Michael K. Bohn, McClatchy-Tribune News Service Twenty-five years ago on Jan. 11, 1987, the boisterous fans in the Dawg Pound had plenty to bark about. Their beloved Cleveland Browns had…
There's no clear-cut favorite among final eight in NFL playoffs
By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The little guys are out of the NFL playoffs. For only the second time since realignment in 2002, the second round…
Perry defends 'vulture capitalist' attack on Romney
By John Hoeffel, Los Angeles Times – BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Speaking to about 30 people at a restaurant north of Columbia, Texas Gov. Rick Perry left out his "vulture capitalist" attack…
Newt Gingrich veers away from attacking Mitt Romney
By John Hoeffel, Los Angeles Times – COLUMBIA, S.C. — Newt Gingrich, his rumpled-professor suit coat buttoned, spun out a detailed step-by-step proposal to bring new manufacturing jobs to an economically…
Rick Santorum: Sweater vests 'gave me this power'
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – BEAUFORT, S.C. — Voters posed many questions to Rick Santorum during an event at the Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club, where Spanish moss hung…
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Romney defends his record at Bain Capital as GOP rivals attack
By William Douglas and Adam Beam, McClatchy Newspapers – COLUMBIA, S.C. — After enduring days of blistering attacks from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his record…
Branstad, counsel release official statements in response to Godfrey lawsuit
(DES MOINES) – The administration of Gov. Terry E. Branstad has released a statement regarding the lawsuit filed today in Polk County by Mr. Christopher Godfrey. Mr. Godfrey was asked…
Op-ed: Landfill board not fooled by Tornquist (by Peter Children)
I want to expand briefly concerning my comment on the LNI meeting where the newly appointed Tornquist spoke on the issue of CES. What you see here, if you view…
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Charles City woman injured in accident Tuesday
CHARLES CITY – An 84-year-old woman fell asleep at the wheel of her car Tuesday afternoon at 1:50 pm and was injured. Wilma Handt of Charles City was southbound on the…
Winter finally arrives in North Iowa
Winter finally arrived in North Iowa over the last couple of days. Howling winds, cold temps in the single digits and blowing snow replaced 40 and 50 degree temps across…
Winnebago Industries Unveils New 2012 Winnebago Journey and Itasca Meridian 42E
FOREST CITY, Iowa, Jan. 12, — Winnebago Industries, Inc., (NYSE: WGO) a leading United States(U.S.) recreation vehicle manufacturer, introduces the new tag-axle 42E to its 2012 Winnebago Journey and Itasca Meridian Class A diesel…
Rosie O'Donnell defends killing hammerhead sharks
By David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel – FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rosie O'Donnell defended herself via Twitter against a hail of criticism over hammerhead sharks killed on family fishing trips off Miami…
Iowa mother and daughter charged with theft
John Mangalonzo, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – Des Moines County prosecutors have charged a Burlington woman and her daughter, accusing them of abusing a mentally handicapped man they were supposed…
Pennsylvania man to be executed March 8
The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa. – Gov. Tom Corbett has signed an execution warrant for Dustin Ford Briggs, who was sentenced to death for killing two Bradford County sheriff's deputies…
Opponents start Guantanamo prison's second decade with jumpsuit protests
By Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Guantanamo captives hung protest signs inside their cellblocks in Cuba on Wednesday while opponents of the 10-year-old prison camps donned orange jumpsuits and…
US says offshore oil drill to be deployed in Cuba is OK
By Juan O. Tamayo, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — U.S. Coast Guard and environmental safety officials have inspected and OK'd an offshore oil drilling platform headed to Cuba, under an unusual…
2 Oakland police officers disciplined for Occupy actions
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times – SAN FRANCISCO — Two officers involved in Occupy protests have been punished by the Oakland Police Department for violating official policy, after…
Another N.J. synagogue attacked
By Deena Yellin, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – HACKENSACK, N.J. — Jewish leaders and law enforcement officials are tightening security measures as investigators search for the culprit who firebombed a Rutherford,…
Missouri man helps recover stolen meteorite
By Jonah Newman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Tim Heitz knows a meteorite when he sees one. The self-titled Midwest Meteorman has been collecting the space rocks ever since…
Former Milwaukee Police Officer Convicted of Civil Rights Violation for Sexual Assault of Milwaukee Woman
WASHINGTON – A federal jury convicted Ladmarald Cates, 44, a former Milwaukee Police Officer, of a civil rights charge stemming from his July 16, 2010, sexual assault of a Milwaukee…
Man Sentenced in Connection with Arson at Planned Parenthood and Vandalism of Mosque in Madera, California
Donny Eugene Mower, 38, of Madera, Calif., was sentenced in federal court today following his October 2011 guilty pleas to one count of arson, one count of damaging religious property…
Two Former Alabama Sheriff's Office Deputies Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Handcuffed Man in Custody
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Kirby Dollar and Timothy Watford, former deputies with the Russell County, Ala., Sheriff's Office, were sentenced in federal court in Montgomery, Ala.,…
'Contraband'
By Colin Covert, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – "Contraband" stars Mark Wahlberg as a reformed drug smuggler who must protect his family by transporting millions in counterfeit currency to pay off a…
Hunter Dies After Falling from Tree Stand in Monona, Iowa
A Harlan man was killed Tuesday evening after falling from a tree stand while hunting deer in Monona County. Corey Custer, 21, was coming out of his tree stand at…
Armstrong Tops 1,000 Points, but UNI Falls to Indiana State, 68-62
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Senior K.K. Armstrong scored 17 points and recorded her first career double-double on her way to passing the 1,000-point mark for her career, but the University of Northern…
Winnebago recognized by Ford
FOREST CITY, IOWA, January 10, 2012 – Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WGO), a leading United States (U.S.) recreation vehicle manufacturer, was recognized by Ford Motor Company for receiving the "fully meets"…
Consultant: CES financials "didn't pass the sniff test"
By Matt Marquardt – MASON CITY – A consultant told the North Iowa Landfill (LNI) Board Thursday night that the financial figures he looked at for the proposed Creative Energy…


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Joe Fairburn Archery
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2015 Easton JOAD Championships, Decatur AL.
What a fantastic time I had over in the USA when I travelled for the 2015 Easton JOAD Championships which form part of the whole US National Championships with almost 1000 archers of all ages taking part.
Travel wise I think I experienced pretty much everything that could go wrong! We got kicked off a flight because KLM hadn't paid Delta for our leg of the trip (so much for their alliance!), got delayed due to technical problems and missed our connecting flight back to Amsterdam, and our luggage was lost on the way home - still waiting for our suitcase as I write this.
However, the tournament more than made up for all the hassles.
We arrived on the Sunday and had 2 days before official practice on the Wednesday so we went to the Space and Rocket Centre in Huntsville which was brilliant, and saw lots of the Apollo rockets and modules as well as lots of other interesting stuff. I then went and shot a handgun on an indoor range. My dad had to go to Wal-Mart to get a hunting licence so that I could shoot!
We then went to the venue to suss it out - wow what a fantastic place. A purpose built soccer venue which had been divided into 4 separate shooting fields and a finals field. Whilst there we were interviewed and filmed for the local TV!
The weather was hot and humid, and it rarely dropped below 86F (30C) and often was well into the 90's. We has lots of rain and the ground was permanently sodden. There were also lots of thunderstorms and lightning strikes too, which delayed the start of the qualification rounds, which meant that on day 2 we ended up shooting under floodlights - a first for most people including Brady Ellison!
I met some great people and made lots of new friends from as far north as Alaska and as far south as Mexico. There were archers from all over the USA including a large group of Korean americans, archers from Chinese Taipei, Mexico, Canada and me from GB! Everyone was so friendly and helpful. and the tournament was so well organised and the judges were brilliant (and funny).
In qualification I shot 1306 which was joint second (but I was ranked 4th as it went down to X's), and there was only 12 points separating 3 of us on 1306 and the leader. On the second day of qualification I shot a PB score of 660 which was the highest of the day which was pleasing.
I came away with the gold medal for the highest qualification score by a visitor, and an individual bronze medal for the elimination round.
On the Sunday was the team event which was great fun. All the archers in each category were assigned two team mates selected according to qualification so that in theory we were all pretty equal. One of my team had gone home the night before so we were drafted in a Barebow archer!!! Anyhow he was pretty good and had it not been for the wind getting up in our semi final match and blowing one of his fletched arrows off to the left we would have been shooting for gold. The semi went to a one arrow shoot off and our arrows were just a little bit further away from the cross. The bronze medal match was close but we just lost out - but it was fun all the same.
I had a brilliant time in the USA and had I been a US citizen I would have been awarded the title of JOAD Supreme Champion for my age category (under 15), so I came home really pleased with my performance.
Welcome to my blog - I'll try to keep it up to date!


Gulonolactone oxidase is an enzyme that catalyzes the reactions needed to produce ascorbic acid (vitamin C). This gene is present in most animals however it has been inactivated due to mutation in some. Animals that can no longer synthesize vitamin C include: simians, guinea pigs, and several species of fruit bats. Since these organisms consume a large portion of their diet in fruit the inactivation of the gene was not a significant detriment. Humans that fail to eat sources of vitamin C can develop scurvy.
The mutation that causes the inactivation of the L-gulonolactone oxidase gene is different depending on the group the organism is in. All extant guinea pigs share the same inactivation mutation, while all extant simians share a different one. The likelihood of two different species sharing the same inactivation mutation is statistically impossible and is actually shared due to common inheritance. The most recent common ancestor of all extant guinea pigs developed the mutation in the gene, while a different mutation developed in the most recent common ancestor in simians.
There are multiple examples of these kinds of inactivated genes across all extant species, the term pseudogenes is used to label all of these.
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Timber framing is a traditional method for construction using large timbers and carefully fitted joints to make beautiful structures. This class will help you develop the skills to make your own timber framed arch. You will learn how to lay out and cut the most common joint in timber framing: the mortise and tenon.
You will join two post timbers to a header beam and stiffen up that assembly with two braces to form a beautiful and functional archway. Joinery will be cut in many different ways using both hand and power tools.
Minor modifications to the arch can be made to suit your own interest and needs.
Along the way, you will learn early layout methods that require only simple drawing techniques. Other layout methods and joints will be discussed, as well as how this timber framing project can be scaled up to a full structure.
Instruction and all materials, which includes $170 worth of lumber (locally sourced rough-sawn white pine) and other materials, per person.
No prior experience needed, but having a basic familiarity with carpentry tools/terms would be helpful.
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Status of Chatham County courts
By Allen Baddour Pittsboro, NC – I wanted to clarify that the courts are open, but addressing only emergency matters in both civil and criminal courts, for the time being. Some matters in district court (first appearances, domestic violence) are…
CCCC transitioning college and career readiness program classes to online in response to COVID-19
Sanford, NC – The Central Carolina Community College College and Career Readiness (CCR) program is transitioning to online classes in response to the Wuhan COVID-19 pandemic. All High School Equivalency (HSE) and Adult High School Diploma (AHS) classes are transitioning…
2020 U.S. Census – Chatham County needs everyone counted
By Courtney Cooper-Lewter Pittsboro, NC – Did you know that completing the 2020 Census brings federal tax dollars back into Chatham County? That's right! April 1, 2020 is Census Day and everyone living in Chatham County counts! Households have already…
Chatham County solid waste & recycling service changes due to NC Stay-at-Home order
Pittsboro, NC – Due to North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's Stay-at-Home Order, Chatham County Solid Waste & Recycling will be making changes to some of its services. "Waste and recycling services are considered essential, so we are trying to balance…
Sheriff Roberson talks about what "Stay at Home" order means for Chatham County residents
by Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – On Friday, March 27 North Carolina governor Roy Cooper issued a statewide Stay at Home Executive Order. The Stay at Home Order is effective at 5 p.m. on Monday and will last for at…
SBA offers disaster assistance to NC small businesses economically impacted by the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19)
Atlanta, GA – The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to North Carolina small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) SBA acted under its own authority,…
Letter to the Editor: Pittsboro park is in disarray
By Sophie Taylor Pittsboro, NC – The Mary Hayes Barbara Holmes Park in Pittsboro is in need of renovation. The seesaw is a safety hazard, and there is an abundance of trash and mosquitoes. The climbing stumps are rotting and…
Governor Cooper orders all North Carolinians to stay home until April 29
Raleigh, NC – Governor Roy Cooper issued a statewide Stay at Home Executive Order at a Friday afternoon briefing from the state's Coronavirus Task Force. The Stay at Home Order is effective at 5 p.m. on Monday and will last…
Residents asked to reconsider burning yard debris due to spring wildfire season and Wuhan coronavirus
Raleigh, NC – N.C. Forest Service officials urge citizens to reconsider burning yard debris through the end of May, which historically marks the end of spring wildfire season in North Carolina. Consider alternatives to burning. Some types of debris, such…
One on One: Fighting virus confinement boredom
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – "Smart people don't get bored," my friend announced when I told her that a lot of people were getting bored from the home-confinement imposed by the ongoing pandemic. "Smart people can find all…


I hadn't played the game since college (yes, the game has been around since 1991) when productivity, sunlight and bathing didn't seem as important. The graphics have improved, but the goals of Civilization VI are largely the same as the previous versions: establish a prehistorical settlement and nurture it into a thriving civilization. As the game's turns take you into the present and beyond, you research and build new technologies, develop your culture and grow your borders to secure resources while fending off or working with other civilizations trying to do the same. Our goal was to take our Vikings to Mars. We didn't make it.
You can't go to Mars in the game before you go to the moon, and you can't go to the moon before you develop and launch a satellite. Suffice it to say there are a lot of steps between researching pottery and developing nanotechnology. It seems like it takes forever to get there, much like the real-world technologies that seem to be forever just out of reach.
Consumer robotics, artificial intelligence, fully autonomous vehicles ... there are many technologies that fit the bill of almost reaching the promise of their expectations. One that is poised to come off of that list is 5G. The fifth-generation wireless standard promises to boost cellular data transfer speeds with more bandwidth and low latency. The promises are big: peak speeds up to 20 times faster than 4G and latency dropping from 20 milliseconds today to 1 millisecond ... eventually. Just like a game of Civilization, research and development comes before you can send your builders out to make the technology a reality. Now that the 5G standard has been established, the major telecom companies are sending those builders to select cities at first, installing the antennas and towers that will make 5G a reality.
That rollout will take years before we see 5G coverage maps akin to the 4G coverage we have today. Initial speeds will likely be faster than 4G LTE, but not by a factor of 10. Still, 5G is exciting for what it will unlock.
To stretch the game-to-reality analogy even further: From time to time during Civilization VI your scientists discover a technology that enables a spate of other technologies and/or provides a boost to existing ones. These are called Eureka Moments.
The Eureka Moment for wireless communications was radio, but 5G could have a similar impact on society. The automotive industry could take advantage of 5G for vehicle-to-everything communications and autonomous vehicles that will be able to make use of 5G's low latency. Industrial Internet of Things use cases abound, thanks to 5G's reliability, network slicing (see page 11) and propensity for security to be built in. New telemedicine business models and vital sign tracking innovations will open up for the healthcare industry. Consumers could enjoy near instantaneous downloads, as well as realistic virtual and augmented reality experiences, without being tethered to a computer. Cloud computing, in general, could grow by leaps and bounds using 5G speeds to do more processing off site.
Those innovations won't happen overnight, or over the next year. Beyond the rollout time for networks and devices, business models have to be established and tested, cost-to-benefit ratios have to pan out, and safety and regulatory concerns need to be addressed. It's unlikely you'll be simulating your CAD model remotely via 5G in the next year or two, but it is likely you'll be researching device designs that incorporate 5G radios, or smaller, more efficient 5G antennae.
My daughter and I won our game of Civilization, not by getting to Mars but by attracting more tourists to our cultural sites than our computer-controlled opponents. Our game was limited to 500 turns, and we realized we weren't going to have enough time to develop all the technologies we would need for a Space Race win. Let's hope the analogy ends there and we have plenty of time to develop the innovations 5G promises to enable.
Jamie Gooch is the editorial director of Digital Engineering. Contact him at [email protected].


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Q: Alter view after table rename or drop I have following sample data.
--Tables:
create table mtest1
(
  id int,
  name varchar(10)
);
create table mtest2
(
  id int,
  name varchar(10)
);
create table mtest3
(
  id int,
  name varchar(10)
);
insert into mtest1 values(1,'mtest1');
insert into mtest2 values(1,'mtest2');
insert into mtest3 values(1,'mtest3');

--Views:
create view mview1
as
select * from mtest1

create view mview2
as
select * from mtest1
union all
select * from mtest2

create view mview3
as
select * from mtest1
union all
select * from mtest2
union all
select * from mtest3

Note: Now I want to create view which contains all other views named as mviewall. Between creating view mviewall some tables gets dropped
and I want to handle this exeception while creating view mviewall.
For example: I renamed or drop the table mtest2 which is referred in the views mview2 and mview3 and I want to alter those views which got an error of invalid object mtest2.
My try:
--Procedure : For creating View mviewall
alter procedure spmtest_createView
as
begin

    declare @ErrorTable varchar(max)=''
    declare @ErrorView varchar(max) = ''
    declare @sql varchar(max) = ''

begin try

    if exists(select 1 from sys.views where name='mviewall' and type='v')
    drop view mviewall;

    set @sql = '
    create view mviewall
    as
    select * from mview1
    union all
    select * from mview2
    union all
    select * from mview3';
    print(@sql);
    exec(@sql);

end try
begin catch
    SELECT @ErrorTable = ERROR_MESSAGE(), @ErrorView = ERROR_PROCEDURE();
    SELECT @ErrorTable = REPLACE(@ErrorTable,'''','');
    SELECT @ErrorTable = SUBSTRING(@ErrorTable,CHARINDEX('dbo.',@ErrorTable),LEN(@ErrorTable)-CHARINDEX('dbo.',@ErrorTable))
    SELECT @ErrorTable = REPLACE(@ErrorTable,'dbo.','');
    print(@ErrorTable);
    print(@ErrorView);
    exec spalterview @ErrorTable,@ErrorView;

end catch

end

--Procedure : For alter view
alter procedure spalterview
@ErrorTable varchar(255),
@ErrorView varchar(255)
as

begin

    DECLARE @Tables VARCHAR(MAX) = ''
    DECLARE @DSQL VARCHAR(MAX) = ''

    SELECT @Tables = STUFF((SELECT ' SELECT * FROM [dbo].['+vt.TABLE_NAME+'] UNION ALL '
    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEW_TABLE_USAGE vt
    INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES tbl ON vt.TABLE_NAME = tbl.TABLE_NAME AND vt.TABLE_CATALOG = tbl.TABLE_CATALOG
    WHERE VIEW_NAME = @ErrorView AND vt.TABLE_NAME <> @ErrorTable
    FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,' ')

    SET @Tables = LEFT(@Tables,LEN(@Tables)-10);

    SET @DSQL = 'ALTER VIEW ['+@ErrorView+'] AS
                '+@Tables+';';

    print(@DSQL);
    EXEC(@DSQL);

    exec spmtest_createView; --Calling this because of multiple exception may occur

end

--Rename table:
exec sp_rename 'mtest2', 'mtest22';

--Execute SP:
exec spmtest_createView;

--Get view data:
select * from mviewall;

But unable to get it.

A: Your approach is wrong in general because you think that the only thing that can change in your environment is existance of any table.
The real world is more complicated, someone can change any table by altering column type, adding/dropping any columns, and in all these cases your create view statement will fail because of incompatibility of types in union all or mismatching columns number in every member of union all.
Becides, it'a also always bad to use * in your view definition, simple recreation(drop + add) of any column will break your view.
So you should just change your approach, there is no way to secure create views in dynamic code as too much things can change.
Maybe it's usefull to you to use with schemabinding option when creating your views, it will stop any attempt of change the underlying tables structure.

Now to your errors.
Your first proc finishes in catch block with @ErrorTable = 'Invalid object name mtest1' and @ErrorView = 'mview1'passed into the second proc.
The second proc executes a code similar to this one:
SELECT --@Tables =
--stuff((SELECT ' SELECT * FROM [dbo].['+vt.TABLE_NAME+'] UNION ALL '
vt.TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEW_TABLE_USAGE vt
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES tbl ON vt.TABLE_NAME = tbl.TABLE_NAME AND vt.TABLE_CATALOG = tbl.TABLE_CATALOG
WHERE VIEW_NAME = 'mview1' AND vt.TABLE_NAME <>'Invalid object name mtest1'
--FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,' ')

I commented some parts of original code to show you that it returns
null

This is because as soon as you invalidated your view 'mview1' by dropping one base table is disappeared from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES, so your inner join returns null.
The next piece of code sets @DSQL to null and executes null.
Finally, the last row calls the first proc that finishes in cath block that calls the second proc that executes null and calls the first proc....
Fortunately this loop is interrupted by server as soon as nested level limit is reached.


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5 of the best luxury cocktail bars in Moscow
By Kristi Rorison on Apr 29, 2013 in Bars, Eastern Europe, Europe, Going Out, Regions, Russia
With a national drink like vodka, Russia is certainly well-known for its alcohol, however it is often overlooked as a chic going-out destination. Moscow has hundreds of bars throughout the city – some stylish, some not. We have put together this list to introduce you to just a handful of establishments on the luxurious end
Man visits all 201 countries without using a plane
By Paul Johnson on Feb 25, 2013 in Adventure Travel, Africa, Asia, Cape Verde, Congo, Eastern Europe, Europe, Gabon, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Regions, Russia, South Korea, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, Websites, Worldwide
Visiting all 201 countries in the world is a feat in itself that few people ever achieve. British man Graham Hughes, though, has taken that challenge to a new level. He's visited every country in the world in just 1,426 days, covering 160,000 miles in the process – and incredibly, he's done it all without
5 of the best luxury dining options in St. Petersburg
By Kristi Rorison on Feb 24, 2013 in Eastern Europe, Europe, Food and Drink, Going Out, Restaurants, Russia, Travel Miscellany
St. Petersburg is home to a vibrant gastronomic scene, with top-notch cuisine from all over the world available if you look hard enough. The restaurants featured in this list may not be considered affordable, but if you find yourself in St. Petersburg and are looking for a truly special meal you will not be disappointed
Top 10 life-changing travel experiences
By Paul Johnson on Feb 22, 2013 in Adventure Travel, Africa, Asia, Central America, Eastern Europe, Europe, Featured, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Norway, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Regions, Russia, Rwanda, Speciality Travel, Tanzania, Western Europe
Sick of the humdrum tourist destinations? Online travel agency ZUJI.com.au has searched the globe to come up with a list of the top 10 life-changing travel experiences, guaranteed to give you a new appreciation for planet Earth (and bragging rights). So, without further ado, here's the list: Admire the Mayan ruins of Tikal, Guatemala Once
5 of the most stunning buildings in Moscow
By Kristi Rorison on Feb 06, 2013 in Attractions, Eastern Europe, Europe, Going Out, Regions, Russia
Moscow has a rich, varied, and sometimes very heated history. Walking around the streets of this incredible city, you can really marvel at the incredible buildings that go with hundreds of years of religious and political turmoil. Trying to compile a list of just 5 of these is extremely hard work, but if you just
The top 3 post-Christmas cruise destinations
By Scott Anderson on Jan 22, 2013 in Belgium, Cruises & Boat Travel, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Italy, Monaco, Russia, Speciality Travel, Western Europe
If you're feeling a bit flat after the Christmas and New Year festivities, then why not cheer yourself up by booking an exciting cruise holiday. This type of holiday is an affordable yet luxurious way to escape the dark cold days of the UK winter, relax and unwind while you explore new parts of the
3 great sporting events not to miss in Europe in 2013
By Paul Johnson on Dec 28, 2012 in Accommodation, Europe, Events, Featured, France, Hotels, Monaco, Regions, Russia, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe
2012 saw some great sporting events in Europe – most notably the UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, and – of course – the London 2012 Olympics. And 2013 will also be a great year for catching some unique sporting events across the continent. The Six Nations Championship is looming, and the Rugby League
5 of the world's craziest road junctions
By Paul Johnson on Nov 13, 2012 in Eastern Europe, Europe, India, Japan, Regions, Road Travel, Russia, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, Videos, Vietnam
Are you one of these people who gets a little nervous at the prospect of driving a car when you travel overseas? If so, then look away now. We've scoured YouTube to bring you footage from some of the worst junctions around the world. If you know of any that are worse, then please let
The top 3 luxury excursions in Moscow
By Kristi Rorison on Nov 09, 2012 in Attractions, Eastern Europe, Europe, Going Out, Regions, Russia
The typical image conjured when 'Russia' is mentioned is most likely not that of luxury and comfort, but why so? Let's face it – the Russians know how to do luxury properly, with one of the most decadent histories, with Tsars, summer palaces, and the largest collection of Fabergé eggs in the world; it would
Top 10 places you won't find on Google Maps
By Paul Johnson on Oct 28, 2012 in Alaska, Asia, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, Netherlands, New York, North America, North Korea, Portugal, Regions, Russia, Travel Miscellany, USA, Videos, Western Europe, Worldwide
I stumbled upon this video recently, and thought it was rather interesting, so am sharing it here even though there's no obvious luxury angle. Since even Nevada's much-talked about Area 51 can be found on Google Maps (though admittedly, much of the operations there probably take place underground), it's interesting to see what places are hidden.
5 of the world's creepiest places to visit
By Max Statham on Sep 11, 2012 in Asia, Belgium, China, Eastern Europe, Europe, Japan, Mexico, North America, Regions, Russia, Western Europe
It would be a platitude to say that tourist courtiers usually try to attract tourists and travelers by loud titles like "The best restaurant", "The most expensive hotel", "The best polar lights", etc. Well, I've been to the best restaurant of Berlin and the best restaurant of Madrid, and I can't tell for sure which one is better.
3 unforgettable luxury journeys in Russia and beyond
By Kristi Rorison on Mar 05, 2012 in Cruises & Boat Travel, Eastern Europe, Europe, Rail Travel, Regions, Russia, Speciality Travel
Russia and her neighbouring countries are often surrounded in mystery and fascinating history. What better way to discover these destinations than in staying in luxury hotels with private excursions, by travelling on a private train, or travelling on comfortable cruise vessels… The Trans Siberian Express A journey on the Trans Siberian Express is truly remarkable.
Top 10 cities for theatre lovers
By Simon Hagger on Dec 07, 2011 in Asia, Australia, Austria, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Leisure Travel, New York, North America, Oceania, Russia, Speciality Travel, United Kingdom, USA, Western Europe
Whether you're an opera addict or a ballet buff, visiting a theatre district can be the perfect way to enrich your city break or holiday. We take a look at some of the world's cultural nerve centres to find the best destinations for fans of all things theatrical. Milan Stylish and refined, this chic city
Top 10 most luxurious stag destinations
By Ian Lucas on Aug 30, 2011 in Asia, Croatia, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Europe, Germany, Middle East, Nevada, New York, North America, Regions, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Western Europe
Whether you want a calm and upscale stag holiday or a more rambunctious occasion where the drinks flow freely, you can find whatever you are looking for at some of the best stag destinations around the world. From Asia to Europe, there are countless attractions, bars, and nightclubs to entertain you, and provide you with
Four of the world's most luxurious trains
By James Jones on Jan 31, 2011 in Asia, Eastern Europe, Europe, India, Leisure Travel, Rail Travel, Regions, Russia, Speciality Travel, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Worldwide
If you enjoy all things luxurious and are particularly inclined to luxury air travel, you will be glad to know that luxury train travel boasts many advantages over traditional luxury air travel such as gorgeous scenic views, less monotony, ample space, spacious amenities, comfortable sleeping areas and bathrooms. There is no doubt that the plane
3 alternative Christmas markets
By Paul Johnson on Nov 04, 2010 in Accommodation, Eastern Europe, Europe, Hotels, Leisure Travel, Middle East, New York, North America, Regions, Russia, Speciality Travel, Syria, USA
Forget unwanted knickknacks and presents that get re-wrapped next year – this Christmas, treat yourself to a shopping trip to an alternative festive market with Black Tomato. The Road to Original Presents For the most original Christmas presents with an Arabian twist, you should fly to Damascus. Although only a small percentage of the Syrian
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Let's hope we learn from this, as it is the first time Brendan's seen it live. We need a different shape against teams that sit deep, especially with 5 at the back. 4-3-3 next time maybe?
It's hard to see where a goal is coming from tonight. Friday night curse again!
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Paul Kitson in a 1:0 away win over Watford, Brian Little era.
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