The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory: Where ecology meets big data

Advances in computing power and infrastructure, increases in the number and size of ecological and environmental datasets, and the number and type of data collection methods, are revolutionizing the field of Ecology. To integrate these advances, virtual laboratories offer a unique tool to facilitate, expedite, and accelerate research into the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. We introduce the uniquely cloud-based Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL), which provides access to numerous species distribution modelling tools; a large and growing collection of biological, climate, and other environmental datasets; and a variety of experiment types to conduct research into the impact of climate change on biodiversity. Users can upload and share datasets, potentially increasing collaboration, cross-fertilisation of ideas, and innovation among the user community. Feedback confirms that the BCCVL's goals of lowering the technical requirements for species distribution modelling, and reducing time spent on such research, are being met

Forage Intake and Wastage by Ewes in Pea/Hay Barley Swath Grazing and Bale Feeding Systems

Harvested feed costs, particularly during the winter, are traditionally the highest input associated with a ruminant livestock operation. Although swath grazing has been practiced for over 100 years and literature exists for cattle use of swath grazing, no published results are available on use of swath grazing by sheep. Sixty mature, white-faced ewes were used in a completely randomized design repeated 2 years to evaluate whether feeding method (swath grazed or fed as baled hay in confinement) of intercropped field pea (Pisum sativum L.) and spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) forage affected ewe ADG (average daily gain), forage DMI (dry matter intake), and wastage. The study was conducted at Ft. Ellis Research Station in Bozeman, MT during the summers of 2010 and 2011. Each year, 30 ewes were allocated to 3 confinement pens (10 ewes/pen) and 30 ewes were allocated to 3 grazing plots (10 ewes/plot). Ewes had ad libitum access to forage and water. Individual ewe forage DMI was estimated using chromic oxide (Cr2O3) as a marker for estimating fecal output. Measures of fecal output were combined with measures of forage indigestibility to determine DMI for each ewe. Forage wastage was calculated by sampling and weighing initial available forage, and subtracting final available forage and DMI. Forage DMI (P ≥ 0.13), ewe ADG (P≥ 0.40), and forage percent wastage (P \u3e 0.28) did not differ for swathed versus baled pea/hay barley forage during either year. These results suggest that a swathed feeding system can function as a viable alternative to a traditional baled feeding system for pea/hay barley forage in commercial sheep operations

Naltrexone Implant for Opioid Use Disorder

The continued rise in the availability of illicit opioids and opioid-related deaths in the United States has left physicians, researchers, and lawmakers desperate for solutions to this ongoing epidemic. The research into therapeutic options for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) began with the introduction of methadone in the 1960s. The approval of oral naltrexone initially showed much promise, as the drug was observed to be highly potent in antagonizing the effects of opioids while producing no opioid agonist effects of its own and having a favorable side effect profile. Patients that routinely take their naltrexone reported fewer days of heroin use and had more negative drug tests than those without treatment. Poor outcomes in OUD patients treated with naltrexone have been directly tied to short treatment time. Studies have shown that naltrexone given orally vs. as an implant at the 6-month interval showed a higher non-compliance rate among those who used oral medications at the 6-month mark and a slower return to use rate. There were concerns that naltrexone could possibly worsen negative symptoms seen in opiate use disorder related to blockade of endogenous opioids that are important for pleasurable stimuli. Studies have shown that naltrexone demonstrated no increase in levels of anxiety, depression and anhedonia in participants and another study found that those treated with naltrexone had a significant reduction in mental health-related hospitalizations. The latter study also concluded that there was no increased risk for mental health-related incidents in patients taking naltrexone via a long-acting implant. Although not yet FDA approved in the United States, naltrexone implant has shown promising results in Europe and Australia and may provide a novel treatment option for opioid addiction

Exile Vol. XXXIX No. 1

Title Page by Ellen Gurley \u2793 i Epigraph by Ezra Poind ii Table of Contents iii-iv Remaining a Soldier by Kristin Kruse \u2793 1-2 Vietnam War Memorial by Brooke MacKaye 3 We both ride in back by Chris Macaluso \u2793 4 Artwork by Jamie Oliver \u2794 5 Liberal Dirge #1 by Charis Brummitt \u2796 6-7 Artwork (anonymous) 7 Two ex-lovers and a dirty glass door by Chris Macaluso \u2793 8 The Salt of the Air by Kristen Padden \u2793 9-12 Artwork (anonymous) 13 Artwork by Ellen Gurley \u2793 14 Sun-Child by Jen Rudgers \u2796 15 Crazy Horse by Kevin Nix \u2794 16 The Fall of the Western Field by Rich Croft \u2793 17 In the Closet by Beth Widmaier \u2795 18 Winter Strawberries by Katy Rudder \u2793 19 Still Life (anonymous) 19 For This and Much Beyond This Poem by Matt Wanat \u2795 20-21 Artwork by Peggy Ryan \u2793 22 The Cycle Repeats: Apathy by Ishak Kang \u2793 23 The Judge by Ellen Gurley \u2793 24 Pear Colored by Erin Dempsey \u2793 25-26 4-Square by Trey Dunham \u2794 27 Artwork by Jamie Oliver \u2794 28 Ink & Heroine by Rich Croft \u2793 29 Figments by Craig Bowers \u2793 30-31 Malfi Coast (anonymous) 31 Suzanne (anonymous) 32 Hey Stella by Carey Chistie \u2795 33 Turning Leaves by Erin Lott \u2796 34-35 Reclining Nude (anonymous) 35 Blazon by Matt Wanat \u2795 36-37 Artwork by Holly Aikens \u2793 38 Awake by A. Fair \u2796 39 Dell the Barber by Kevin Nix \u2795 40 Artwork by Holly Aikens \u2793 40 Tree House by Katy Rudder \u2793 41-46 Jailbait by Ellison J. Stind \u2795 47 Mother by Charis Brummitt \u2796 48-49 Artwork by Bess Hammer \u2795 49 Private Origami by Trey Dunham \u2794 50 Among the Tendrils of Sleep by J. Trevett Allen \u2795 51 Poet of the Unforgiven by Carey Christie \u2795 52 Stuntman Steve by Andrew Zobay \u2793 53 sculpture by Lily Streett \u2794 53 Wonderings of an Adopted Son by Andy Heckert \u2793 54-55 Artwork by Holly Aikens \u2793 55 Odd Binge by C. N. Polumbus \u2793 56-57 Artwork by Holly Aikens \u2793 57 Artwork by Peggy Ryan \u2793; untitled by Jennifer Wendell \u2794 (superimposed) 58 Shadows of Pearl by Travis Brady \u2793 59-60 October/Rt. 161 by Annette Gallagher 61 Artwork by Jamie Oliver \u2794 61 The Influx by Craig Bowers \u2793 62 Artwork by Michael Norpell \u2794 63 editorial board 64 Editorial decision is shared equally among the Editorial Board. -64 Cover: Jamie Oliver -64 NOTE: With the exeption of Malfi Coast , all artwork listed as anonymous in the published table of contents appears to be signed by Ellen Gurley. 37th Yea

Concert recording 2018-04-20a

[Track 1]. Caro mio ben / Giuseppe Giordani -- [Track 2]. Alma del core / Antonio Caldara -- [Track 3]. A little bit in love from Wonderful town / Bernstein -- [Track 4]. Im Abendrot / Franz Schubert -- [Track 5]. Something\u27s coming from West side story / Bernstein -- [Track 6]. Che far senza Euridice from Orfeo e Euridice / Christoph Willibald Gluck -- [Track 7]. What a movie from Trouble in Tahiti / Bernstein -- [Track 8]. Simple song from Mass / Bernstein -- [Track 9]. Round midnight / Thelonius Monk -- [Track 10]. My house from Peter Pan / Bernstein -- [Track 11]. Heaven help my heart from Chess / Andersson & Ulvaeus -- [Track 12]. L\u27heure exquise / Reynaldo Hahn -- [Track 13]. Captain Hook\u27s soliloquy from Peter Pan / Bernstein -- [Track 14]. Two love songs. Extinguish my eyes [Track 15]. When my soul touches yours / Bernstein -- [Track 16]. Go on from Mass / Bernstein -- [Track 17]. Wanderers Nachtlied / Schubert -- [Track 18]. Peter, Peter from Peter Pan / Bernstein -- [Track 19]. L\u27escalve / Édouard Lalo -- [Track 20]. Allerseelen / Richard Strauss -- [Track 21]. Nothing more than this from Candide / Bernstein -- [Track 22]. O del mio dolce ardor / Gluck -- [Track 23]. Governer\u27s serenade from Candide / Bernstein -- [Track 24]. Sogno d\u27or / Giacomo Puccini -- [Track 25]. I understand from On the town / Bernstein -- [Track 26]. Dream with me from Peter Pan / Bernstein -- [Track 27]. Il est doux, il est bon from Herodiade / Jules Massenet -- [Track 28]. Easter from Five mystical songs / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [Track 29]. One hand, one heart from West side story / Bernstein -- [Track 30]. Porgi amor from Les Nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 31]. Glitter and be gay from Candide / Bernstein

The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory: How Ecology and Big Data can be utilised in the fight against vector-borne diseases

Advances in computing power and infrastructure, increases in the number and size of ecological and environmental datasets, and the number and type of data collection methods, are revolutionizing the field of Ecology. To integrate these advances, virtual laboratories offer a unique tool to facilitate, expedite, and accelerate research into the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. We introduce the uniquely cloud-based Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL), which provides access to numerous species distribution modelling tools; a large and growing collection of biological, climate, and other environmental datasets, as well as a variety of experiment types to conduct research into the impact of climate change on biodiversity. Users can upload and share datasets, potentially increasing collaboration and cross-fertilisation of ideas and innovation among the user community. Feedback confirms that the BCCVL's goals of lowering the technical requirements for species distribution modelling, and reducing time spent on such research, are being met. We present a case study that illustrates the utility of the BCCVL as a research tool that can be applied to the problem of vector borne diseases and the likelihood of climate change altering their future distribution across Australia. This case study presents the preliminary results of an ensemble modelling experiment which employs multiple (15) different species distribution modelling algorithms to model the distribution of one of the main mosquito vectors of the most common vector borne disease in Australia: Ross River Virus (RRV). We use the BCCVL to do future projection of these models with future climates based on two extreme emissions scenarios, for multiple years. Our results show a large range in both the modelled current distribution, and projected future distribution, of the mosquito species studied. Most models (that were built using different algorithms) show somewhat similar current distributions of the species however there are three models that are obvious outliers. The projected models show a similar range in the distribution of the species, with some models indicating a fewer areas (and also areas with a lower probability of occurrence in specific areas) where the species is likely to be found under a climate change scenario. However, a majority of models show an expanded distribution, with some areas that have a greater probability of the occurrence of this species; this will provide a more robust indication of future distribution for policy makers and planners, than if just one or a few models had been employed. The economic and human health impact of vector borne diseases underline the importance of scientifically sound projections of the future spread of common disease vectors such as mosquitos under various climate change scenarios. This is because such information is essential for policy–makers to identify vulnerable communities and to better manage outbreaks and potential epidemics of such diseases. The BCCVL has provided the means to effectively and robustly bracket multiple sources of uncertainty in the future spread of RRV: this study focuses on two of these - the future distribution of a primary mosquito vector of the disease under two extreme scenarios of climate change. Research is underway to expand our analysis to take into account more sources of uncertainty: more vector and amplifying host species, emissions scenarios, and future climate projections from a range of different global climate model

Concert recording 2017-11-06

[Track 1]. Sebben crudele / Antonio Caldara -- [Track 2]. Orpheus with his lute / William Schuman -- [Track 3]. Heaven help my heart -- [Track 4]. Little elegy / John Duke -- [Track 5]. Bel piacere / G.F. Handel -- [Track 6]. I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables / Claude-Michel Schönberg -- [Track 7]. In questa tomba oscura / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [Track 8]. Lasst mich nur auf meinem Sattel gelten! from Freisinn / Robert Shumann -- [Track 9]. Für Musik / Robert Franz -- [Track 10]. Edelweiss from The sound of music / Rodgers & Hammerstein -- [Track 11]. Tu lo sai / Giuseppe Torelli -- [Track 12]. Glück / Max Reger -- [Track 13] Le colibri / Ernest Chausson -- [Track 14] Der Der Schäfer / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 15]. A route to the sky / Jake Heggie -- [Track 16]. Ich liebe dich / Edvard Grieg -- [Track 17]. When it all fall down from Chaplin / Christopher Curtis -- [Track 18]. Voyage a Paris / Francis Poulenc -- [Track 19]. Crucifixion / arr. Hall Johnson -- [Track 20]. Bright is the ring of words / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [Track 21]. Non t\u27amo piu / Francesco Paolo Tosti -- [Track 22]. Se tu m\u27ami / Alessandro Parisotti -- [Track 23]. I love the way from Something\u27s rotten / Kirkpatrick & Kirkpatrick -- [Track 24]. A madrigal / Herbert Howells -- [Track 25]. El majo discrete / Enrique Granados -- [Track 26]. The roadside fire / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [Track 27]. Che fiero costume / Giovanni Legrenzi -- [Track 28]. An die Musik / Franz Shubert -- [Track 29]. I will sing new songs of gladness / Anton Dvorak -- [Track 30]. Full fathom five from The tempest / Henry Purcell -- [Track 31]. Nimmerstate Libe / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 32]. Deposuit potentes from Magnificat / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [Track 33]. Vaghissima sembiante / Stefano Donaudy -- [Track 34]. Tormani a vaghegghiar from Alcina / G.F. Handel -- [Track 35]. Nobody knows this little rose / John Duke -- [Track 36]. Let beauty awake / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [Track 37]. Steal away / arr. Hall Johnson -- [Track 38]. Come paride vezzoso from L\u27elisir d\u27amore / Kirkpatrick & Kirkpatrick -- [Track 39]. Dich, teure Halle from Tannhaüser / Richard Wagner -- [Track 40]. Non t\u27accotare all\u27urna / Giuseppe Verdi -- [Track 41]. Zur Rosenzeit / Edvard Grieg

Concert recording 2017-04-29

[Track 1]. When the children are asleep from Carousel / Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein -- [Track 2]. Quartet from The secret garden / Lucy Simon -- [Track 3]. Agony from Into the woods / Stephen Sondheim -- [Track 4]. Stepsister\u27s lament from Cinderella / Rogers & Hammerstein -- [Track 5]. Only love from The scarlet pimpernel / Frank Wildhorn -- [Track 6]. Schroeder from You\u27re a good man Charlie Brown / Clark Gesner -- [Track 7]. Where in the world from The secret garden [Track 8]. How could I ever know from The secret garden / Lucy Simon -- [Track 9]. Who am I from Peter Pan / Leonard Bernstein -- [Track 10]. Some things are meant to be from Little Women / Jason Howland -- [Track 11]. With you from Ghost / Bruce Joel Rubin -- [Track 12]. When he sees me from Waitress [Track 13]. Never ever getting rid of me from Waitress / Sara Bareilles -- [Track 14]. Sepia life from Grateful / John Bucchino -- [Track 15]. Thank you for the music from Mamma mia / Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus -- [Track 16]. Agony reprise from Into the woods / Stephen Sondheim -- [Track 17]. If I loved you from Carousel / Rodgers & Hammerstein

Exile Vol. XL No. 2

38th Year Title Page by Carrie Horner \u2797 i Epigraph by Ezra Pound ii Table of Contents iii-iv Remembering Sundays by Allison Lemieux \u2795 1 Untitled by James Oliver \u2794 2 \u2778 Beige Chevy Malibu by Craig J. McDonough \u2794 3-4 Brushtown Road by Lelei Jennings \u2795 5 In Memoriam: River Phoenix, 1970-93 by Kirstin Rogers \u2794 6 Untitled by Kira Pollack \u2794 7 Checkmate by Kevin Nix \u2794 8 Anywhere in Ohio by Jen Hanysh \u2795 9 Untitled by Nicky Taylor \u2794 10 Under Your Influence by Katherine Anne Campo \u2794 11 Tulips by Tricia B. Swearingen \u2794 12 Untitled by Keith Chapman \u2795 12 December Storm by Erin Lott \u2796 13-19 On Meeting Phil Levine After a Reading at Denison University April 6, 1993 by Christopher Harnish \u2794 20 The 422 Bypass by Joel Husenits \u2795 21 Untitled by Ken Tyburski \u2794 22 Shakespeare\u27s Foreskin by Carey Christie \u2795 23 The Thaw by Chris Iven \u2794 24 The Rockbridge County Fair by Morgan Roper \u2794 25 Let it Drop Through by Carey Christie \u2795 26-27 Aladdin\u27s by Paul Rinkes \u2794 28-29 Untitled by Aileen Jones \u2794 30 The Tango by Hope Layne Morgan \u2794 31 Icarus by Carey Christine \u2795 32-33 fad by Jeremy Aufrance \u2795 34 Untitled by James Oliver \u2794 35 Desert Villanelle by Christopher Harnish \u2794 36 The Skull by Nicky Taylor \u2794 37 Rodeo Bar by Carl Jeffrey Boon \u2796 38 I, Mordred by Carey Christie \u2795 39-43 Between Centuries by Leslie Dana Wells \u2794 44-45 Untitled by Carrie Horner \u2797 45 Untitled by Alex Emmons \u2796 46 Coleridge\u27s Curse by Allison Lemieux \u2795 47 Untitled by Jenny Baker \u2794 48 five by Jeremy Aufrance \u2795 49 Untitled by James Oliver \u2794 50 Lobster Boy by Kirstin Rogers \u2794 51 Fire on the Mountain by Christopher Harnish \u2794 52-53 Yosemite by Morgan Roper \u2794 54 Untitled by Carrie Horner \u2797 54 Untitled by Ken Tyburski \u2794 55 Sleepless Nights Fades to Credits by Allison Lemieux \u2794 56 Dancing Days by Julie McDonald \u2794 57 Immobile by Adrienne Fair \u2796 58-59 Untitled by Kira Pollack \u2794 60 Dorm Fire by Lisa Marie Antonille \u2795 Untitled by Carrie Horner \u2797 61 The Book by Matt Wanat \u2795 62-63 Distance by Carl Jeffrey Boon \u2796 64 Untitled by Jenny Baker \u2794 65 Cover by Ken Tyburski \u2794 Editorial decision is shared equally among the Editorial Board. -6