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LA QUINTA, Calif. -- No other tournament has brought Tim Clark an equal measure of big payoffs and big problems like the Sony Open.
He has been runner-up twice at Waialae and finished inside the top 25 the other two times he played. That's the good news. But he also suffered two injuries at that tournament that effectively cost him the rest of the year.
The more memorable incident was in 2011. After his runner-up finish, Clark realized he had torn tendons in his elbow that some of his friends thought might end his career. He tried to let the injury heal through rest and rehabilitation until he had no choice but surgery. He played only three more times, and it took until the end of last year before he started feeling healthy again.
And then there was 2001.
''Believe it or not, my rookie season, it was at a pro-am here that I blew my wrist out and missed my whole rookie season,'' he said Sunday. He tried to play three more times after that until he withdrew from Pebble Beach and was done for the year.
''I either come second here or blow myself out for a year,'' he said.
This year, he left Honolulu in one piece and had reason to hope for a good year after finishing second. Even as he tried to regain some strength and his form last year, he still finished at No. 61 on the money list, including a runner-up finish to Sergio Garcia at the Wyndham Championship. That made him optimistic coming out to Hawaii, and he felt even better when he left.
''I still have to look after my arm,'' Clark said. ''I still have to do physio and stuff. But when I get out to the course, it's not on my mind. And it's been a long road. ... I always felt like I'd get my game back at some point, and last year it showed when I had some good tournaments.
''Today meant a lot,'' he said Sunday. ''To be able to stay calm and feel like I had a chance to win here, I do feel like I'm back.''


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Omar Khadr, captured as a child, abused, mistreated and tortured for years at Guantanamo, has fired his military attorneys — most likely because he seeks some method to exert control over his situation. God knows how we would respond if placed in his situation.
Meanwhile, Daniel Shulman at Mother Jones has posted an article describing two new actions taken to strip licensure from two former Guantanamo psychologists, Major John Leso and retired Colonel Larry James. James is now dean of the professional psychology program at Wright State University in Ohio, and was the subject of a complaint against him in Louisiana, which was dismissed by the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and subsequently brought to the Louisiana Court of Appeal. Leso is the infamous "Maj. L" in the interrogation log released by Time Magazine some years ago in the torture case of Mohammed Al-Qahtani.
Both Leso and James were members of the Behavioral Science Consultant Team, or BSCT, at Guantanamo. Indeed, James was in charge of the BSCT while he was there. The complaint against Leso, filed by the Center for Justice and Accountability, can be viewed here. The James filing — the work of Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic — is available in PDF format.
These filings were separate from yet another complaint, this one filed with the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, against James Mitchell, one of the principals for CIA torture contractors Mitchell-Jessen and Associates, who has also been identified as one of the interrogators involved in reverse-engineering SERE techniques for the interrogation-cum-torture experiments made upon Abu Zubaydah in the spring and summer of 2002. (PDF link to full document here.)
These actions have been taken in the context of the refusal of the Obama administration to undertake the necessary criminal investigations against the work of torturers under governmental employ during the Bush/Cheney era. While there is a secret investigation supposedly underway in the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, congressional oversight and action on the subject of interrogations has been minimal. While the Senate Armed Services Committee conducted a wide-ranging investigation of the spread of SERE-style torture in the military, the committee refuses to release a less-redacted version of their report, and moreover, issued their findings without recommendations. Even worse, they allowed SERE psychologists, like James Mitchell, to remain in charge of Special Operations battlefield interrogations and detention.
Keeping the lid on the torture scandal is the SOP of the Obama administration lately. According to a July 2 report by Mike Scarcella at The Blog of Legal Times, the Holder Justice Department has filed hundreds of papers in court arguing against an ACLU suit "that blacked-out passages in the [Office of Professional Responsibility] report [on the Office of Legal Counsel torture memos] should remain confidential in the interest of national security and the privacy of government lawyers."
It is in the context over this war over information and accountability that we must look across the Atlantic to see what is unfolding in the United Kingdom, where the new British administration of Prime Minister David Cameron (with coalition partner Nick Clegg) announced that there would be a "judge-led investigation" of the complicity of UK intelligence personnel in the torture of detainees in the U.S.-led rampage that incarcerated an untold number of prisoners, rendered them to countries that would torture, or sent them into CIA secret prisons. These crimes were committed in part to coerce "intelligence" and confessions that would link Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda, the better to drum up fake evidence to justify an unprovoked attack upon Iraq.
UK Torture Inquiry Questions
The announcement of the UK inquiry has been met with a mostly uncritical positive reception in the U.S. And who can blame the American human rights, anti-torture and civil liberties movement? They've had to put up with the "don't look back" policy of President Obama, not to mention the latter's embrace of Bush-era positions on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, indefinite detention, support for the Army Field Manual's Appendix M, governmental secrecy, and even this administration's own operation of black site prisons (run now by JSOC, not, apparently, the CIA).
A press release by the ACLU captured the general attitude of U.S. opponents of the Pentagon/CIA torture program:
"An investigation into the role of government personnel in the abuse and torture of prisoners is exactly what the Obama administration should be initiating. And while we welcome Prime Minister Cameron's commitment to ensuring that torture survivors are acknowledged and compensated, this announcement also serves as a reminder of how little has been done here in the United States to reckon with the abuses of the last nine years," said Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director.
While the sentiment is understandable (see a similar statement by Tom Parker at Amnesty International), even though we dearly need an investigation, it is not certain that the UK inquiry is exactly what the doctor ordered. The British press and human rights agencies, while approving of Cameron/Clegg's decision to make good on their campaign promise and initiate an investigation into UK intelligence services complicity with torture, are dubious about the details of how the investigation will proceed.
For one thing, proceedings will be held in secret. While the three-person investigating panel will have ample access to UK documents, they will not be allowed to study U.S. documents. Moreover, the inquiry cannot begin until all current criminal and civil complaints are settled. This led U.S. blogger-commentator Marcy Wheeler to wonder if the inquiry weren't meant in part to limit the disclosures that could still surface if the cases now outstanding were adjudicated fully.
The investigation panel is supposed to include Dame Janet Paraskeva, head of the civil service commissioners, and retired journalist Peter Riddell. No less a UK government critic than Craig Murray finds these two to be independent-minded and fair (though some question their experience in these matters). But Murray — and as we'll see, many others — is concerned about the ex-judge Sir Peter Gibson, named to head the investigation.
The 76-year-old Gibson is an odd choice, especially, as John Ware at BBC Panorama put it, "for an inquiry deemed to be fully independent." He is closely linked to intelligence circles, as he is Intelligence Services Commissioner, responsible for monitoring secret bugging operations by MI5, MI6 and GCHQ (Britain's version of the NSA). In the past, Gibson has refused to say how many instances of bugging have taken place, because it would "assist those hostile to the UK". There has also been some criticism regarding Gibson's propensity for secrecy.
Peter Oborne at the UK Daily Mail has more to say about Gibson and "judge-led" "independent inquiries:
Sir Peter is a thoroughly acceptable figure to British spies because he has been Commissioner of the Intelligence Services since 2006, and was reappointed only last year.
Most of his work is carried out away from the public eye, but I have heard no reports of Sir Peter asking probing questions of MI5 and MI6 bosses over the past few years, despite the publication of a mass of troubling material during that period.
This is not the first time Gibson has been asked to head a secretive investigation, as he also led the inquiry into the 1998 IRA Omagh bombing, after a BBC report that GCHQ withheld info from the police that could have led to an interdiction of the bombers. The report itself was, of course, kept secret, but there were many questions about how Gibson conducted the affair. According to John Ware:
Sir Peter's report, published in January 2009, angered relatives of Omagh's victims and survivors when it focused only on whether the Omagh bombing could have been stopped. He concluded it could not have been.
Sir Peter later acknowledged he "deliberately did not" investigate why intercepts that he found had been shared between GCHQ and Special Branch were not also shared with the CID.
He told MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (NIAC) that he had not seen it as part of his remit to "go into questions like why certain things were done or not done".
An mixture of hopefulness and ominous foreboding emanates from British anti-torture human rights groups. Addressing worries that the inquiry will focus on lower-level interrogators and let government officials like former Prime Minister Tony Blair off the hook, London director of Human Rights Watch said, "To be credible and to get to the bottom of what went wrong, any inquiry must be as public as possible, examine all cases of alleged complicity that are brought to its attention and examine the degree to which decisions by UK ministers and officials contributed to abuse."
The British human rights group, Reprieve, who like the U.S. Center for Constitutional Rights, sponsors many attorneys currently defending Guantanamo prisoners, noted a number of concerns about the proposed inquiry. Top on the list of concerns is the pervasive secrecy surrounding the investigation. Not only will they be held in secret, but only the Prime Minister can decide what will be made public in the proceedings or final report. "Under the Government's plan," Reprieve reports, "there is no formal mechanism for civil participation — so Reprieve and other civil organisation[s] will not be allowed access to documents and proceedings."
Another outstanding demand is that the government produce the old, secret official policy that governed UK intelligence agents. The new policy, itself recently published, still allows unnamed "ministers" the ability to approve "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment": "…a wide spectrum of conduct and different considerations and legal principles may apply depending on the circumstances and facts of each case." What, Reprieve asks, were in the old rules, if these are the new rules? Any real inquiry would make this public.
What Now?
The no-accountability policy of the Obama administration has proven bankrupt, and recent legal actions taken against Leso, James, and Mitchell are laudable and hopefully will provide a decent chill among those health care providers who serviced (or still serve) the CIA and Pentagon torture and human experimentation programs. The UK inquiry certainly is a response to a societal repulsion in Great Britain against crimes against humanity, and perhaps, at a remove, to the widespread hatred of Britain's participation in the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But it would be naive to believe that the British government, which sees itself as the best ally of the U.S. intelligence services, will open itself up to the kind of scrutiny needed — not without a fight. To agree to the form in which the investigation is now proposed threatens to direct the fight for accountability and justice into a blind alley. As Peter Oborne reminds us, we should remember that other "judge-led" inquiry/cover-up in 2003, when "Lord Hutton's investigation into the death of government scientist David Kelly… failed to ask the right questions, while reaching conclusions that flew in the face of evidence."
In addition, instead of sparking a renewed bid for a real investigation in the U.S., which is the fond hope of many anti-torture activists, a limited hang-out in the UK will only stifle the movement for accountability in the U.S., as enthusiasm for an open inquiry and prosecutions of high government officials is buried by demoralization and a feeling of futility.
It doesn't have to be that way. Activists can support the moves by Britain to have an investigation into Britain's role in torture, while demanding that it be a real investigation, with open, televised hearings (as much as is feasible), the inclusion of civil organizations, such as Reprieve, and a published protocol that includes a programmatic insistence that all lines of evidence will be followed, no matter how high up the governmental ladder such inquiry leads, and no matter what other countries' crimes may also be implicated. One could start by refusing to accept the appointment of Peter Gibson as head of the investigating panel.
Those who sponsored, support, and defend the torture and rendition programs of the past ten years must feel the noose of real justice tightening ever further around them, and they will fight with all their might and subterfuge to protect themselves and the monopoly of state violence and terror they administer. We must take this opportunity and push even harder to have a real investigation, one that will truly bring justice, and a giant step toward the complete abolition of torture and cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment of prisoners everywhere. That was the program of the European and American Enlightenment, and over 200 years later, it must be our program, too.
This report was originally published at Firedoglake.
Jeffrey Kaye is a psychologist living in Northern California who writes regularly on torture and other subjects for The Public Record, Truthout and Firedoglake. He also maintains a personal blog, Invictus. His email address is sfpsych at gmail dot com
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Clarkson University Debuts Electric Car Charge Station
Motorists driving electric or plug-in hybrid cars can now recharge at Clarkson University.
An electric car charge station debuted at Clarkson earlier this fall at the parking lot in front of the Educational Resources Center. There are two parking spots adjacent to the electric pump specifically reserved for recharging.
The station was made possible as part of a $1 million grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in partnership with National Grid, which administered the funding, and ChargePoint, which operates the device. The NYSERDA grant is helping site 67 such stations across upstate New York and 80 statewide.
Motorists can use the station and three others across Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties free of charge, per the terms of the NYSERDA grant, according to Richard L. Burns '86, manager of community & customer management at National Grid.
"There are two different ways to fuel up," Burns said. "Customers can sign up for a free ChargePoint account and card to use at the station, and those who choose not to sign up for a card can instead call ChargePoint at a 1-800 number listed on the station to unlock the device for their use."
The website to set up the free account is https://na.chargepoint.com/register. ChargePoint monitors the activity and sends its account holders regular statements on how much they've reduced their carbon footprint by and the amount of electricity they've consumed.
Burns was proud his alma mater embraced the opportunity to site an electric charging station.
"It's an opportunity to show that the university is committed to reducing its dependence on fossil fuels," he said. "It shows that Clarkson is a leader in sustainability initiatives."
Clarkson agreed to site a location as part of its ongoing commitment to incorporate sustainability into all aspects of campus and encourage the use of electric vehicles among students, faculty and staff. The University funded 10 percent of the station's costs per the grant agreement, according to Director of Facilities and Plant Operations Ian Hazen.
"We are confident it will be an 'If you build it, they will come' scenario,'" Hazen said.
Susan E. Powers, associate director for the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, said the station will hopefully motivate more of the Clarkson community to consider the purchase of an electric vehicle.
"Electric cars have a critically important role in our energy future," Powers said. "The new recharging station on campus will help to overcome the initial barrier of access to this new 'fuel' when on the road, which, in turn, should help to provide sufficient incentive for more people to consider purchase of an EV or a plug-in hybrid."
"As more and more people drive electric vehicles, it is imperative that the installation of charging stations keeps up with this growth," added Scott Miller, vice president of sales at ChargePoint. "Through these public-private partnerships, we are able to build the EV infrastructure that our environment needs and that our communities deserve."
ChargePoint also manages the only mobile app that provides EV drivers with real-time information, including availability of charging locations throughout the nation. Every 15 seconds, a driver connects to a ChargePoint station and by initiating over 3,000,000 charging sessions, ChargePoint drivers have saved over 3.5 million gallons of gasoline and avoided 36 million pounds of CO2 emissions.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Hey Audi -
Any progress in addressing the software issue present in most of the 2018 models with the new technology where the overhead camera view returns to "Graphic" instead of "Camera" even though it's supposed to default to the last setting? Since it's present in so many vehicles and has dragged on since the first 2018s hit dealers' lots - people are beginning to get really perturbed. In my case I rely on the feature to prevent curbing my wheels when pulling in/out of a parking space next to a curb, as well as seeing an actual picture if something is approaching from the rear - not just a red line. It works reliably in my 2017 Q7 Prestige & also worked when I had my 2017 A4 Prestige. My particular problem now is with my 2018 Q5 Prestige.
For your reference - this is a thread I started in the MK II Q5 forum of Audi World. There are numerous others in the forums for other 2018 models -https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-sq5-mkii-discussion-218/top-view-camera-issue-2933609/page7/


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A lawsuit filed by the parents of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer against three men who were allegedly with her the night she disappeared is heading to federal court.
Spierer, 21, vanished on June 3, 2011, after a night out with friends in Bloomington, Ind., that included heavy drinking.
Spierer's parents, Rob and Charlene Spierer, of Greenburgh, N.Y., filed the lawsuit against Corey Rossman, Jason Rosenbaum and Michael Beth, who they say were the last three people to see their daughter. The Spierers believe the actions -- and inactions -- of the men may have resulted in their daughter's disappearance and possible death, according to the lawsuit.
"Spierer's abandonment in an intoxicated and disoriented state in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, in an area known for criminal acts contributed to her disappearance, and presumed injuries and death," the lawsuit states.
The Spierers are suing Rossman, Rosenbaum and Beth on grounds of negligence that resulted in the disappearance, death or injury of an adult child, and are seeking damages against the three men for allegedly providing alcohol to someone who was clearly intoxicated.
The lawsuit was filed in Monroe County on May 31, 2013, but moved to federal court on June 20. The lawsuit was posted online by ABC's Indianapolis affiliate WRTV.
The Spierers said in a statement released through their attorney Jason Barclay that the lawsuit was filed with "great reluctance" and only after they found out they would lose certain legal rights if they were not exercised by the two-year anniversary of Lauren's disappearance.
"Any parent in search of information about a missing child would use every resource available to them," the statement said. "Therefore, we intend to use the rights afforded by the civil justice system to obtain answers to questions that have gone unanswered for too long. We fully expect that those with relevant information will cooperate with this process."
The lawsuit also details the alleged events of the night Spierer was last seen.
It describes the party Spierer allegedly attended at Rosenbaum's residence, the fact that she "appeared intoxicated" and was eventually taken to a Kilroy's Sports Bar a few blocks away.
"At least one witness observed that as Spierer entered Kilroy's she appeared intoxicated, had trouble standing and relied on Rossman's assistance to walk," according to the suit. "Rossman purchased, provided and helped Spierer consume multiple additional alcoholic beverages."
The lawsuit goes on to chronicle how close an "extremely intoxicated" Spierer got to her apartment with Rossman, a confrontation he had near an elevator, leaving her apartment complex, going back to Rossman and Beth's apartment and then finally to Rosenbaum's apartment, where she eventually left on her own.
She was last seen walking on the street at approximately 4:30 a.m.
"After nearly two years of intensive searches, Spierer has never been located and is presumed to have suffered injuries that resulted in her death," the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit claims that the three men owed her a "duty of care," which they failed to provide.
Rosenbaum's attorney declined to comment on the lawsuit, and Beth and Rossman's respective attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Spierer's parents have publicly criticized Lauren's friends who have been uncooperative ever since her disappearance.
They told Katie Couric in December 2012 that they were "stonewalled" by Spierer's friends, and that they do not believe their daughter's disappearance was a "random abduction."
"We have these boys that were there that night that clammed up, shut down, lawyered up," Robert Spierer said on "Katie."
"I'm frustrated and I'm angry at this point. We've been stonewalled, to some extent, by the last people to see Lauren, and despite their claims of doing whatever they could do, the fact of the matter is they refused to meet with us except for one of the boys," he said.
Most of the men refused to take police polygraph tests and instead took "independent polygraphs."
Since Lauren's disappearance, multiple discoveries of remains have been reported in the area. None were identified as Lauren's.
Police have said the search for Spierer is still an active investigation. The Spierer family has retained its own private investigators to follow up on tips and leads.


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Fantastic new photo blog by my ubertalented daughter.
I can't even predict what you will see here, but I know it will have her really cool photos, as well as some of her favourite things from around the 'interweb'
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Volume 37, Number 4 - April 1991
Checklist of Kansas Butterflies
by Marvin Schwilling and Charles A. Ely
Published by EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY
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Editor: JOHN RICHARD SCHROCK
Editorial Committee: DAVID EDDS, TOM EDDY, GAYLEN NEUFELD
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The Kansas School Naturalist is sent free of charge and upon request to teachers, school administrators, public and school librarians, youth leaders, conservationists, and others interested in natural history and nature education. In-print backissues are sent free as long as supply lasts. Out-of-print backissues are sent for one dollar photocopy and postagefhandling charge per issue. A backissue list is sent free upon request. Address all correspondence to Kansas School Naturalist, Division of Biological Sciences, Box 50, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801-5087. Opinions and perspectives expressed are those of the author(s) and/or editor and do not reflect the official position or endorsement of ESU.
The Kansas School Naturalist is published four times during each year. Editorial Office and Publication Office is at 1200 Commercial Street, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801-5087. The Kansas School Naturalist is edited and published by Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. Editor: John Richard Schrock, Division of Biological Sciences. Third class postage paid at Emporia, Kansas.
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This special color issue was made possible through contributions to the Kansas School Naturalist Endowment Account. The editorial committee wishes to thank the many readers who have contributed to the KSN fund over the years. While we will continue to provide a valuable "no-frills" publication to teachers, librarians and others free upon request, contributions to the KSN Endowment Account will allow us to cover the additional cost of color printing for issues such as this. If you wish to support the Kansas School Naturalist, please address your contribution to: Kansas School Naturalist Endowment Fund, ESU Endowment Association, ESU Box 2, Emporia, KS 66801.
Marvin Schwilling is a native of Chase County Kansas and graduated from Colorado State University. He retired from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks in 1989, where he had worked 37 years. He managed the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area for 14 years and was most recently assigned to the nongame, threatened and endangered species program. Mr. Schwilling has authored two other issues of the Kansas School Naturalist, including "Kansas Nongame and Endangered Wildlife" in 1981 and "Cheyenne Bottoms" in 1985; both are now out-of-print.
Charles A. Ely was reared in Pennsylvania and began work in Kansas in 1960 after completing his doctoral work at the University of Oklahoma. He is presently Interim Chair, Department of Biological Sciences and Allied Health at Fort Hays State University and Curator of Birds and Insects in the Museum of the High Plains. In 1979 he organized an extensive survey of the butterflies of Kansas with Marvin Schwilling and Marvin Rolfs (a retired Math professor at FHSU). His most extensive research is with birds of Kansas and Mexico.
by Marvin Schwilling and Charles A. Ely
I. Introduction
Butterflies can justly be referred to as jewels of our natural world. No segment of wildlife in the natural world can surpass them in sparkling color and diversity. Beautiful in form, coloration and pattern, their paintings and photographs have adorned our jewelry, magazines, clothing, wallpaper, coffee mugs, and much more.
However, the average person has little knowledge, other than a general awareness of their existence, about butterflies.
Most butterflies live through the winter in larval or egg stages. The larval form of the viceroy butterfly rolls up in a leaf and hibernates. Others, such as the mourning cloak and red admiral, hibernate during the winter as adults under loose bark or in tree cavities.
Butterflies are acutely sensitive to toxins and pesticides. Their diversity and relative abundance is an excellent indicator of the health of our ecosystem. A healthy environment has a large number and wide array of butterfly species.
This checklist of Kansas butterflies serves several functions. The numbered colored illustrations will help elementary students and teachers identify the more common butterflies of Kansas. And the full-citation checklist provides an updated accurate listing for research entomologists. This checklist is based on An Annotated List ofthe Butterflies of Kansas by Charles A. Ely, Marvin D. Schwilling and Marvin E. Rolfs available for $8.00 from the Museum of the High Plains, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601. The numbers here correspond to that publication which includes range maps for butterflies in the state. The order of names within each family reflects our understanding of the relatedness of the species. An additional seven species of butterflies have been added since the annotated list and are inserted here. The color illustrations were photographed primarily from the collections of Marvin Schwilling and Fort Hays State University.
Butterflies are divided into two superfamilies--the skippers and the true butterflies. These superfamilies are further broken down into families, genera and species.
Skippers are small butterflies. Most are tawny orange, brown, black or gray. They are heavy bodied, big-headed, compact and hairy with short triangular wings. The club of the antenna has a slender recurved tip. The name skipper is derived from their rapid skipping flight. Of the 182 species of butterflies recorded in Kansas, 61 are skippers.
FAMILY HESPERIIDAE Skippers
1. Epargyreus clarus (Cramer) 1775. Silver-spotted Skipper
2. Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus) 1758. Long-tailed Skipper
3. Achalarns lyciades (Geyer) 1832. Hoary-edged Skipper
4. Thorybes bathyllus (J.E. Smith) 1797. Southern Cloudywing
5. Thorybes pylades (Scudder) 1870. Northern Cloudywing
6. Thorybes confusis Bell 1922. Confused Cloudywing
7. Staphylus hayhurstii (W.H. Edwards) 1870. Scalloped Sootywing
8. Achlyodes thraso (Hubner) 1807. Sickle-winged Skipper
9. Grais stigmaticus (Mabille) 1883. Stigmatic Duskywing
10. Chiomara asychis (Stoll) 1780. Asych's Skipper
11. Erynnis brizo (Boisduval & LeConte) 1834. Sleepy Duskywing
12. Erynnis juvenalis (Fabricius) 1793. Juvenal Duskywing
13. Erynnis horatius (Scudder & Burgess) 1870. Horace's Duskywing
14. Erynnis martialis (Scudder) 1869. Mottled Duskywing
15. Erynnis funeralis (Scudder & Burgess) 1870. Funeral Duskywing
16. Erynnis lucilius (Scudder & Burgess) 1870. Columbine Duskywing
17. Erynnis baptisiae (Forbes) 1936. Baptisia Duskywing
18. Erynnis afranius (Lintner) 1876. Afranius Duskywing
19. Erynnis persius (Scudder) 1863. Persius Duskywing
20. Pyrgus communis (Grote) 1872. Checkered Skipper
21. Pholisora catullus (Fabricius) 1793. Common Sootywing
22. Piruna pirus (W.H. Edwards) 1878. Pirus Skipperling
23. Nastra lherminier (Latreille) 1824. Swarthy Skipper
23a. Lerema accius (J.E. Smith) 1797. Clouded Skipper
24. Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius) 1793. Eastern Least Skipper
25. Copaeodes aurantiaca (Hewitson) 1868. Orange Skipperling
26. Hylephila phyleus (Drury) 1773. Fiery Skipper
27. Yvretta rhesus (W.H. Edwards) 1878. Rhesus Skipper
28. Hesperia uncas W.H. Edwards 1863. Uncas Skipper
29. Hesperia ottoe W.H. Edwards 1866. OUoe Skipper
30. Hesperia leonardus Harris 1862. Leonard's Skipper
31. Hesperia pahaska (Leussler) 1938. Pahaska Skipper
32. Hesperia metea Scudder 1864. Cobweb Skipper
33. Hesperia viridis (W.H. Edwards) 1883. Green Skipper
34. Hesperia attalus (W.H. Edwards) 1871. Dotted Skipper
35. Polites coras (Cramer) 1775. Yellow-patch Skipper
36. Polites themistocles (Latreille) 1824. Tawny-edged Skipper
37. Polites origenes (Fabricius) 1793. Crossline Skipper
38. Wallengrenia otho (J.E. Smith) 1797. Broken-dash Skipper
39. Wallengrenia egeremet (Scudder) 1864. Northern Broken-dash
40. Pompeius verna (W.H. Edwards) 1862. Little Glassywing
41. Atalopedes campestris (Boisduval) 1852. Sachem Skipper
42. Atrytone arogos (Boisduval & LeConte) 1834. Arogos Skipper
43. Atrytone logan (W.H. Edwards) 1863. Delaware Skipper
44. Problema byssus (W.H. Edwards) 1880. Byssus Skipper
45. Poanes hobomok (Harris) 1862. Hobomok Skipper
46. Poanes zabulon (Boisduval & LeConte) 1834. Zabulon Skipper
47. Euphyes dion (W.H. Edwards) 1879. Sedge Skipper
48. Euphyes ruricola (Boisduval) 1852. Dun Skipper
49. Atrytonopsis hianna (Scudder) 1868. Dusted Skipper
50. Amblyscirtes aenus W.H. Edwards 1868. Aenus Skipper
51. Amblyscirtes oslari (Skinner) 1899. Oslar's Skipper
52. Amblyscirtes erna HA. Freeman 1943. Ema Skipper
53. Amblyscirtes nysa (W.H. Edwards) 1877. Mottled Skipper
54. Amblyscirtes eos (W.H. Edwards) 1871. Eos Skipper
55. Amblyscirtes vialis (W.H. Edwards) 1862. Roadside Skipper
56. Amblyscirtes belli HA. Freeman 1941. Bell's Skipper
57. Lerodea eufala (W.H. Edwards) 1869. Eufala Skipper
58. Calpodes ethlius (Stoll) 1782. Brazilian Skipper
59. Megathymus colorademsis C.V. Riley 1877. Colorado Yucca Skipper
60. Megathymus texanus Barnes & McDunnough 1912. Giant Skipper
Henry SKINNER (1861-1926) was trained as a gynecologist but abandoned medicine to study butterflies in 1900. Curating insect collections at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Skinner traveled throughout the U.S. and Canada to collect specimens. He specialized in skipper butterflies where his name appears as author of many species.
William Henry EDWARDS (1822-1909) grew up on a 1200-acre farm in the Catskills. Butterflies were a serious hobby to the successful landowner, railroadbuilder and coal-mine operator. He published the classic "The Butterflies of North America" in three volumes (1872, 1884 and 1897). Edwards could not afford to publish the last volume and Dr. W. J. Holland paid for its publication in return for Edwards' collection. This insured that .the type specimens of the new species described by Edwards would remain in America. W. J. Holland was Director of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. While Edwards' 3-volume work cost a prohibitive $150, Holland soon published the less technical The Butterfly Book in 1898 with 48 color plates for just $5.00.
FAMILY PAPILIONIDAE Swallowtail Butterflies
Swallowtails are true butterflies and include the largest of our Kansas butterflies. These butterflies tend to have narrow bodies, long antennae, and brightly colored fuil wings with tailed hind wings. The giant swallowtail and zebra swallowtail are in this small group and are favored by collectors.
61. Battus philenor (Linnaeus) 1771. Pipevine Swallowtail
62. Eurytides marcellus (Cramer) 1777. Zebra Swallowtail
63. Papilio polyxenes Fabricius 1775. Black Swallowtail
64. Papilio bairdii W.H. Edwards 1869. Baird's Swallowtail
65. Heraclides thoas (Linnaeus) 1771. Thoas Swallowtail
66. Heraclides cresphontes (Cramer) 1777. Giant Swallowtail
66a. Heraclides ornythion (Boisduval) 1836. Ornithion Swallowtail
67. Pterourus glaucus (Linnaeus) 1758. Tiger Swallowtail
68. Pterourus multicaudata (W.F. Kirby) 1884. Two-tailed Swallowtail
69. Pterourus troilus (Linnaeus) 1758. Spicebush Swallowtail
70. Priamides anchisiades (Esper) 1788. Anchisiades Swallowtail
Lepidoptera, the order name for butterflies and moths is composed of the words "lepido" (scale) and "ptera" (wing). The color of butterfly and moth wings comes from the layers of overlapping wing scales that somewhat resemble shingles on a roof. The scales are easily rubbed off when the wings are directly handled.
William H. Howe of Ottawa, Kansas is illustrator and coordinating editor of "The Butterflies of North America," Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. 1975. This 633 page book was conceived as a successor to W. J. Holland's classic work, The Butterfly Book, published in 1898 and revised in 1931. This book contains 97 full page plates that show 2,093 butterflies in full color. This book is of immense practical use to the professional lepidopterist but of limited use by amateurs since most are identified only by their latinized name.
FAMILY PIERIDAE Whites, Sulphurs and Orange-tips
Sulphurs and Whites are known by collectors as pierids. Most are medium sized and some shade of white, yellow, or yellowish green. A few have orange wing tips and others have greenish-yellow markings. Some members of this group, such as the yellow alfalfa butterfly, are our most common and abundant butterflies.
71. Appias drusilla (Cramer) 1777. Florida White
72. Pontia protodice (Boisduval & LeConte) 1829. Checkered White
73. Pontia occidentalis (Reakirt) 1866. Western White
74. Artogeia rapae (Linnaeus) 1758. Imported Cabbage White
75. Ascia monuste (Linnaeus) 1764. Great Southern White
76. Ganyra josephina (Godart) 1819. Amaryllis White
77. Euchloe olympia (W.H. Edwards) 1871. Olympia Marble
78. Falcapica midea (Hubner) 1809. Falcate Orangetip
79. Colias philodice Godart 1819. Clouded Sulphur
80. Colias eurytheme Boisduval 1852. Alfalfa Butterfly
81. Zerene cesonia (Stoll) 1790. Dogface Butterfly
82. Anteos clorinde (Godart) 1824. White Angled Sulphur
83. Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus) 1758. Cloudless Giant Sulphur
84. Phoebis philea (Johansson) 1763. Orange-barred Giant Sulphur
85. Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval) 1836. Orange Giant Sulphur
86. Aphrissa statira (Cramer) 1777. Statira
87. Kricogonia lyside (Godart) 1819. Lyside Butterfly
88. Eurema mexicana (Boisduval) 1836. Mexican Yellow
89. Pyrisitia proterpia (Fabricius) 1775. Tailed Orange
90. Pyrisitia lisa (Boisduval & LeConte) 1829. Lisa Yellow
90a. Pyrisitia nise (Cramer) 1775. Mimosa Yellow
91. Abaeis nicippe (Cramer) 1779. Sleepy Orange
92. Nathalis iole Boisduval 1836. Dainty Sulphur
The earliest butterfly specialists were foreign. Carolus LINNAEUS (1707-1778) is the author of many buttefly names, and some names date back to 1758, the publication of the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae and the starting point for zoological nomenclature. Linnaeus was a pioneering biologist who never left Europe. He described over 2000 insects including U.S. specimens collected and sent to him in Sweden. He placed all insects in just seven orders. Today, entomologists recognize over 25 orders and spread his butterflies across more families and genera. Wherever his species have been moved to a new genus, his name appears in parentheses. (For further information see "Scientific Names, Common Names", KSN Vol. 37, No.1, Oct. 1990.)
J. Christian FABRICIUS (1745-1808) was a Danish pupil of Linnaeus. Traveling across Europe, Fabricius examined collections and described over 10,000 species of insects including butterflies sent from the Americas. Fabricius was the leading entomologist of the 1700s.
The French medical doctor, J.BA.D. deBoisduval (1799-1879), was attracted to insect collecting in his youth when he assisted a great beetle-collector P.F.M. Dejean. Underestimating the potential number of species, Boisduval set out to catalog all the Lepidoptera of the world. (Today we recognize 760 species of butterflies from North America alone, and an extimated 14,000 species of moths.)
FAMILY LYCAENIDAE Coppers, Blues, Hairstreaks, and Harvesters
The Gossamer wings or lycanid group of butterflies are rather small but some have a wingspread of near 2". Included are the blues, copers, hairstreaks and the Harvester.
93. Feniseca tarquinius (Fabricius) 1793. Harvester
94. Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus) 1761. Small Copper
95. Gaeides xanthoides (Boisduval) 1852. Great Copper
96. Hyllolycaena hyllus (Cramer) 1775. Bronze Copper
97. Epidemia helloides (Boisduval) 1852. Purplish Copper
98. Atlides halesus (Cramer) 1777. Great Blue Hairstreak
99. Phaeostrymon alcestis (W.H. Edwards) 1871. Alcestis Hairstreak
100. Harkenclenus titus (Fabricius) 1793. Coral Hairstreak
101. Satyrium acadica (W.H. Edwards) 1862. Acadian Hairstreak
102. Satyrium edwardsii (Grote & Robinson) 1867. Edward's Hairstreak
103. Satyrium calanus (Hubner) 1809. Falacer Hairstreak
104. Satyrium caryaevorum (McDunnough) 1942. Hickory Hairstreak
105. Satyrium liparops (LeConte) 1833. Striped Hairstreak
106. Tmolus azia (Hewitson) 1873. Azia Hairstreak
107. Calycopis cecrops (Fabricius) 1793. Cecrops Hairstreak
108. Calycopis isobeon (Butler & H. Druce) 1872. Beon Hairstreak
109. Mitoura gryneus (Hubner) 1819. Olive Hairstreak
110. Incisalia henrici (Grote & Robinson) 1867, Henry's Elfin
111. Euristrymon ontario (W.H. Edwards) 1868. Ontario Hairstreak
112. Parrhasius m-album (Boisduval & LeConte) 1833. White-m Hairstreak
113. Strymon melinus Hubner 1818. Gray Hairstreak
114. Brephidium exilis (Boisduval) 1852. Western Pygmy Blue
115. Leptotes cassius (Cramer) 1775. Cassius Blue
116. Leptotes marina (Reakirt) 1868. Marine Blue
117. Zizula cyna (W.H. Edwards) 1881. Cyna Blue
118. Hemiargus ceraunus (Fabricius) 1793. Antillean Blue
119. Hemiargus isola (Reakirt) 1866. Isola Blue
120. Everes comyntas (Godart) 1824. Eastern Tailed Blue
121. Celastrina ladon (Cramer) 1780. Spring Azure
122. Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Doubleday) 1841. Silvery Blue
123. Lycaeides melissa (W.H. Edwards) 1873. Melissa Blue
124. Icaricia acmon (Westwood & Hewitson) 1852. Acmon Blue
FAMILY LIBYTHEIDAE Snout Butterflies
125. Libytheana backmanii (Kirtland) 1852. Snout Butterfly
FAMILY HELICONIIDAE Heliconians
126. Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus) 1758. Gulf Fritillary
126a. Dryadula phaetusa (Linnaeus) 1758. Banded Orange
126b. Dryas iulia (Fabricius) 1775. Julia
126c. Eueides isabella (Stoll) 1781. Isabella Tiger
127. Heliconius charitonius (Linnaeus) 1767. Zebra Butterfly
Insect collecting has long provided popular projects for young naturalists in school biology courses from elementary grades through college. It is a popular 4-H project as well as an activity for boy and girl scouts. Teachers and leaders frnd that assembling an insect collection is an excellent way to introduce students to the many aspects of animal diversity and interdependent relationships--the building blocks toward an understanding of ecology.
Beginning an insect collection requires a minimum of equipment, although specialized collecting equipment and storage cases may be added as a student's techniques and interest increase. Essentials are a butterfly net, a killing jar, insect pins, spreading board, labels and storage boxes. Your teacher or someone with past experience in collecting should be consulted for beginning assistance.
FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE Brush-footed Butterflies
Brush-footed butterflies belong to the family Nymphalidae. This is a large diverse family and most species are some shade of brown or orange with a wingspread up to 3". This group includes the regal fritillary, the only butterfly to be listed as threatened in Kansas.
128. Euptoieta claudia (Cramer) 1775. Variegated Fritillary
129. Speyeria cybele (Fabricius) 1775. Great Spangled Fritillary
130. Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius) 1787. Aphrodite Fritillary
131. Speyeria idalia (Drury) 1773. Regal Fritillary
132. Speyeria edwardsii (Reakirt) 1866. Edward's Fritillary
133. Thessalia fulvia (W.H. Edwards) 1879. Fulvia Crescent
134. Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer) 1837. Geyer's Patched Butterfly
135. Charidryas gorgone (Hubner) 1810. Gorgone Crescent
136. Charidryas nycteis (Doubleday & Hewitson) 1847. Silvery Crescent
137. Anthanassa texana (W.H. Edwards) 1863. Texas Crescent
138. Phyciodes vesta (W.H. Edwards) 1869. Vesta Crescent
139. Phyciodes phaon (W.H. Edwards) 1864. Phaon Crescent
140. Phyciodes tharos (Drury) 1773. Pearl Crescent
141. Phyciodes pratensis (Behr) 1863. Field Crescent
142. Phyciodes picta (W.H. Edwards) 1865. Painted Crescent
143. Ephydryas phaeton (Drury) 1773. Baltimore
144. Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius) 1798. Question-mark
145. Polygonia comma (Harris) 1842. Comma
146. Polygonia progne (Cramer) 1776. Gray Comma
147. Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus) 1758. Mourning Cloak
147a. Aglais milberti (Godart) 1819. Milbert's Tortoise Shell
148. Vanessa virginiensis (Drury) 1773. Virginia Lady
149. Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) 1758. Painted Lady
150. Vanessa annabella (Field) 1971. West Coast Lady
151. Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus) 1758. Red Admiral
152. Junonia coenia Hubner 1822. Buckeye
153. Anartia jatrophae (Johansson) 1763. White Peacock
154. Siproeta stelenes (Linnaeus) 1758. Pearly Malachite
155. Basilarchia arthemis (Drury) 1773. Red-spotted Purple
156. Basilarchia archippus (Cramer) 1776. Eastern Viceroy
157. Basilarchia weidemeyerii (W.H. Edwards) 1861. Weidemeyer's Admiral
158. Adelpha bredowii Geyer 1837. Mexican Sister
159. Eunica monima (Stoll) 1782. Dingy Purplewing
160. Eunica tatila (Herrich-Schaffer) 1853. Mexican Purplewing
161. Mestra amymone (Menetries) 1857. Amymone Butterfly
162. Marpesia petreus (Cramer) 1776. Ruddy Daggerwing
163. Anaea aidea (Guerin-Meneville) 1844. Eyed Goatweed
164. Anaea andria Scudder 1875. Goatweed Butterfly
165. Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & LeConte) 1834. Hackberry Butterfly
166. Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & LeConte) 1833. Tawny Emperor
FAMILY SATYRIDAE Satyrs and Wood Nymphs
Satyrs or Browns, of the family Satyridae, are a group of dingy, dull brown or gray with a soft velvet like texture. Most are medium sized and range up to about a 2 1/2" wingspread.
167. Enodia anthedon A.H. Clark 1936. Northern Pearly Eye
168. Enodia creola (Skinner) 1897. Creole Pearly Eye
169. Cyllopsis gemma (Hubner) 1808. Gemmed Satyr
170. Hermeuptychia sosybius (Fabricius) 1793. Carolina Satyr
171. Megisto cymela (Cramer) 1777. Little Wood Satyr
172. Megisto rubricata (W.H. Edwards) 1871. Red Satyr
173. Cercyonis pegala (Fabricius) 1775. Large Wood Nymph
FAMILY DANAIDAE Milkweed Butterflies
Milkweed Butterflies, or Danaids, are a small group that includes only two species in Kansas - the queen and the monarch. The monarch is probably best known of all our butterflies due to its abundance, large size (up to 4" wingspread) and almost unbelievable migratory pattern.
174. Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) 1758. Monarch
175. Danaus gilippus (Cramer) 1775. Queen
Ely, Charles A., Marvin D. Schwilling and Marvin E. Rolfs. 1986. An Annotated List of the Butterflies of Kansas. Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS. 224 pp. including 175 maps.
Heitzman, J. Richard and Joan E. Heitzman. 1987. Butterflies and Moths of Missouri. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, MO. 385pp. + color photos.
Howe, William H. 1975. The Butterflies of North America. Doubleday and Co., Garden City, NY. 633 pp. + 97 color photos.
Klots, Alexander B. 1951. A Field Guide to the Butterflies (Peterson Series). Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 328 pp. + 36 color plates.
Opler, Paul A. and George O. Krizek. 1984. Butterflies East of the Great Plains. John Hopkins Univ. Press. 294 pp. + 54 color plates.
Pyle, Robert M. 1981. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies. Knopf Inc., NY. 916 pp. + many color photographs.
_____. 1984. The Audubon Society Handbook for Butterfly Watchers. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY. 274 pp.
Scott, James A. 1986. The Butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. 674 pp.
Tylka, Dave. 1987. Butterfly Gardening and Conservation. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, MO. 16 pp.
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Somehow everyone in my life was celebrating a birthday this past weekend. It seems like I needed to be logged into Facebook posting 'Happy Birthday' messages, sending SomeECards, or texting friends all weekend. Everyone's parents were clearly very busy in August. Missives and celebratory cards were sent via carrier pigeon, Morse code, and smoke signals! On Sunday, I traveled to my hometown very briefly for a family Mother's Day Brunch! The weather was perfect for window shopping, strolling, and various forms of meandering. The transition from Spring to Summer brings some of the loveliest days.
Here are a few photos taken straight from my iPhone so that you can see friends and family through mine own eyes.
1. Historic Mount Holly was first settled in 1677 by Walter Reeves who acquired the land by payment from local Native Americans. The town, close to a dam, a main road, and a river, was the first way point between the major northeastern cities of Philadelphia and New York City. Walking through the colonnades and brick house rows feels very colonial. My family and I passed stone mills, cobblestones, and other items that are now on The National Register of Historic Places. One of the federal houses sold homemade quilts, and in the window these gorgeous flowers were blooming. Many houses from the district predate the revolutionary war and built in 1796, the County prison is now a museum. For more information, go HERE or HERE.
2. In the back of Momofuku Ssam is a new bar that opened in January 2012. The bar, named Booker and Dax, is an homeage to new techniques and technologies used in the pursuit of making delicious drinks. The approach to rethinking cocktails is considered, deliberate, and precision-oriented. Questions and curiosity are eagerly welcomed, but most of all booker and dax welcomes anyone looking for a good, strong drink. Some of their drinks are chilled used liquid nitrogen! Here I am drinking the 'Jenny & Scott' – yamazaki, mole and hellfire bitters. For the complete menu, visit HERE.
3. While walking through history Mt. Holly my family and I spooted a sign for a 'Husbandman' and were curious as to what this was. Well wouldn't you know it, the term is an antiquated word for 'a person who cultivates the land', in short it means 'a farmer'! You learn something new every day…
4. We had our family branch at a restaurant called The Robin's Nest. I love its waterfront location and pistachio siding. The restaurant features eclectic cuisine peppered with a French American flair. The restaurant is quaint, friendly, and feels like eating brunch at home (indeed it's in an old Victorian House), but with stellar food and drool-worthy desserts (Zagat agrees). Learn more HERE.
5. While walking home from work I was struck by the smell of something delicate and breezy. I was passing L'OCCITANE en Provence on fifth avenue. If you do not know the store, everything is sourced locally, and is one of the few cosmetics manufacturers who still produces in France. I smelled roses and lavender, but most of all was drawn in by these gorgeous Immortelle flowers. The canary yellow flowers are aptly named as they represent eternity and immortality – and are used in anti-aging skin creams. If you have not purchased a L'Occitane hand cream, do yourself a favor and order some NOW.
6. I want to click my heels together three times for my new, gorgeous sequined flats with nude piping. But really, how wonderful are these ballet slippers? AND they were under $50, HERE.
7. At work someone brought these tasty candies from Israel. The one in red is a copy of the ubiquitous 'Kit Kat' bar and actually phonetically reads 'Kif Kaf'. Another one of the candies is called "Pesek Zman" and is a Hazelnut Cream Wafer Bar Covered in Milk Chocolate. These candies were DELICIOUS, I love duty-free chocolates. All are by the company "Elite" which is like the "Hershey's" of Israel (BUT SO MUCH BETTER), if you are interested in purchasing these, I found some online HERE.
8. This is my lovely and dainty place setting from the Orchestra of St. Luke's Gift of Music spring gala at The Plaza Hotel. The evening of dinner and music (including Mozart's Magic Flute) raised $1 million for Orchestra of St. Luke's performance and education programs, and The DiMenna Center for Classical Music. To learn more about this exceptional chamber ensemble that helps with music education programs and performs phenomenal shows, click HERE. The music was exquisite, and hearing a performance by Eric Owens, an operatic Bass-Baritone was transformative. He makes opera fun and accessible.
Peacocks in the trees, candles burning low, and the orchestra preparing to play in the ballroom.
Men in tuxes leaving the wonderful event with swag bags from Saks Fifth Avenue!
Oh hello! That's a picture of me waiting in the cab line.
9. Madison Square Park has a notoriously wonderful dog park and playground. Some mornings, the park even hosts yoga on the lawn. Right now, the weather has been perfect, and the area is celebrating Madison Square Eats – a sidewalk smorgasbord celebrating the district's best restaurants. This confluence of wonderful events has been filling the park with people to the brim! You cannot miss the splashy Marimekko umbrellas!
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10. Club Monaco worked with the Global Goods Partners to offer hand-embroidered woven bags from the Thailand-Burma border, beaded jewelry from Guatemala, and scarves from India. The so called "beachy boutique" is an annual capsule collection featuring a variety of dresses, breezy skirts, embroidered shorts and vests in rich textures inspired by the bohemian oeuvre and cultures of exotic vacations. Global Goods is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women, alleviating poverty and promoting social justice through partnering with third-world communities. These fair trade key tassels will add pizazz to any chain or purse, more HERE.
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A holy trinity of plunging photovoltaic module costs, slowly escalating electricity rates, and new solar business models have created an environment where installing a rooftop solar system now makes pure economic sense for about 5 percent of buildings in the U.S. And yet, only about 0.2 percent actually have a PV system.
*Source: Multiple – see below
Much of the ability to further lower costs and increase overall demand relies on reducing so-called "customer acquisition" costs. On July 25th at 11:00 a.m. MDT, RMI experts will be joined by two solar customer-acquisition entrepreneurs, Dr. Beau Peelle, co-founder and president of Clean Energy Experts, and Tyler Tringas, founder of SolarList, on a Google Hangout to talk about overcoming the solar supply-vs.-demand challenge and how the industry is working to address high customer acquisition costs.
In order to better understand the customer acquisition issue, let's compare the U.S. to the current global leader in low-cost solar PV: Germany. As highlighted recently by Greentech Media, average German PV system prices in 2012 were estimated at $2.24 per watt. Moreover, 72 percent of these installations were rooftop systems. In the U.S., average installed prices are twice as high: $4.44/watt.
If we hold module prices and all balance of system equipment (inverter, racking, and wiring) constant, that means that Germans spend about $3,500 per average residential rooftop installation on all "soft costs" including installation labor, permitting, interconnection, supply chain costs, taxes, system design, and acquiring new customers. In the U.S., that same figure is over three times as high: $11,200.
More specifically, in the U.S. rooftop residential solar market, about 44 percent of all such soft costs come from the process of acquiring customers and designing their systems. This includes costs incurred from customers who drop out halfway through the process and most sales and marketing costs.
Source: Ardani et al. Quantifying Non-Hardware Balance of System Costs for Photovoltaic Installations in the United States Using a Combined Annual Expenditure-Labor Hour Productivity Approach. IEEE, 2012. See Figure 3, p. 6 for detail.
Customer acquisition costs must come down dramatically in order to meet the aggressive goals outlined in Reinventing Fire's "Transform Case" by 2050 and by the Department of Energy's "SunShot" program by 2030. This week's Google Hangout will explore several specific customer acquisition challenges and introduce viewers to current business-led innovations in the space.
Join us on Thursday, and you'll learn:
To watch the discussion live, you can:
1. Bookmark this page. We'll be streaming the conversation here starting at 11:00 MDT on July 25th.
2. Go to RMI's YouTube page and click on the Feed tab. The video will stream there as well.
3. Go to RMI's Google+ page and watch the event live. (You must be a Google+ member and follow RMI's page on Google+.)
We'll also be taking questions from our audience via Twitter. Send your questions to @RockyMtnInst and use the hashtag #solar.
*Source for pie chart: 120 million US bldgs. (RMI estimate); 200 thousand US buildings. with PV (multiple sources; note – possibly now closer to 250k based on market growth rates; NREL OpenPV Project presents 162k systems, though this is underestimate due to voluntary reporting though also includes ground-mount systems), and ~6.5 million US buildings with economic demand (~6.3M unmet) based on McKinsey Apr., 2012 Solar Power: Darkest Before Dawn report estimate of ~45 GW of residential and commercial economic demand mid-2012 with ITC assuming, RMI estimated 10kW average sized residential and commercial system, and RMI estimate of minimum additional 2 million buildings due to state and local incentives.
It would be nice to hear the Devil's position on these matters. Could you invite David Koch? P.S. Don't tell him I said that. I don't want to disappear.All joking aside. (Please let it be a joke.) Relevant opposition needs to be addressed. Amory is cute, but 18 Veterans are committing suicide a day. "You Americans are only afraid of one thing: Inconvenience."
Germany has roughly 10 times the installed PV systems as US. Why? Several key reasons:1. German historical "Feed-In Tarriffs" which supports PV homeowners in actually receiving a very significant, highly-motivating return when selling their excess capacity. 2. Germany's PV "Permitting Processes" have been greatly streamlined.3. Finally, in the US, "CORPORATE-MANDATED" massive public tax subsidies for corporate dirty fossil fuels & nuclear fuels shrink comparative solar tax subsidies into relative insignificance. Is it any wonder why Germany has roughly 10 times the installed PV systems as the US?One such good example can be priceless, and serves to illuminate the vital importance of resuscitating more than the facade of a pluralistic democracy in the US - including both government bodies' responsiveness to the masses, as well as widespread growth of independent mass media. We need totally public campaign financing in all our elections SOON (which has actually worked well in other western democracies) if we wish to avoid accelerating global heating destabilization and decimation to our planet and its precious species of life.Richard Wenzel
Hi, I'm looking forward to the event! One question: how can we get away from using the term "solar system"? How about "solar power system" or "rooftop solar power" because we are talking about creating useful energy from the sun, are we not? "Solar system" still means what it has always meant (thank you, Mr. Copernicus).
I'll be interested to learn about all the non-module costs, including balance of system, financing charges, permitting costs, etc. I'm hoping we can see a breakdown of these cost differences vs Germany, so that we know where to push for change. As soon as a region reaches solar grid parity without subsidies, in theory the PV market should take off all on its own - but all these other costs delay grid parity arrival.
Is this event still taking place. It's about 20 minutes past the start time!!
What happened? I really wanted to watch this thing.
I'm glad it will take place on another day so I can participate after all. If you schedule it for 3 to 4 pm MDT, you can get most of us from the Pacific to the Atlantic at our desks. It would be nice to hear about the German and Japanese solar experience. How much do these systems produce in a year and what does the electricity cost, since it's not the California or Arizona deserts. Like real estate, location matters when it comes to solar. Please give us a good grounding in all the costs and the output in various locations so we can assess where we are today and where we are headed. Also, please tell us how we get the firm capacity we need for solar (and wind) as renewable energy becomes a larger part of the mix, and tell us what will that cost. I am neither pro or con solar. I just want the facts about it so I can know what to think. Thanks, Jim Lerner, Ph.D., Sacramento, CA, USA
Who is standardizing the panel size to cut balance-of-system costs in half? It's ludicrous that every solar company ends up designing their own support structures, rather than all designing to a common design. It costs buyers twice as much, and also drives up the development costs for solar suppliers, too. When Japanese fax suppliers quit trying to "get it all" at both ends of the phone line and standardized on the data transfer standard, the application exploded.
Could you speak to the new technologies of micro inverters and the Solar Edge alternative
This HTML 5 presentation is not working in the latest versions of Safari on OSX or iOS 5-- very frustrating. I sure hope the event will be available for viewing on YouTube, etc later today, via a different interface technology.
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'The Secret Garden,' a new opera by Nolan Gasser and Carey Harrison, adapted from the Frances Hodgson Burnett cildren's book, will have its world premiere, produced by San Francisco Opera and Cal Performances, March 1-10, various times, at Zellerbach Hall on the UC campus. Conducted by Sara Jobim (presiding over a chamber ensemble drawn from the SF Opera Orchestra) and directed by Jose Maria Condemi, with designs by Naomie Kremer, and a cast including soprano Sarah Shafer, tenor Scott Joiner, 14 year old tenor Michael Kepler Meo as Colin, bass-baritone Philippe Sly and mezzo Laura Krumm. There will be family workshops and other special events around the premiere. $30-$80 ($5 workshops), 642-9988; calperformances.org or sfopera.org Discount tickets at: calperformances.org/buy/discount.php


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Many thanks to Jon Edmunds from Hampshire for details of the loving restoration of his Type 2 Bay window camper. What a great job he has done on it too considering its condition when he bought it (Check out the pictures below)
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The bodywork restoration was undertaken by Bushaus (welding and panel work) in Southampton and Station Bodyshop (paintwork, rebuild ie fitting windows and generally putting it back together) in Portsmouth.
I removed and refitted the interior and have done all the rest of the bits and pieces.
I have attached some photos of the restoration. I hope they are good enough. A couple of them are photos pre restoration. The first is of it looking patchy which is how I brought it, and the second blue ones are when I coach painted it (a nice cheap way to restore the van for about £60 and a lot of sanding down :P).
The changes from the original van interior are seat covers in rear and the floor in rear (wood laminate). Engine is a standard recon with pan air filter, Monza exhaust and external oil filter (rebuilt top end when a fan belt overheated and cracked the heads). The rest of the van has opening side and rear windows, alloys and sun visor and the front lowered about 3-4 inches from standard. I think the rest is more or less standard.
The van is a 1972 VW Type 2 Bay window camper using the Dormobile conversion powered by a 1600 twin port engine.
The 1972 vans are also known as the 'Crossover' as VW was in the middle of updating during this time. The most obvious signs of this is that the van has the earlier style low front indicators but the later style large rear lights. It can get a little complicated as things like the front brakes were changed part way through the year so ordering parts can sometimes be tricky.
Vans of this year are commonly kept going more than others as they are at the end of the tax exempt period (meaning road tax is free) and allow them to wear the black number plates denoting a historic vehicle.
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New Scale Computing Platinum Partner Program Enables Resellers to Further Grow Revenues by Addressing the Rapidly Growing Virtualization Environment and Private Cloud Market Opportunities
INDIANAPOLIS, IN--(Marketwired - Jul 16, 2013) - Scale Computing, the industry leading developer of hyperconverged solutions that seamlessly combine servers, storage and virtualization into a single platform, today announced the Scale Computing Platinum Partner Program, a new program to provide resellers with unique revenue opportunities in the midsized enterprise market. Scale Computing partners gain the ability to offer the industry's leading midsized enterprise hyperconverged solution for rolling out virtualization and private cloud environments, and other value-added services.
Scale Computing has pioneered hyperconverged solutions, and has built its HC3™ solution from the ground up, specifically for virtualization. HC3 seamlessly integrates servers, storage and virtualization into a single platform that delivers simplicity, availability and scalability all in one, at an affordable price for midmarket businesses. HC3 meets the needs of midmarket businesses looking to achieve the efficiencies of virtualization and private clouds without the complexities and cost of VMware. With server, storage and virtualization integrated into a single platform, HC3 eliminates software licenses and additional hardware required. Scale Computing lowers TCO and its integrated approach radically simplifies the infrastructure needed to keep applications running in virtualization and private cloud environments. With built-in redundancy and high availability, deployment and management of a highly available and scalable infrastructure is as easy to manage as a single server.
"Scale Computing's hyperconverged HC3 family of products makes it much easier for our midsized customers to deploy virtualization and private clouds, and in turn this brings real, tangible value to us by giving us a solution for this market," said Mike Strohl, CEO of Entisys Solutions Inc. "HC3 is a very easy concept to sell, and has been an easy solution to incorporate into our solution mix. It helps us keep our services bench fully utilized, and makes us our customers' trusted supplier as their growth requirements scale. Our sales cycles are much shorter because of the simplicity of the solution and the overall acquisition cost."
The Scale Computing Platinum Partner Program's mission is to empower all partners to leverage Scale Computing's products and expert team, and enable them to grow and strengthen their businesses. The program provides resellers with a complete end-to-end support program of sales, marketing and technical enablement. Scale Computing partners also receive competitive margins while bringing Scale Computing's innovative, cutting-edge solutions to their midmarket customers to help them simplify their infrastructure. The Platinum Partner Program provides significant new channel partner advantages, and in its short time has more than 50 charter members, including Entisys, CSB, NTS, SmartIT, Jmark Business Solutions, DSN Group, Parity Consulting, Midwest Technology, Dynamix, and others in North America and Europe.
Scale Computing Platinum Partner Program Components
Scale Computing partners can take advantage of a wide range of benefits, including:
The program also offers sales and technical certification so registered partners can be trained to become an HC3 Certified Partner, which includes additional benefits such as business development and marketing planning, warm opportunities, knowledge transfers and professional services. A partner portal is also available to all partners, which includes resources such as deal registration and tracking, lead generation tools, video library, and a support center.
"Scale Computing's channel program focuses on full partner competency in the midmarket," said Doug Howell, Scale Computing Channel Director. "The midmarket is a multi-billion dollar opportunity and we want to help our channel partners deliver the right solution to this market. HC3 is an excellent foundational platform that is budget friendly for the channel customer and margin rich for the partner. It enables the path toward many avenues of future channel services revenue, and it preserves channel customers' IT budgets so they can afford more value added strategy and services provide by their trusted advisor."
About Scale Computing
Scale Computing is the leader in hyperconvergence for midsized organizations. Its HC3™ platform seamlessly integrates servers, virtualization and storage into a single platform that is easy to use and highly scalable, dramatically lowering the barriers and costs involved in keeping applications running in a highly available and scalable manner. By making complex infrastructure appear like a single server, it is the growing choice for hundreds of IT departments across a range of vertical markets. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in Indianapolis and has offices in San Mateo, Calif., and the United Kingdom. For more information, call 877-SCALE-59 or 317-856-9959; or visit http://www.scalecomputing.com or connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Spiceworks.
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Clarkson University Senior Earns National Tau Beta Pi Fellowship
A Clarkson University student is one of only about 40 nationwide who has been awarded a fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the oldest engineering honor society in the United States.
Jared D. Smith of Bay Shore, N.Y., will receive the $10,000 fellowship for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Smith, vice president of the Tau Beta Pi chapter at Clarkson, is a senior majoring in environmental engineering with a minor in environmental and occupational health science. After graduation in May, he will attend Cornell University for an M.S./Ph.D. in environmental and water resource systems engineering, studying the risks posed by hydraulic fracturing on surface water and groundwater resources.
Smith first became interested in quantifying the risks of hydrofracking while he was an exchange student at the University of Newcastle, Australia. While there, he learned of the impact that humans may have on subsurface freshwater resources by drilling for oils and fracking for natural gas.
Smith says that he aspires to invoke environmentally safe and sustainable protocols, and develop environmentally conscious engineering solutions for hydrofracking into policy. After graduate school, he would like to remain in academia, research and teaching, as a professor. He also hopes to become a licensed Professional Engineer.
Tau Beta Pi's fellowship program is its single most important project for the advancement of engineering education and the profession. Since its beginning in 1928, the purpose has been to finance, for a select group of members chosen for merit and need, a year of graduate study at the colleges of their choice. Tau Beta Pi fellows are free to do graduate work in any field which will enable them to contribute to the engineering profession.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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