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A visit to Morwell and the La Trobe Valley with the Greens Ellen Sandell MP and Adam Bandt MP to discuss Hazelwood, Australia’s dirtiest power station and it's impact on the health of our community and environment, not least in the Latrobe Valley.
We were briefed by TomDoig on the history of coal in the Valley, and the minefire and community concerns by Voices of the Valley. We discussed some of the politics, health impacts and possibilities for transitioning to a clean economy with sustainable jobs, involving the local community in transition planning.
Ruihan Xu, an undergraduate student in computer science, helps out in the lab of Peter Gaskell on day three of the Distributed Teaching Collaborative Summer Sessio in the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
Participants from Berea College, Howard University, Kennesaw State University, and Morehouse College spent the final week of June at the University of Michigan College of Engineering Robotics Department participating in the Distributed Teaching Collaborative Summer Session in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The program, which began with the new Robotics 101 course in Fall 2020 being remotely taught to Morehouse and Spelman College students, enables instructors from different institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), to benefit from open-source resources available for new course development at R1 institutions. This collaboration provides students from HBCUs and MSIs with access to cutting-edge robotics education and helps promote equity in STEM fields.
In March of this year Robotics PhD student Jana Pavlasek and Professor Chad Jenkins were awarded the Claudia Joan Alexander Trailblazer Award for their work developing the new course for undergraduate students, Rob 102: Introduction to AI and Programming. Their commitment to creating opportunity in AI and Robotics continues to extend beyond the University of Michigan. In Fall 2023, Robotics 102 will be offered in this collaborative distributed format to the partner schools. This initiative will help to provide equitable opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds to learn and grow in the field of robotics.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
The plastic sheeting was distributed to families whose homes were damaged by rockets which hit residential areas of Mariupol on 24 January 2015, killing some 30 civilians and injuring 90.
Photo Credit: UNHCR, Mariupol, Ukraine, January 2015
Mitch Hagney
Distributed Urban Agriculture
While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using increasingly destructive strategies to maximize their yield. All of a sudden, however, technology and the market are giving producers the opportunity to scale urban agriculture up to help make cities sustainable. Innovations in remote sensing, data conglomeration, irrigation design, and lighting are enabling farmers to grow healthy produce on a tiny footprint with fewer dangerous chemicals. In the process, urban farmers can reuse waste as construction material and fertilizer, while operating farms distributed throughout cities in derelict and underutilized spaces.
From left, are Western Distributing’s Marty Rau, general manager of the company’s refrigerated division, longtime driver Tom Bogle; and vice president Marty Garcia.
Mitchell Allen, from Morehouse College in Atlanta, listens as Peter Gaskell gives instructions on programing the Mbot, a three-wheeled Robot used at the University of Michigan to teach AI and programing, in his lab in the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Allen is one of the participants in the Distributed Teaching Collaborative Summer Session.
Participants from Berea College, Howard University, Kennesaw State University, and Morehouse College spent the final week of June at the University of Michigan College of Engineering Robotics Department participating in the Distributed Teaching Collaborative Summer Session in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The program, which began with the new Robotics 101 course in Fall 2020 being remotely taught to Morehouse and Spelman College students, enables instructors from different institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), to benefit from open-source resources available for new course development at R1 institutions. This collaboration provides students from HBCUs and MSIs with access to cutting-edge robotics education and helps promote equity in STEM fields.
In March of this year Robotics PhD student Jana Pavlasek and Professor Chad Jenkins were awarded the Claudia Joan Alexander Trailblazer Award for their work developing the new course for undergraduate students, Rob 102: Introduction to AI and Programming. Their commitment to creating opportunity in AI and Robotics continues to extend beyond the University of Michigan. In Fall 2023, Robotics 102 will be offered in this collaborative distributed format to the partner schools. This initiative will help to provide equitable opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds to learn and grow in the field of robotics.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
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Candy Cane and 30” Santa ( Sunhills is the Shorter Version, adapted from the Taller Version shown, that more detailed Santa is 50 year old sample from defunct Polaron Plastics), Christmas Light Up Vintage Blow Molded Lawn Decor, distributed by SunHill, Candy Cane re-design Circa 1991-1992 by MiMo, Mike Mozart.
MiMo Mike Mozart created thousands of commercial products, books toys and infomercial items, with many signed Michael Wolfe! An adaptation of his real name Wolfgang Mikyáll Mozart often shortened to Wolf or Wolfie
A long and successful career, with his first children’s book sold at age 15 which continues to this day at age 60!
In the early 1980’s, MiMo, Mike Mozart, Co-hosted with TX Critter ( that developed into ALF), the classic KidsTime Express on UHF Channel 20, WTXX Waterbury CT TV Show. Paul Fusco, the original puppeteer and creator of the show went on to create the character and TV Show ALF!
Illustrated over 100 Childrens books, many licensed Walt Disney, Muppets, Looney Toons, Ninja Turtles, Uncle Scrooge McDuck and More!
Created thousands of Holiday and Seasonal
Products, many featuring the pantheon of Walt Disneys top licensed characters! Known for the exceptional designs of season Nutcrackers and sweeping product lines for major Retailers for Horizon’s East. And Christmas, Easter-and Halloween licensed character products for SunHill Industries. Massive product lines featuring the Mickey Mouse line of Basic Characters, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto Donald Duck and Daisy Duck.
Disney’s Ducktales
Disney’s the Little Mermaid
Disney’s Aladdin
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Disney’s, Bambi
Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame
Disney’s 100 Dalmatians
Disney’s Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Also:
The Flintstones
Teletubbies
Looney Tunes
Crayola
Scooby Doo
The M&Ms Character Family
Universal Monsters
Assisted and wrote gags for top Newspaper comic strip cartoonists throughout the 1980’s, including Bob Weber of Moose and Molly fame, Guy Gilchrist artist of the Muppets Comic Strips, Jerry Marcus of the strip Trudy, Dik Brown of Hagar the Horrible and Hi and Lois, Orlando Busino of Gus, and many more!
A continuing Voice over talent for imported Japanese cartoons, TV Commercials and seasonal animated an sound products for Halloween and Christmas!
Appeared live on QVC and HSN for over a decade live presenting products of his invention and design. Created top selling infomercial items in the 1980’s and 1990’s!
Notable lawn and garden products, tools and household products.
Was a Top Twenty All Time Most viewed and Subscribed for the first 7 years of YouTube garnering more than a Half Billion Views! Many on TheToyChannel and Jeepersmedia on YouTube!
More Recently, A known fine artist having been the Ghost Artist Designer and Mentor to Alec Monopoly.
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Mitch Hagney
Distributed Urban Agriculture
While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using increasingly destructive strategies to maximize their yield. All of a sudden, however, technology and the market are giving producers the opportunity to scale urban agriculture up to help make cities sustainable. Innovations in remote sensing, data conglomeration, irrigation design, and lighting are enabling farmers to grow healthy produce on a tiny footprint with fewer dangerous chemicals. In the process, urban farmers can reuse waste as construction material and fertilizer, while operating farms distributed throughout cities in derelict and underutilized spaces.
Mitch Hagney
Distributed Urban Agriculture
While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using increasingly destructive strategies to maximize their yield. All of a sudden, however, technology and the market are giving producers the opportunity to scale urban agriculture up to help make cities sustainable. Innovations in remote sensing, data conglomeration, irrigation design, and lighting are enabling farmers to grow healthy produce on a tiny footprint with fewer dangerous chemicals. In the process, urban farmers can reuse waste as construction material and fertilizer, while operating farms distributed throughout cities in derelict and underutilized spaces.
Mitch Hagney
Distributed Urban Agriculture
While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using increasingly destructive strategies to maximize their yield. All of a sudden, however, technology and the market are giving producers the opportunity to scale urban agriculture up to help make cities sustainable. Innovations in remote sensing, data conglomeration, irrigation design, and lighting are enabling farmers to grow healthy produce on a tiny footprint with fewer dangerous chemicals. In the process, urban farmers can reuse waste as construction material and fertilizer, while operating farms distributed throughout cities in derelict and underutilized spaces.
IOM distributes 1,828 pieces of rubber mats to the 22 displacement sites of Tacloban Hub and to 34 families living in makeshift shelters near the Streetlight Evacuation Center. These rubber mats will serve as a flexible barrier/insulation material between the sleeping mats of IDP families and the ground. © IOM 2014
Mitch Hagney
Distributed Urban Agriculture
While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using increasingly destructive strategies to maximize their yield. All of a sudden, however, technology and the market are giving producers the opportunity to scale urban agriculture up to help make cities sustainable. Innovations in remote sensing, data conglomeration, irrigation design, and lighting are enabling farmers to grow healthy produce on a tiny footprint with fewer dangerous chemicals. In the process, urban farmers can reuse waste as construction material and fertilizer, while operating farms distributed throughout cities in derelict and underutilized spaces.
Plumpy'nut is being distributed at Kule refugee camp in Gambela region of Ethiopia 12 August 2014. USF Board members visits Ethiopia ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Ose
RCDP distributed Honey Bee boxes amng youth for earning livelihood.
By: Gul Hamaad Farooqi
CHITRAL: Honey bee boxes distributed among different youth groups of Chitral for earning their livelihood with an honest way. In this connection a function was held at the office of Rural Community Development Program (RCDP). Director Agriculture Jan Muhammad Khan was chief guest on the occasion while the ceremony was presided over by Muhammad Zahir Khan chief Municipal Officer TMA Chital. They were supported by South Asia Partnership program. Addressing on the occasion the speakers hailed contribution of South Asia partnership program and efforts of RCDP for providing honey bee boxes free of cost among the youth of Chitral. They said that at present 25 boxes will be distributed among the youth of Chitral and 50 boxes will be provided them later on. They stressed upon the youth and beneficiaries to care of these honey bee and try of their best to boost this sector and to increase their number of boxes and to convert it in a best source of income
activity. Engineer Temour Shah Coordinator of RCDP said that RCDP working in chitral since 1997 in different developmental and women empowerment sectors. He said that they prioritized sewing and handicraft center of women, computer centers and library for women at village level.
He said that on the demand of local community they distributing honey bee boxes among the youth of Chitral with collaboration of South Asia partnership. He said that is best way of income for jobless youth. Jan Muhammad Khan Director Agriculture guided participants on technical point of view regarding keeping honey bee. Rahmat Wali Admin officer of TMA Chitral also briefed the stakeholders as expert of honey bee keeping. Chief municipal officer Zahir Khan stressed on youth to not take it lightly and deals it carefully. He said that you can earn your livelihood by this way with a honor way and easily. Nasreen Bibi deputy Coordinator RCDP emphasized on youth to also assure positively participation of women folk because they can keep it with a best way which is reasonable source of their income and boosting their respect in society. At last chief guest along with other guests distributed honey bee boxes with relevant equipments and agreements papers.
Experts guided the youth to save these honey bee from wasp which is harmful for these honey bee.
G.H. Farooqi C/O Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral phone No 0943-320737, 0943-316052, 0943-414418 , 03025989602, 03337069572, 03159698446, 03469002167
email: gulhamad@gmail.com
Michael Shaw is the kind of guy you want to go to a ballgame with and drink a couple of beers and discuss the meaning of life. Michael is guaranteed to put a smile on your face inside of 5 minutes of knowing him. He is a reporter for Assignment Zero, and I spoke to him in conjunction with a story that he was doing for Assignment Zero, which is a text book example of what Dan Gillmor calls "distributed journalism" in his book, We the Media>. Assignment Zero uses pro-am journalists like Mike Shaw to get stories that the mainstream media can't or won't cover. At the time that I met him, Mike was gathering information about the influence of Free Open Source Software on politics. This still was taken from footage shot on 15 April 2007 at a public baseball park in San Francisco, California. The brown building behind Michael to his left is the Kipp San Francisco Bay Academy, which is the public middle school that the DTP crew has been supporting with Free Open Source Software.
Mitch Hagney
Distributed Urban Agriculture
While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using increasingly destructive strategies to maximize their yield. All of a sudden, however, technology and the market are giving producers the opportunity to scale urban agriculture up to help make cities sustainable. Innovations in remote sensing, data conglomeration, irrigation design, and lighting are enabling farmers to grow healthy produce on a tiny footprint with fewer dangerous chemicals. In the process, urban farmers can reuse waste as construction material and fertilizer, while operating farms distributed throughout cities in derelict and underutilized spaces.
Graduation certificates were distributed to students by Ms. Lacambra together with Mr. Josep Alfonso, Director of Communications and Institutional Relations for AXA Spain; Prof. Ramon Marimon, Chairman of the Barcelona GSE; and representatives of the two universities promoting the Barcelona GSE – Dr. Montse Farell, Vicerector of Economy and Organization at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; and Dr. Jaume Casals, Rector of Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Photos Courtesy of PSP/FSU
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E.O.W. Monday, December 12, 2005
Joseph R. Pokorny, Jr. was born August 27, 1960, in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
He graduated from Center Area High School in 1978, and enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police on July 5, 1983. Following graduation from the Academy on November 17, 1983, Trooper Pokorny was assigned to Troop B, Washington, as a member of the Patrol Unit. On April 2, 1990, Trooper Pokorny was detached to the Greensburg Tactical Narcotic Team. On September 2, 2000, he was promoted to the rank of Corporal, and was transferred to Troop T, where he was assigned as a Patrol Unit Supervisor at the Newville Station. Corporal Pokorny transferred back to Troop B on March 31, 2001, where he served as Patrol Unit Supervisor at Belle Vernon, and then Pittsburgh. On June 7, 2003, he was assigned as the Troop Vice Unit Supervisor at Troop B, Washington Headquarters. Corporal Pokorny returned to the Pittsburgh Station on January 17, 2004, where he served as a Patrol Unit Supervisor at Troop B, until his death on December 12, 2005.
Corporal Pokorny lost his life on December 12, 2005, shortly after 2:00 a.m., when he stopped a car for speeding on SR 279(also known as the Parkway) outside the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. During the traffic stop, a struggle ensued. Corporal Pokorny was shot twice with his service weapon. One of the wounds proved fatal, and Corporal Pokorny died at the scene. The occupants of the vehicle all fled the area.
After an extensive investigation by State Police, Allegheny County Police, City of Pittsburgh Police, and numerous other law enforcement agencies, on December 14, 2005, Leslie Mollett was charged with and arraigned on criminal homicide and other related crimes relative to the death of Corporal Pokorny. At the time of this incident, Mollett was on parole from prison for other offenses that he committed.
Thousands of law enforcement officers from Florida to California were in attendance at St. Frances Cabrini Church in Aliquippa on December 16, 2005, for the memorial service. From a rifle tribute, to a riderless horse, the 22-year veteran was honored in every way.
Governor Edward G. Rendell noted, “Corporal Pokorny died while serving the citizens of the Commonwealth. His tragic death reminds us once again that our law enforcement personnel put their lives at risk each time they put on their uniforms.”
Corporal Pokorny is survived by two children; a daughter, Alexandre, 15, and a son, Joseph, 17. He is also survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Pokorny, Sr., of Aliquippa, and a brother, Frank, and sister, Laura.
At 45 years of age, Corporal Pokorny, a 22-year veteran of the Department, was the 91st member to be killed in the line of duty.
Corporal Pokorny is buried in Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
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Buddies going to work, with a smile in their faces. They carry leaflets to distribute to others in the streets and parks. Nice disposition for a tiring job in a cold winter morning.
Better viewed large for details
I shot this one from my balcony....they were at the corner and I am three floors up, half block away.
Candy Cane and 30” Santa ( Sunhills is the Shorter Version, adapted from the Taller Version shown, that more detailed Santa is 50 year old sample from defunct Polaron Plastics), Christmas Light Up Vintage Blow Molded Lawn Decor, distributed by SunHill, Candy Cane re-design Circa 1991-1992 by MiMo, Mike Mozart.
MiMo Mike Mozart created thousands of commercial products, books toys and infomercial items, with many signed Michael Wolfe! An adaptation of his real name Wolfgang Mikyáll Mozart often shortened to Wolf or Wolfie
A long and successful career, with his first children’s book sold at age 15 which continues to this day at age 60!
In the early 1980’s, MiMo, Mike Mozart, Co-hosted with TX Critter ( that developed into ALF), the classic KidsTime Express on UHF Channel 20, WTXX Waterbury CT TV Show. Paul Fusco, the original puppeteer and creator of the show went on to create the character and TV Show ALF!
Illustrated over 100 Childrens books, many licensed Walt Disney, Muppets, Looney Toons, Ninja Turtles, Uncle Scrooge McDuck and More!
Created thousands of Holiday and Seasonal
Products, many featuring the pantheon of Walt Disneys top licensed characters! Known for the exceptional designs of season Nutcrackers and sweeping product lines for major Retailers for Horizon’s East. And Christmas, Easter-and Halloween licensed character products for SunHill Industries. Massive product lines featuring the Mickey Mouse line of Basic Characters, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto Donald Duck and Daisy Duck.
Disney’s Ducktales
Disney’s the Little Mermaid
Disney’s Aladdin
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Disney’s, Bambi
Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame
Disney’s 100 Dalmatians
Disney’s Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Also:
The Flintstones
Teletubbies
Looney Tunes
Crayola
Scooby Doo
The M&Ms Character Family
Universal Monsters
Assisted and wrote gags for top Newspaper comic strip cartoonists throughout the 1980’s, including Bob Weber of Moose and Molly fame, Guy Gilchrist artist of the Muppets Comic Strips, Jerry Marcus of the strip Trudy, Dik Brown of Hagar the Horrible and Hi and Lois, Orlando Busino of Gus, and many more!
A continuing Voice over talent for imported Japanese cartoons, TV Commercials and seasonal animated an sound products for Halloween and Christmas!
Appeared live on QVC and HSN for over a decade live presenting products of his invention and design. Created top selling infomercial items in the 1980’s and 1990’s!
Notable lawn and garden products, tools and household products.
Was a Top Twenty All Time Most viewed and Subscribed for the first 7 years of YouTube garnering more than a Half Billion Views! Many on TheToyChannel and Jeepersmedia on YouTube!
More Recently, A known fine artist having been the Ghost Artist Designer and Mentor to Alec Monopoly.
* My Twitch:
twitch.tv/MikeMozartJeepersmedia
* My TikTok:
* www.tiktok.com/@mimomikemozart
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Real Mike Mozart#4030
* My YouTube
youtube.com/Jeepersmedia
youtube.com/TheToyChannel
youtube.com/MikeMozart
* My Instagram
instagram.com/MikeMozart
* My Twitter
twitter.com/jeepersmedia
* My Creative Commons Flickr
Flickr.com/Jeepersmedia
Mitch Hagney
Distributed Urban Agriculture
While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using increasingly destructive strategies to maximize their yield. All of a sudden, however, technology and the market are giving producers the opportunity to scale urban agriculture up to help make cities sustainable. Innovations in remote sensing, data conglomeration, irrigation design, and lighting are enabling farmers to grow healthy produce on a tiny footprint with fewer dangerous chemicals. In the process, urban farmers can reuse waste as construction material and fertilizer, while operating farms distributed throughout cities in derelict and underutilized spaces.
Distribution in Kibati with IMC started yesterday. UNICEF was amongst the first to get of Goma and start distribution. The amount of people needing aid and the duration since they last got food made the distribution difficult. For many their food had run out two weeks ago. We distributed high energy biscuits BP5 and medical supplies for the centre which had been looted by government soldiers.
Flyer distributed around the electorate of Bruce in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs. The seat has been fairly safe for Labor since a redistribution in 1996 saw it included parts of Dandenong that were previously in the electorate of Holt. Prior to that it was a Liberal electorate centred around Glen Waverley. The Labor member since 1996 has been Alan Griffin who is retiring at the 2016 election. Notably the early days saw a staffer in the office named Daniel Andrews who would win the 2014 Victorian Election to become Premier.
The 2013 Election saw Labor retain the seat with a wafer thin margin of 1.8%. The Liberal Party put resources into the electorate following a brief surge in polling to Malcolm Turnbull following the leadership spill in September 2015. Polling before the July 2 election date has the two major parties close with the incumbent Coalition possibly 'sandbagging' enough marginal seats to hold on to power.
More recently Labor were hoping for gains in Victoria which may have been hampered by issues with the Andrews Victorian Government.
Thank you to Vax80 for the flyers.
November 26, 2019--Westbury-- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, joined by members of the New York State Guard, the Long Island Nets, and local politicians, distributes turkeys at the Yes We Can Center in Westbury on Tuesday November 26, 2019. The Governor and his family will be spending the Thanksgiving holiday in Puerto Rico this year. (Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)
Michaelle Fleamvil carries supplies distributed by the American Red Cross at Croix des Prèt. She is helped by Red Cross worker Matt Marek. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
For more information, visit www.ifrc.org/Haiti/
Mitchell Allen, from Morehouse College in Atlanta, takes notes on the whiteboard as Peter Gaskell gives instructions on programing the Mbot, a three-wheeled Robot used at the University of Michigan to teach AI and programing, in his lab in the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Allen is one of the participants in the Distributed Teaching Collaborative Summer Session.
Participants from Berea College, Howard University, Kennesaw State University, and Morehouse College spent the final week of June at the University of Michigan College of Engineering Robotics Department participating in the Distributed Teaching Collaborative Summer Session in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The program, which began with the new Robotics 101 course in Fall 2020 being remotely taught to Morehouse and Spelman College students, enables instructors from different institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), to benefit from open-source resources available for new course development at R1 institutions. This collaboration provides students from HBCUs and MSIs with access to cutting-edge robotics education and helps promote equity in STEM fields.
In March of this year Robotics PhD student Jana Pavlasek and Professor Chad Jenkins were awarded the Claudia Joan Alexander Trailblazer Award for their work developing the new course for undergraduate students, Rob 102: Introduction to AI and Programming. Their commitment to creating opportunity in AI and Robotics continues to extend beyond the University of Michigan. In Fall 2023, Robotics 102 will be offered in this collaborative distributed format to the partner schools. This initiative will help to provide equitable opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds to learn and grow in the field of robotics.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Habitat: This species is distributed locally where larval food plant is found, mainly in limestone areas of the midlands and west of Ireland.
It has only one annual brood.
Flight Times: The adult may be found at almost any time except mid-summer.
Larval food plants:
Buckthorn Rhamnus catharticus
Alder Buckthorn Frangula alnus
Hibernation: Overwinters as an adult butterfly
The male Brimstone is often found quite a long distance from its food plant.
The Brimstone hibernates as an adult but often comes out of hibernation on mild, sunny winter days returning later to resume hibernation.
Life Cycle of the Brimstone
Ovum:
The bottle shaped eggs are laid singly on the underside of leaves or shoots. They can be laid up to a height of 4 metres or more, between mid-April and the beginning of July, but peaking in May and early June.
They are c.1.3mm in height and initially nearly white in colour but after a few days become a deep yellow turning grey before hatching. The egg stage lasts c.2 weeks.
Larva:
The mature larva is between 32-34 mm in length with a green body which changes to a blue-green on the lateral surfaces above the white supra-spiracular line. The body is finely speckled with black bristles as is the green head. Larvae can be found in June and July. The early instar rests on the upper side
of the leaf along the midrid with it claspers at the base and feeds by eating down through the
layers leaving the characteristic holes, the later instar rests on the leaf edge or along a petiole
and eats the entire leaf. The larval stage lasts for c. 30 days.
Pupa:
When fully fed the larva leaves the food plant to pupate at a suitable site - generally the underside of a leaf or stem in low vegetation. The pupa is attached to the plant by the cresmater and supported by a loose silken girdle.
Pupation takes place in July and lasts c. 2 weeks.
Adult:
After emerging in early July the Brimstone butterfly is active untill the end of September but does not mate and lay eggs until the following spring. Instead it feeds extensively in order to fortify itself for hibernation.
It has a preference for purple and mauve flowers such as thistle, purple loosestrife, buddleia and teasle.
Towards the end of September it goes in search of a suitable hibernation site.
The upperside of the male Brimstone wings are a clear lemon yellow but the hindwings have a slightly greener hue. There is an orange spot in the centre of each forewing near the upper margin and in the centre of both hindwings, and a series of small brown spots along the wing margins at the termination of each vein.
The female Brimstone has much paler upper wings with a green tint.
Both male and female have sharply angled wings and prominent veins and when at rest the colour and shape of their closed wings closely resemble pale yellow leaves. This gives perfect camouflage while overwintering among the holly, ivy or bramble leaves between September and May.
The Distributed Common Ground System–Army (DCGS-A) provides unprecedented timely, relevant, and accurate targetable data to the warfighter. DCGS-A will be fully interoperable with the Army’s Unified Mission Command System and provide access to information and intelligence to support battlefield visualization and ISR management in accordance with the Army Common Operating Environment. It provides a flattened network enabling information discovery, collaboration, production, and dissemination to commanders and staffs in seconds and minutes versus hours and days. This system enables the commander to achieve situational understanding by leveraging multiple sources of data, information, and intelligence, and to synchronize Joint and combined arms combat power to see, understand and act first, and finish decisively. DCGS-A is a product of Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors.
Read more on page 92 of the 2013 U.S. Army Weapon Systems Handbook: armyalt.va.newsmemory.com/wsh.php.
Mitch Hagney
Distributed Urban Agriculture
While the majority of the population now lives in urban areas, the vast majority of our food still comes from far distant rural farms using increasingly destructive strategies to maximize their yield. All of a sudden, however, technology and the market are giving producers the opportunity to scale urban agriculture up to help make cities sustainable. Innovations in remote sensing, data conglomeration, irrigation design, and lighting are enabling farmers to grow healthy produce on a tiny footprint with fewer dangerous chemicals. In the process, urban farmers can reuse waste as construction material and fertilizer, while operating farms distributed throughout cities in derelict and underutilized spaces.
Cassava strippers, watering cans, hoes and rakes distributed in Bangui by FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and rural development to women and Muslims groups.
Read more about FAO and the crisis in the Central African Republic.
Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/V. Giorda. Editorial use only. Copyright FAO
Distributed by many seed companies and labeled as the native Agastache foeniculum. Resulting in thousands of well meaning people spreading an invasive plant.
Agastache rugosa, planted and spreading in Viroqua, Vernon County Wisconsin, 21 August 2022.
Caritas distributes tarps to extremely vulnerable families in Tica whose homes were totally devastated, washed away or severely damaged in Cycline Idai and the resulting floods. Families will also receive food assistance from Caritas. Photo by Caroline Brennan/Caritas
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Distributing blister rust infected Ribes leaves in the inoculation chamber. Dorena Genetic Resource Center. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Photo by: Richard Sniezko
Date: September 13, 2006
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Umpqua National Forest, Dorena Genetic Resource Center.
Source: DRGC digital photo collection; courtesy Richard Sniezko, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
The following description of the inoculation process at Dorena is excerpted from pages 72 and 73 of the Whitebark Pine Restoration Strategy for the Pacific Northwest Region. 2009–2013 (available here: ecoshare.info/uploads/documents/WPB_Strategy_PNW_093008cl...):
"The Dorena Genetic Resource Center (Dorena), a component of the regional genetics program of Pacific Northwest Region (and a partner with the regional Forest Health Protection group), has established protocols for blister rust resistance testing of whitebark pine. These protocols are based on those developed and successfully used for screening of western white pine (P. monticola) and sugar pine (P. lambertiana) over the past 5 decades (Danchok et al. 2003).
Resistance testing involves inoculation of young (usually 2-year-old) seedlings with spores of C. ribicola and evaluation of seedlings for up to 5 years after inoculation. Inoculation usually takes place in late August or during September (which coincides with time of natural infection in the field). Seedlings are moved into a climate-controlled inoculation chamber. Temperature within the inoculation chamber is maintained at around 16.7° C (62° F) and relative humidity at 100 percent.
Ribes spp. are the alternative host for C. ribicola, and spores from infected Ribes spp. are necessary to infect the pines. Ribes spp. leaves infected with C. ribicola at the telial stage are collected from forests in Oregon and Washington or from the Ribes garden at Dorena. The Ribes leaves are placed on wire frames above the seedlings, telial side down. Spore fall is monitored until the desired (target) inoculum density of basiospores is reached for each box; the Ribes leaves are then removed. After the target inoculum density is reached for the last box, the temperature is raised to 20° C, and the seedlings are left in the inoculation chamber for approximately 48 hours to ensure spore germination and infection of the pine needles.
Following inoculation, the seedlings are transported outside. The seedlings are evaluated over a period of 5 years for the presence of disease symptoms and mortality. The first symptoms to develop are needle lesions, or ‘spots.’ These are typically assessed approximately 9 months and 1 year after inoculation. Presence and number of stem symptoms along with mortality is assessed annually for 5 years after inoculation."
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