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The World's Best Public Courses
Cigar Aficionado expert panel picks the best places you can play, plus names the top private clubs on the planet
Larry Olmsted
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Kurt Russell, May/June 2006
If you love golf, you are going to travel to play it. The two pursuits are hopelessly intertwined, and with some 30,000-odd courses around the globe, from the Monterrey Peninsula to the rugged shoreline of Hawaii, from the towering sand dunes of Ireland and Scotland to hot, emerging golf locales in far-flung places like New Zealand, South Africa and China, sooner or later the siren call of one of them will find you. You'll find yourself on the way to the airport with your clubs in tow. So where should you go? That is the golfer's eternal dilemma, and if you were face-to-face with one of the world's leading experts on golf and golf travel, that's the question you'd probably ask. That is just what we did: rather than rely on an unscientific poll of readers whose knowledge and claims cannot be qualified, as many magazines do, we went straight to the horse's mouth, assembling a dream team of the world's leading golf journalists, top golf course architects, and executives from some of the most prominent resort chains and golf course management companies, including people who have played on the PGA Tour or LPGA Tour (none of the experts were allowed to vote for their own interests). We asked the panel members the question on every golfer's mind: what is your favorite course?
We also asked them a whole lot more, because when we travel to play golf, most of us end up at golf resorts. But what is a golf resort? Simple question, complicated answer. Today, there are many variations on the theme. The big Hawaiian golf communities, for instance, typically boast multiple courses shared by several hotels, none of which own the golf. So is Wailea a golf resort with several hotels, or is a particular property within it, like the Four Seasons, a golf resort, even though other hotels have equal claim to its courses? Many of our experts felt the town of St Andrews itself qualified as a resort, though neither the fabled Old Course, our runaway winner for Best Golf Course Abroad, nor Kingsbarns, another Top 10 honoree, has any associated lodging. Is Las Vegas's ultra-private Shadow Creek a resort? Most of our panelists said yes, because to play it you have to stay at one of its associated hotels, part of the MGM Mirage group. In this sense, you could argue that Shadow Creek is the grandest golf resort on earth: its hotels boast tens of thousands of rooms, numerous spas and dozens of restaurants with internationally renowned chefs.
Shadow Creek clouds the issue, but at the most basic level, a place like Bandon Dunes is clearly a golf resort: the golf, simple lodging and dining facilities are all under one roof and one owner, and the three courses are so fantastic that by an almost three-to-one margin over runner-up Pebble Beach, our experts loudly declared that Bandon Dunes has simply the best golf of any resort in the nation, if not the world. Yet for many golf travelers there is more to a golf resort than just golf, as evidenced by the fact that Pebble handily edged Bandon for Best Overall U.S. Golf Resort. A lot of golfers also want fancy hotels, great service, spas, myriad dining choices and a range of activities from shooting to off-road driving, which is why the resorts that combine great golf with a huge array of amenities did so well, from Casa de Campo to Gleneagles to Kauri Cliffs. In fact, Scotland played out just like the Bandon-Pebble rivalry: Turnberry ran away with the Best Golf title, but rival Gleneagles trumped it on facilities.
Our experts came from all over the nation and the globe, and brought a unique geographic perspective, citing courses from North Korea to the Canary Islands, but never glossing over the classic links of the British Isles or U.S. Open venues. The group had strong opinions, and more than one expert declared this course or that clearly the finest on earth, often emphasizing their comments with phrases indicating "enough said." It was hard to get them to agree on anything, but some golf courses and resorts rose so far above the pack that they did achieve consensus: for Best U.S. Golf Resort Northwest, not one voter picked anything but Bandon Dunes. Newcomer Kauri Cliffs, which also did well in our recent Best Hotels survey (December 2005), completely shut out all other Australian and New Zealand competitors, despite the rich golf traditions Down Under. The fantastic American Club resort, now awkwardly renamed Destination Kohler to encompass all its myriad attractions, was but a single vote away from Midwestern dominance, and not surprisingly, Pebble Beach pitched a near shutout for the West, despite numerous large resort competitors.
There were also some surprises: fast growing newcomer Turning Stone, which one expert described as the "Pinehurst of the Northeast," won in the crowded northeastern corridor. China's little known but huge Mission Hills resort leapt onto the world scene, and a couple of unique, single-course boutique properties like the Inn at Palmetto Bluff and CordeValle and England's The Grove impressed our panelists.
We had to ask a lot of questions, because there is no "best" golf course or resort,but there is the best one for you and your needs, whether it is 36 holes a day, pub grub and a pillow, or leisurely golf on an almost empty course, Frette linens, a deep wine list and helicopter rides. We list the panel's top choices, several of which won in multiple categories. We also threw in an extra question about their favorite private courses, places that you can play only if you know a member or happen upon some incredible stroke of luck.
Includes golf, lodging, dining and facilities
Multiple-Course Resort, U.S.
Pebble Beach, CA
It has our highest-ranked course, our eighth highest and a third course, the Links at Spanish Bay, which made several panelists' Top 10. But what boosted Pebble was its drop-dead location on the Monterrey Peninsula, three very different hotels, an array of dining and activity options, and its rich history of golf greatness, including multiple U.S. Opens.
As David Baum, publisher and editor in chief of Golf Odyssey, a critical monthly newsletter devoted to golf travel, put it: "When the rangers at the entrance to Seventeen Mile Drive say, 'Welcome to the greatest resort in America,' take them at their word. Pebble Beach remains the ultimate destination for golf travelers."
Honorable Mention: While Pinehurst and Bandon Dunes both got votes in this category, the runner-up to Pebble was Destination Kohler, also known as the American Club. Kohler offers four great courses, has hosted the PGA Championship and Women's U.S. Open (on separate courses), is literally a city of facilities unto itself and has perhaps the finest golf hotel in the nation. As golf journalist Hal Phillips pointed out, "Judge a resort by its weakest course, and this place surpasses them all."
Multiple-Course Resort, Abroad
Turnberry, Scotland
One of Scotland's two 800-pound gorillas when it comes to true, full-service resorts, Turnberry wins on the strength of its phenomenal Ailsa course, which our experts picked as the second best international layout and the finest stop on the British Open rota other than St Andrews. The fabled links meets the sea on a cliff top at the third tee, kicking off perhaps the grandest 10-hole stretch in golf, entirely along the coast, through dunes, with the ruins of a castle thrown in for good measure. The hotel is perched on a hill overlooking its two grand links courses and the ocean beyond, and when you are not distracted by the view, you can explore the resort, which has a modern spa, several fine restaurants and a recently added activities center for shooting, fishing and off-road driving.
As Robert Pedrero, former publisher of The Golf Insider travel newsletter, said, "This is as good as it gets: if you reach the 12th hole at Turnberry and are not completely moved by the experience, you should give up golf." Arthur Hills, a designer who has built more than 300 courses around the world and is a former president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, was blown away: "Wow, what a stunning setting. Truly a remarkable destination."
Honorable Mention: Gleneagles, Scotland's other powerhouse golf resort, came in second in the voting, not surprising since it lacks the seaside setting and British Open links course of its rival. What was surprising were the votes cast away from the British Isles, something that would have been unheard of just a few years ago. China's Mission Hills, the world's largest resort with ten 18-hole courses; South Africa's Fancourt, which hosted the Presidents Cup in 2003; and Sandy Lane in Barbados, home to the incomparable Green Monkey course, all had supporters.
Single-Course Resort, U.S.
Shadow Creek, NV
The only course to crack our Top 10 that is not part of a multicourse complex, Shadow Creek is unique in many ways. It commands the nation's highest greens fees at $500, and guests cannot even play on weekends. Yet many of our experts had undertaken the sometimes difficult process of getting on the course and found it more than worth the trouble. Not only is it unlike anything else in Nevada, an engineering marvel and highlight of superstar designer Tom Fazio's career, but the greens fees also include round-trip limo transport from one of its hotels, including such swank options as Skylofts, The Mansion at MGM or THEhotel at Mandalay Bay.
Pedrero noted, "It combines all the excitement and glamour of the best of Las Vegas with world-class golf, and the tee times are so spacious you feel like it is your own private course." Journalist Jeff Wallach got to the heart of the matter: "Las Vegas. Has it all and none of it's illegal."
Honorable Mention: Many of our voters chose under-the-radar luxury boutique hotels that have a great course connected to them. CordeValle, in California's Silicon Valley, and the Inn at Palmetto Bluff, in Bluffton, South Carolina, are both private courses with access just for overnight guests of over-the-top accommodations run by Rosewood Hotels and Napa Valley's renowned Auberge Resorts, respectively, and both got multiple votes in this category. Equally popular was Palm Coast, Florida's Ocean Hammock, which combines an oceanfront Nicklaus design with upscale, old-school lodging right in the clubhouse for an escapist golf experience like few others.
Single-Course Resort, Abroad
Kauri Cliffs, New Zealand
There are roughly 15,000 golf courses outside the United States, on every continent except Antarctica, but this newcomer crushed the competition in three categories (it also was named the Best Non-Golf Facility: Single-Course Resort, Abroad, and Best Single-Course, Resort Golf, Abroad). Just the fact that so many panelists had made the long trip is noteworthy, but once you get to Kauri Cliffs you understand why. The perennially empty golf course vies mainly with its sibling, the even newer Cape Kidnappers, for the most dramatic setting in golf. The lodgings are pure luxury in a Relais & Chateaux property with impeccable cuisine and service, and the non-golf facilities at this 6,000-acre estate rival those of Gleneagles and the Greenbrier in West Virginia —for just 22 guest rooms. How many other resorts offer on-site boar hunting alongside tennis?
Cigar Aficionado golf columnist Jeff Williams described Kauri Cliffs as "a majestic seaside course coupled with some of the best hotel rooms ever conceived." Bill Hogan, an extensive golf traveler and president of acclaimed tour operator Wide World of Golf, went further: "Kauri Cliffs is the finest small lodge hotel and golf course combination in the world. The setting, service and overall quality are simply unmatched."
Honorable Mention: Kauri Cliffs may have stolen the international spotlight from the British Isles, but runner-up The Grove makes an argument for England. Just three years old, The Grove is a funky, fashionable luxury hotel half an hour outside London, making it very accessible from all corners of the globe, with a golf course by Kyle Phillips of Kingsbarns fame. It is the site of this year's World Golf Championships —American Express Championship, where Tiger Woods will defend his title.
Quality of golf only
Multiple-Course Resort, U.S.
Bandon Dunes, Bandon, OR
Pacific Dunes is the highest-ranked public course in the world built since 1947, according to Golf Magazine. The course and its predecessor, Bandon Dunes, quite simply shocked the golf world when they opened, because they are that good. Last June, the powerhouse design duo of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw opened the third layout, Bandon Trails, which is too young to be ranked but still made the Top 10 lists of some panelists. Our experts fell over one another to vote for this resort, and nothing else in the nation comes close to Pacific and Bandon Dunes for British Isles —style links golf, carved through epic sand dunes along the coast. Owner Mike Keiser is a purist and steadfastly refuses to build a spa, luxury accommodations or allow carts, insisting the resort is for true golf fanatics only.
Golf Odyssey's Baum is one convert: "Bandon Trails cements Bandon Dunes' position as the single best place to play golf in the world. Nowhere else on the planet can you drop your bags and have so many extraordinary golf holes at hand." It is worth noting that our two highly respected architect panelists, Arthur Hills and John Fought, both voted for Bandon in this category. Fought, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, said, "I love links golf and Bandon is the best links place in the U.S.," while Hills cooed, "Does it get any better then this, three world-class courses? My hat is off to Mike Keiser for building his dream."
Honorable Mention: Pebble Beach and Pinehurst came in second and third, respectively, rounding out the new pecking order in American golf.
Multiple-Course Resort, Abroad
Mission Hills, China
China? Twenty years ago, not a single golf course could be found in the entire country, and today 10 exist under one roof. In 2004, Mission Hills entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest golf facility. But quantity and quality co-exist at Mission Hills, where the courses were designed by an array of international player/designers, including Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and even Annika Sorenstam —her sole design. The resort has two hotels, including a new boutique offering, several spas, and every other facility you could think of, all less than a 40- to 45-minute drive from Hong Kong.
Wide World of Golf's Hogan said, "There is really no comparison. Mission Hills has 10 excellent golf courses by 10 different famous golf course architects —and more are planned! For the price, the resort amenities, rooms and service are off the charts." Having just returned from a visit, I could tell you that if you moved any of the resort's best courses —the Faldo, the Nicklaus or the Olazabal —over here, people would clamor to play them. Mission Hills was just named Golf Resort of the Year by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators.
Honorable Mention: Scotland's Turnberry took second place on the strength of its Ailsa course. Golf tour operator Sam Baker of Haversham & Baker could not decide between this and Mission Hills, explaining, "Mission Hills has 10 good golf courses and Turnberry has only two —but Turnberry has Ailsa."
Single-Course Resort, U.S.
Shadow Creek
See write-up on page 80.
Honorable Mention: The Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay, Hawaii, came in a very close second to Shadow Creek. Four Seasons just took over the hotel's management, and the Nicklaus-designed Challenge, with the most ocean exposure of any course in Hawaii, elicited strong support. "Views to die for —it's the real Hawaii you dream about," said Evan Rothman, former executive editor of Golf Magazine.
Single-Course Resort, Abroad
Kauri Cliffs
See write-up on page 80.
Honorable Mention: Waterville, Ireland. Talk about a hidden gem: Waterville House, the luxury mansion associated with this stunning links, is such a well-kept secret that many golf experts do not even know about it, and those that did quickly voted for Waterville as a resort. The first time I played Waterville, I came in for a Guinness after my first 18 and said, "I could play that course every single day." As I sat at the bar, another foursome came in and I overheard them say the same thing, then another. That is the effect Waterville has: it is a great links, but a fun one, not punishing like some, and you really do want to play it every day.
Lodging, dining and activities
Multiple-Course Resort, U.S.
Destination Kohler, WI
A tight race showed how many great golf resorts in this nation live up to the term "full service." Kohler has all the spa treatments, shooting, horseback riding, fishing and other activities, but edged the competition with what may be the best golf resort hotel in the country, the American Club, where each bathroom is a unique work of art showcasing Kohler Plumbing's best fixtures and whirlpool baths. The hotel is home to the fantastic Immigrant Room restaurant and Kohler has something no other golf resort does: a huge interior design center, open to the public.
Honorable Mention: Pebble Beach and the Greenbrier both made very strong showings and both have multiple lodging options, plenty of restaurants and a laundry list of activities. The Greenbrier even has a professional culinary academy on site.
Multiple-Course Resort, Abroad
The other big Scottish resort finally got back at rival Turnberry, solidly thumping it and everybody else in a voting landslide. Gleneagles has what may well be the most complete array of non-golf activities on earth. Its off-road driving school, falconry program, shooting academy and equestrian center are all world-class, run by some of the top competitors in each sport with lavish, dedicated facilities and the best equipment, be it Land Rover Defender 110s or Beretta over/under shotguns. Throw in a Michelin-starred restaurant and a fancy new spa and you can understand why the leaders of the world chose this for the recent G8 summit.
Wide World of Golf's Hogan underscored the importance of non-golf activities here: "Gleneagles has so much to do that the three golf courses are almost a distraction."
Honorable Mention: Turnberry came in a distant second, with many of the same facilities as Gleneagles, but all on a small scale. Journalist, broadcaster and writer Michael Patrick Shiels was one of several Turnberry enthusiasts: "Time well spent in every way: a historical, luxurious, old-fashioned, quaint hotel with panoramic views, a world-class cozy bar and a variety of restaurants. A sweet, full-service spa, shooting range, off-road driving and two thoroughly enjoyable golf courses."
Single-Course Resort, U.S.
CordeValle, CA
A private club with limited on-site lodging for nonmembers, CordeValle is a hidden gem that offers first-rate golf and more than first-rate accommodations, which were taken over in January by Rosewood, the chain behind such stunners as Las Ventanas al Paraiso, one of the world's greatest resorts. CordeValle spans 1,700 acres and has 45 luxury cottages and villas, a lavish spa, hiking trails and even a full-blown winery, Clos La Chance. The men's locker room, complete with multiple hot tubs, steam room, vichy showers, sauna, flat-screen TVs, billiards and full bar, is a contender for the best of its kind anywhere.
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The ICE meeting will be co-located with the annual meetings of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) and the Entomological Society of Canada, along with events hosted by the entomological societies of China, Brazil, Australia, and others.
First of all, the ICE co-chairs, chemical ecologist Walter Leal of UC Davis and vegetable research entomologist Alvin Simmons of USDA/ARS, managed to book not one, but two Nobel Laureautes: Peter Agre (2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) and Jules Hoffmann (2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine).
Then the next announcement. Last weekend at the ESA meeting in Portland, Ore., Leal revealed the list of ICE plenary speakers, selected from 77 nominated worldwide.
UC Davis-affiliated entomologists James R. Carey and Robert E. Page Jr., internationally recognized for their work, are among the eight plenary speakers selected.
Carey, a distinguished professor of entomology with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is considered the world's foremost authority on arthropod demography. Page, provost of Arizona State University and emeritus professor and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is considered the most influential honey bee biologist of the past 30 years.
"We are delighted to have the first Hispanic woman (Latina) to give a plenary lecture at ICE; likewise, the first kiwi (New Zealander), as well as the first native African to have the opportunity to highlight their work in this venue," said Leal, professor in the UC Davis Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
The list of plenary speakers:
- Carolina Barilla-Mury, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Guatemala & USA, who will speak on medical entomology immunity
- Jacqueline Beggs, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Topic: biodiversity and biosecurity
- James R. Carey, University of California, Davis. Topic: insect biodemography
- Fred Gould, North Carolina State University. Topic: GMOs: crop and health protection
- Robert E. Page, Arizona State University. Topic: bee biology: Spirit of the Hive" (title of his latest book)
- José Roberto Postali Parra, ESALQ, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Topic: biological control.
- John A. Pickett, Rothamsted Research, UK. Topic: insect-plant interactions
- Baldwyn Torto, Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Topic: colony collapse disorder and pollination.
Capsule information on the UC Davis-affiliated entomologists:
James R. Carey has authored more than 250 scientific articles, including landmark papers in Science that shaped the way scientists think about lifespan limits and actuarial aging, and two articles in the Annual Review series that provide new syntheses on insect biodemography (2003, Annual Review of Entomology) and aging in the wild (2014, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics). He directed a $10 million multi-university grant for more than a decade (2003-2013).
Carey is the author of three books, including Applied Demography for Biologists with Special Emphasis on Insects (Oxford University Press), the go-to source for all entomologists studying demography. Highly honored for his work, Carey received the 2014 C. W. Woodworth Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), and the 2014 UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award for innovative and creative teaching.
Carey chaired the University of California Systemwide Committee on Research Policy—one of the most important and prestigious committees in the UC system and served on the systemwide UC Academic Council. In addition, he serves as the associate editor of three journals: Genus, Aging Cell, and Demographic Research. In addition, he is the first entomologist to have a mathematical discovery named after him by demographers—The Carey Equality—which set the theoretical and analytical foundation for a new approach to understanding wild populations.
He is a fellow of four professional organizations: ESA, the Gerontological Society of America, the California Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Carey has presented more than 250 seminars in venues all over the world, from Stanford, Harvard, Moscow, Beijing to Athens, London, Adelaide and Okinawa. In addition, Carey is considered a worldwide authority on the demography and invasion biology of tephritid fruit flies, particularly the Mediterranean fruit fly; and a preeminent authority on biodemographics of human aging and lifespan. He is also a pioneering force advocating the educational use of digital video technology, work that he is sharing throughout much of the state, nation and the world.
Carey received his bachelor's degree (animal ecology, 1973) and master's degree (entomology, 1975) from Iowa State University, and his doctorate in entomology from UC Berkeley in 1980.
Robert E. Page Jr.
Page has published more than 200 reviewed publications, three edited books and two authored books. His latest book is "Spirit of the Hive." His lab pioneered the use of modern techniques to study the genetic bases to the evolution of social behavior in honey bees and other social insects.
Page was the first to employ molecular markers to study polyandry and patterns of sperm use in honey bees. He provided the first quantitative demonstration of low genetic relatedness in a highly eusocial species.
Among his other achievements involving honey bee research:
- Page and his students and colleagues isolated, characterized and validated the complementary sex determination gene of the honey bee; perhaps the most important paper yet published about the genetics of Hymenoptera.
- He and his students constructed the first genetic map of any social insect, demonstrating that the honey bee has the highest recombination rate of any eukaryotic organism mapped to date.
In addition, Page was personally involved in genome mappings of bumble bees, parasitic wasps and two species of ants. His most recent work focuses on the genetic bases to individuality in honey bees.
Page also built two modern apicultural labs (in Ohio and Arizona), major legacies that are centers of honey bee research and training. He has trained many hundreds of beekeepers, and continues to teach beekeeping even as provost of the largest public university in the United States. He is also the Foundation Chair of Life Sciences.
An internationally recognized scholar, Page is an elected foreign member of the Brazilian Academy of Science, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the oldest scientific academy of science, the Germany Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was elected to Leopoldina, founded in 1652, for his pioneering research in behavioral genetics of honey bees.
It promises to be an informative, educational and entertaining meeting in Orlando!
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However, not everyone wants to use DEET, a synthetic insect repellent. There's that smell, for one thing. "Properties that people do not like in addition to the smell is that DEET is a solvent for plastic," says chemical ecoloigst Walter Leal of the University of California, Davis. "So, one gets eyeglass frames and watchbands dissolved by DEET."
There's also "the misconception that everything synthetic is bad."
So what is it with DEET that repels mosquitoes? What odorant receptor is involved? Mosquitoes, as we know, detect smells with their antennae.
The Leal lab today (Oct. 27) published research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that pinpoints the exact odorant receptor that repels them. They also identified a plant defensive compound that might mimic DEET, a discovery that could pave the way for better and more affordable insect repellents.
For more than six decades, DEET has been known as the gold standard of insect repellents. More than 200 million people worldwide use the chemical insect repellent, developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and patented by the U.S. Army in 1946.
So when Leal and his team--project scientist Pingxi Xu, postdoctoral scholar Young-Moo Choo, and agricultural and environmental chemistry graduate student Alyssa De La Rosa-- published their groundbreaking research, "Mosquito Odorant Receptor for DEET and Methyl Jasmonate," they drew global attention.
In their research, they examined the receptors of the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, which transmits such diseases as West Nile virus.
The researchers set out to investigate two hypotheses regarding DEET's mode of action: activation of ionotropic receptor IR40a vs. odorant receptor(s). "Ionotropic receptor is another family of olfactory receptors, which seem to be the ancestral version when insects were aquatic," Leal said. "So, the ionotropic receptors normally detect acid, bases, and other water soluble compounds."
"Vector-borne diseases are major health problems for travelers and populations living in endemic regions," said Leal. "Among the most notorious vectors are mosquitoes that unwittingly transmit the protozoan parasites causing malaria and viruses that cause infections, such as dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and encephalitis."
Leal said that diseases transmitted by mosquitoes destroy more lives annually "than war, terrorism, gun violence, and other human maladies combined. Every year, malaria decimates countless lives – imagine a city of San Francisco perishing to malaria year after year. The suffering and economic consequences in endemic areas are beyond imagination for those living in malaria-free countries. Both natives and visitors to endemic areas want to keep these 'infected needles' at bay. In the absence of vaccines for malaria, dengue, and encephalitis, one of the most ancient and effective prophylactic measures against mosquito-borne diseases is the use of DEET."
Dan Strickman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, not involved in the study, praised the work. "We are at a very exciting time for research on insect repellents," said Strickman, senior program officer of the Global Health Program's Vector Control. " For decades, the field concentrated on screening compounds for activity, with little or no understanding of how chemicals interacted with mosquitoes to discourage biting. Use of modern techniques that combine molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology has generated evidence on how mosquitoes perceive odors."
Said zoologist Paul Weldon of the Smithsonian's Conservation Biologist Institute, also not involved in the study: "Since DEET is strictly synthetic and not a natural product, it has been challenging to understand the adaptive nature of the response it elicits. It is not as if the compound emanates from, say, spider webs or fishy water, where avoidance by mosquitoes would make sense. Xu et al. have solved the mystery of where the DEET response comes from: it is in response to plant chemical defenses."
"This, by the way, also explains why the DEET response is widespread, occurring in many arthropods, including those that are not ectoparasitic -- like cockroaches," Weldon said. The repellence of other arthropods by DEET may have tipped off some of those investigating the DEET response, but I'm not sure that it did. The focus of research on DEET seems to have been with the organisms in which it just so happened to be discovered -- mosquitoes. The Xu et al. study suggests that there is a much broader array of DEET-sensitive organisms than previously suspected. No doubt, this finding will assist further investigations of it."
Professor John Pickett, Rothamsted Research, UK, also not involved in the study, called the link between the plant compound and synthetic insect repellent, DEET as a "surprising evolutionary link."
Pickett, the Michael Elliott Distinguished Research Fellow and Scientific Leader of Chemical Ecology at Rothamsted Research and a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences, said: "Not only does this work demonstrate that a mosquito response to the gold standard repellent DEET, as well as the more recently developed repellents, is mediated by a specific odorant receptor (OR136 for the southern house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus) but that the receptor responds specifically also to methyl jasmonate, involved in plant hormone-based defense against insects, which suggests a surprising evolutionary link between these types of insect interactions."
The UC Davis researchers pointed out that "insect repellents have been used since ancient times as prophylactic agents against diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and other arthropods, including malaria, dengue fever, and encephalitis. They were developed from plant-based smoke or extracts (essential oils) into formulations with a single active ingredient."
Progress toward development of better and more affordable repellents has been slow, they said, because scientists weren't sure which odorant receptor was involved. Now they are.
Mosquito researcher Anthony "Anton" Cornel, associate professor with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and based at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, provided the mosquitoes that allowed the Leal lab to duplicate his mosquito colony at UC Davis.
Look for more exciting research to come!
When chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, was elected to the prestigious Brazilian Academy of Sciences, his lab members donned matching t-shirts--t-shirts with a touch of humor and a dose of humility.
On the front: "I did the work."
On the back: "And Walter Leal got in the Academy."
It was his idea and he purchased the t-shirts.
Leal, a native of Brazil, will be honored at a ceremony on May 7 in Rio de Janeiro.
"Let me say that your election to the Brazilian Academy of Sciences is a well-deserved recognition for your accomplishments as a distinguished scientist in your field of studies, entomology, and also for the very important role you have been playing in promoting cooperation among Brazilian and U.S .universities and, through those arrangements, fostering scientific development in our country," said Ambassador Eduardo Prisco of the Brazilian Consulate in San Francisco.
Leal, a native of Brazil, is a liaison with UC Davis and the Brazil government's Scientific Mobility Program, launched to exchange graduate and undergraduate students.
The U.S. currently hosts the largest number of students participating in the Brazil government's Scientific Mobility Program, according to the Institute of International Education, and UC Davis leads the nation, hosting more than 30 Brazilian undergraduate scholarship students. Leal is also involved in the Brazilian/UC Davis student exchange with the Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) grants for research related to Brazil.
A pioneer in the field of insect communication and on the cutting edge of research, Leal employs innovative approaches to insect olfaction problems. His work examines how insects detect smells, communicate with their species, detect host and non-host plants, and detect prey. Leal has designed and synthesized complex pheromones from many insects, including scarab beetles, true bugs, longhorn beetles and the citrus leafminer. He and his lab discovered the secret mode of the insect repellent DEET.
Leal, educated in Brazil and Japan, joined the UC Davis Department of Entomology in 2000. He holds a doctorate in applied biochemistry from Tsukuba University, Japan, and also earned degrees in chemical engineering and agricultural chemistry.
You'll be hearing much more of Walter Leal. Active in national and international entomological circles, the UC Davis professor is serving as co-chair of the International Congress of Entomology (ICE) conference, to be hosted by the Entomological Society of America (ESA) Sept. 25-30, 2016 in Orlando, Florida.
His honors and awards are many. He is a Fellow of the ESA, the Royal Entomological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served as president of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE). Among his awards: the ISCE Silver Medal, and awards from ESA and scientific societies in Japan and Brazil.
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The Walter Leal lab wore humorous t-shirts to announce his selection to the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Four countries are represented in this lab photo. The four in front are (from left) Junior Specialist Hang Gao, United States; Professor Fen Zhu, Huazhong Agricultural University, China; Professor Leal, a native of Brazil; and Graduate Student Alyssa De La Rosa (Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group). Circling them in back are (from left) Postdoctoral Fellow Cherre Sade, Brazil; Postdoctoral Fellow Young-Moo Choo, Korea; Project Scientist Pingxi Xu, China; Graduate Student Kevin Cloonan (entomology major), Professor Carlos Ueira Vieira, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil; Graduate Student Yinliang Wang, Northeast Normal University, China; and Graduate Student Washington Carvalho, Federal University of Uberlandia.
UC Davis entomology graduate student Kevin Rayne Cloonan not only won a coveted award for his research presentation at the 60th meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Knoxville, Tenn., but it may prove to be a boon to California almond growers.
Cloonan, who is studying for his master's degree with chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor of entomology, won a second-place award for his insect repellent research on the navel orangeworm (NOW), a major pest of California's almond industry.
His talk was part of the 10-minute graduate student presentations.
Cloonan presented his paper on "Potential Oviposition Repellent for the Navel Orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) in Almond Orchards of Central California." For his research, he tested 20 broad spectrum insect repellents as potential oviposition repellents. Bedoukian Research Inc. developed the repellents.
Cloonan's work involved electrophysiological recordings, laboratory behavioral assays, and a field behavioral assay. He first used electroantennogram (EAG) assays to identify which of those 20 repellents the female antennae could detect. Of the 20 repellents, three showed significant EAG responses, he said.
In testing the oviposition repellency under laboratory conditions with laboratory populations, he found that two of the three repellents showed significantly reduced oviposition; they were then tested with field populations in almond orchards in Arbuckle.
"One especially looks very promising," said Cloonan, adding "I couldn't have done this research without the support and help of Dr. Leal and everyone in the Leal lab."
Cloonan has been asked to present a poster at the Almond Board of California conference, to be held Dec. 11-13 at the Sacramento Convention Center.
At the ESA meeting, Cloonan's presentation was one of 14 vying for top honors in the Plant-Insect Ecosytems (P-IE) Section. The P-IE Section includes behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary relationships in natural landscapes, as well as integrated pest management (IPM) in agriculture, horticulture, forests, and lawn and garden. The section also deals with aspects of crop protection, host-plant response, plant pathology/vectors, pollination, biological control, microbial control, and others.
Cloonan, who plans to pursue his doctorate in entomology, is a graduate of the University of Idaho, with a bachelor's degree in entomology.
Almonds are big business in California and getting bigger.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service forecasts California's 2012 almond crop at a record-breaking 2.10 billion meat pounds, valued at approximately $3 billion. Eighty-percent of the global supply of almonds is grown in California, and about 70 percent of California's crop is marketed overseas.
Honey bees from all over the country are trucked to California to pollinate the state's 780,000 acres of almonds, which begin blooming in mid-February, around Valentine's Day. Two bee colonies are required to pollinate each acre--and that's a lot of bees!
Walter Leal isn't participating in the Olympics, but he medaled just the same.
It was not for athletic prowess, but for scholarly achievements—the scientific equivalent of an international gold medal.
Leal, a chemical ecologist and a professor and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is the recipient of the coveted Silver Medal, the highest award given by the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE).
A native of Brazil and educated in Brazil and Japan, Leal researches how insects detect smells and communicate within their species. He is "one of the foremost authorities on the integration of chemical ecology with the molecular, biochemical and physiological interactions among insects and between insects and plants," said chemical ecologist Coby Schal, professor at North Carolina State University, who nominated him for the award.
Bruce Hammock, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, wrote a letter of support, praising Leal for "his outstanding career achievements and excellence in moving chemical ecology forward." Hammock described him as "a world-renowned chemical ecologist, a pioneer in the field of insect olfaction, and on the cutting edge of research."
ICSE president Paulo H. G. Zarvin of the Federal University of Parana, Brazil announced the award July 26 at the 28th annual ISCE annual meeting, held in Lithuania. It will be presented at the ISCE's 29th annual meeting, set Aug. 19-22, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
Declaring Leal's program, launched in 1990, as "one of the best in the world," Schal lauded Leal as "one of the most energetic and collaborative scientists I know."
"Chemical signaling is fundamental to all life forms, including microbes, plants and animals," Schal said," and chemical cues allow animals to appraise their environment; to detect food, toxins, prey, predators and pathogens; to identify kin; and to evaluate and base mate choice decisions of potential reproductive partners."
"Walter's research, in two decades, has addressed almost every aspect of chemical ecology," Schal said. That includes "the semiochemistry of mites, thrips, scarabs, bugs, aphids, cockroaches, moths, wasps and plants."
Leal, who joined the UC Davis faculty in 2000, has designed and synthesized complex pheromones from many insects, including scarab beetles, true bugs, longhorn beetles and the citrus leafminer. He identified the complex sex pheromone system of the naval orangeworm, a key agricultural pest responsible for multi-million crop damage annually in California. The sex pheromones he discovered are now being deployed in the agricultural field to disrupt chemical communication and control the navel orangeworm population through the environmentally friendly technique of mating disruption.
Leal and his lab discovered DEET's mode of action, something that had puzzled and eluded scientists for half a century. Scientists long surmised that DEET, patented by the U.S. Army in 1946, works by masking the smell of the host, or jamming the insect's senses, thus interfering with its ability to locate a host. Not so: in groundbreaking research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the Leal lab found that mosquitoes can indeed smell the chemical repellent but they dislike it so they avoid it.
Leal is one of only 23 scientists to receive the ISCE Silver Medal since its inception in 1986. Two other University of California scientists also won the award: Dave Wood of UC Berkeley in 2001 and Ring Cardé of UC Riverside in 2009.


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Monday, November 22, 1999
Bloomington, Ind. - East Tennessee State University senior Catherine Berry finished 53rd at the 1999 NCAA Cross Country Championship. She finished with a time of 17:38.5.
Wisconsin's Erica Palmer won the NCAA Championship with a time of 16:39.5. Brigham Young captured the women's cross country team title.
Berry, who finished second in the Southern Conference Championships, won the NCAA South Regional 5,000M race in 16:51 on November 13. Berry and her teammates won the 1999 Southern Conference Championship on October 31.
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On June 6, one of Patuxent High School's graduating seniors was missing from the ranks as the class lined up at Show Place Arena to receive their diplomas.
But Kelly Reagan of Lusby did not miss her graduation due to any academic shortcomings; she had the misfortune of falling suddenly ill and was forced to miss the ceremony.
To make up for it, the Rev. Shawn Holcomb, pastor of Crossroad Christian Church in St. Leonard, gave Reagan the chance to have her own commencement at a recent worship service.
The day she was set to graduate, Reagan had volunteered to pick up her 15-year-old brother, Ryan, from school. When they arrived at home, she said she remained in the car because she had suddenly become very hot and sleepy. Ryan, who has Asperger's syndrome, didn't find anything odd about her behavior and went inside the house right away, she said.
About an hour later, Reagan's 19-year-old brother, Lawrence, needed to borrow the car and came out to find her asleep, according to the family's account of the incident. When he realized she was unconscious, he called 911. She woke up in the ambulance without any recollection of what happened, she said.
Reagan was at Calvert Memorial Hospital by 2:30 p.m.; hours later, she still had a fever and doctors were unsure as to what caused the fainting spell. At that point, it was clear she was going to miss her graduation.
"I was so disappointed because I had waited four years for this moment," Reagan said. "It's a lifelong dream to graduate high school."
Holcomb found out Reagan was in the hospital and went to check on her with his wife.
"She looked at me with these big tears and said, 'I missed my graduation,'" Holcomb said. He immediately had the idea to put on a commencement ceremony for her at their church as soon as she was better.
Reagan's doctors performed many tests and were unable to find anything seriously wrong, she said. They believe she had come down with a virus that spiked a fever, causing her to overheat and pass out.
On Sunday, June 23, after the prayer and worship portion of the church service, Reagan made her way up the aisle in her cap and gown to receive her diploma as "Pomp and Circumstance" rang through the church.
She said she found herself very nervous to be the center of attention.
"She is almost embarrassed to think that people think so highly of her and that they'd want to do this for her," said Reagan's mother, Anne.
Reagan joined her parents on the church's stage, where Holcomb shared high remarks about her character with the congregation.
"Kelly is spunky," he said. "Don't ever lose that spunky, childlike faith."
Anne Reagan and her husband, Larry, also presented their daughter with kind words of praise and encouragement.
Eventually, Kelly Reagan made her way to the microphone and shared her deepest thanks for the opportunity to celebrate her graduation. She shared the lessons she had learned throughout high school and passed them down to the younger members of the church.
"Find your friends and fight for them," she said.
Kelly Reagan plans to travel to Kyoto, Japan, in the fall and study international relations at Ritsumeikan University. Japanese has been one of her passions since she was a child, and she has found ways to learn the language online and in books. She first traveled to Japan at the age of 14 for a one-month immersion program, and also spent her junior year as an exchange student in Japan.
"I have never seen anyone so motivated about something," Anne Reagan said of her daughter's future career pursuits.
Even though graduation day did not turn out the way Kelly Reagan had planned, she said she found a sense of closure in Sunday's ceremony.
"It's done and I can finally start moving forward," she said. "This was 10 times better."


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As a budget case this fits the bill - top to bottom internal rack for multiple drives, fingerscrews for easy side removal and a 500W PSU included which is reasonable quiet. However I quickly discovered that the front Audio ports made a horrendous buzzing noise whenever a front USB device was plugged in. The rear audio port was fine. Upon removal of the front header I discovered that the USB and Audio are grounded together which was the cause of the fault. After some circuit board modifications and A new ground cable soldered in place I resolved the fault and now have crystal clear sound. Oh - and the Hard drive LED light had popped out internally so I now have to reglue that too.
If you're on s desperate budget and don't mind a bit of soldering then this case is fine - but if you're a beginner or new to system building avoid it - there is a serious design flaw in the front header which is a crying shame as the case design with it's blue LED power button is aesthetically pleasing.
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Rubbish do not buy
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DO NOT buy this case, it touches the motherboard when you screw it down on the metal mounting plate shorting it out and blowing it.
I now have to buy a new motherboard.
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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,dhamma follower wrote:I should add here that intellectual understanding doesn't mean collecting knowledge. There needs to be the understanding of dhammas as they appear now as only dhammas, not self, again and again, by conditions.
That should be stressed, as it's a point at rarely comes through when discussions of this nature are had.
Dear Retro,
Indeed, it is a very important point. The Buddha taught the dhammas for us to understand whatever appears now correctly as no one, no self, only element arising by conditions. Only this present dhamma can be understood: seeing now, thinking now, etc....
Achaan Sujin stresses this again and again...


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Reference the below - I know he was only in for a handful of plays, but I really liked how he moved.. he came off the line strong, routes were good - and as Philbin said below, I really do think he looked like he belonged.
Really hope this results in more opportunities for Matthews - let's see what he has.
Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/m...,1157661.story
Coming onOne of the bright spots in the loss to Buffalo was the play of rookie wide receiver Rishard Matthews.The University of Nevada product, who was playing in his second game, recorded his first NFLcatch. Matthews finished the contest with one reception for 19 yards and drew a pass interference penalty. He was one of five Dolphins players that recorded a catch in the loss."He looked like he belonged out there," Philbin said. "He did some good things. Hopefully he can continue to develop, but he earned the opportunity to play in the game. Some of these guys, you watch them in practice and you see them make catches and plays, and he deserved to be in the game."


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the circus comes into town i guess
the circus comes into town i guess
Interesting move by the Pats.The New England Patriots signed former New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow and expect him to be in the teams mandatory minicamp tomorrow, reports ESPN.com.
Tebow was released by the Jets in April after spending one only uneventful season with team.
Look for him to score 13 TDs against the Dolphins this year
I believe this should be the impetus for the creation of a "LOL @ the Pats" thread
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Here is question for those of you planning on playing the GCO this year.
Hole 17 was designed to have tho pond on the left side requiring a careful tee shot. Currently the pond is down so much that it is really not in play. I have been considering stringing OB rope around the edge of what is usually under water.
I had also considered an alternate tee for Advanced and above that (with a little foliage clearing) would be a shot either across the length of the pond, or playing safe to the right of it. This makes no sense now since it's only 120' to dry land. It's normally 280'
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OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - It's been 100 years since the birth in western Kentucky of Bill Monroe, who became known as the father of bluegrass music.
To commemorate the occasion, the International Bluegrass Music Museum is putting on a three-day birthday bash filled with acts, new museum exhibits and the premiere of a documentary about Monroe.
The museum says every active member of the International Bluegrass Hall of Fame will perform. That's a list that includes Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley and Bobby Osborne.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2003JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 22, 2003) - Gardner-Webb scored a run in the top of the ninth on a wild pitch to break a tie and held on for a 4-3 victory over East Tennessee State Tuesday night from Cardinal Park in Johnson City, Tenn. Gardner-Webb (25-15) took a 3-0 lead after scoring individual runs in each of the first three innings. With one out in the first, Bulldog left fielder reached on an error, then scored on a double by center fielder Sam Bradford. In the second frame, third baseman Matt Higginson singled to first base with one out. Then with two down, he crossed the plate on a double by shortstop John David Milford. In the third inning, Bradford reached on an error with one out. He scored the third Gardner-Webb run on a ground out to short by catcher Jay Bennett. East Tennessee State (11-25) cut the Bulldog lead to just one by scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Freshman third baseman Shane Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) led off the inning with a single to left. Junior left fielder Bo Calloway (Knoxville, Tenn.) then reached on an error, with Byrne advancing to third. Byrne came home on a subsequent fielder's choice by sophomore second baseman Justin Clear (LaFollette, Tenn.) and Calloway then crossed the plate on a single by junior shortstop Andy Howdeshell (Maryville, Tenn.). The Bucs struck again in the bottom of the seventh, scoring one run to tie the game at three. Freshman catcher Blake Church (Roswell, Ga.) led off the frame with a double to left center. He advanced to third via an error on a fielder's choice by Calloway. After a walk to Clear, Howdeshell singled through the left side, scoring Church to tie the game. The inning could have been much bigger for the Bucs, but Gardner-Webb pitcher Joey Siak recorded three outs without any more Bucs crossing the plate. Then with two outs in the ninth, the Bulldogs rallied for the eventual winning run. Pinch hitter Billy McCarson singled to center, and was pinch-run for by Josh Starnes. Starnes stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Buccaneer senior pitcher Willie McKenzie (Kingsport, Tenn.) entered the game and his second pitch was in the dirt, allowing Starnes to come home. ETSU threatened in the ninth, but Gardner-Webb closer Kevin Wellmon came on to strike out the final two Buccaneer batters, leaving the bases loaded. Siak (7-3) got the win for the Bulldogs, pitching 8.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on six hits. He struck out a batter and walked two. Senior Jarrod Hyder (Elizabethton, Tenn.) turned in his second-straight strong start for the Bucs, pitching six innings and allowing one earned run on six hits. He struck out five and walked one, but received a no-decision. ETSU sophomore righty Mike Bauer (Kingsport, Tenn.) was charged with the loss (1-2), pitching 2.2 innings, allowing one earned run on two hits and striking out four. Howdeshell led the Bucs at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI. Bradford led Gardner-Webb, also with two hits on the night. Buccaneer baseball returns to action tomorrow as ETSU travels to Clemson, S.C. to face the No. 20 Tigers from Doug Kingsmore Stadium. First pitch is set for 7:15 p.m.
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