Join us at the Akustika Fair at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre from April 4-6 Meet The Strad team at stand F08 and pick up a free copy of the magazine The Strad Directory Jobs By 2024-10-25T09:43:38.83+01:00 A mythical Viennese meeting inspires a fascinating programme Description: A mythical Viennese meeting inspires a fascinating programme This CD’s title may mislead – much of its programme having been composed after 1784 – but it refers to the occasion when Mozart and Vaňhal performed together at a party in the Austrian capital With a generous playing time and the skipping of some repeats the disc offers perceptive accounts of a quartet by each of these musicians warmly captured with vivid detail and exemplary balance The Bennewitz Quartet’s captivating performances are well projected sensitively phrased and abundant in contrasts of dynamic and mood but these players’ brisk tempo for the opening movement of Haydn’s op.33 no.5 results in the sforzando indications being somewhat underplayed and the principal theme’s turn motif being being frequently clipped the quartet plays with commendable freedom and unanimity captures the scherzo’s wit and rhythmic élan and deftly characterises the Allegretto’s variations Vaňhal and Dittersdorf’s quartets (op.33 no.2 in A major and no 5 in E flat major respectively) particularly showcase leader Jakub Fišer’s neat unfettered and often bravura contributions especially in the episodes of both works’ energetic rondo finales The musicians combine to nurture the harmonic audacities of the opening Adagio of Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ Quartet supple readings of the subsequent Allegro and exhilarating finale Review: Bennewitz Quartet: Haydn Review: Smetana: String Quartets no.1 in E minor ‘From My Life’ & no.2 in D minor Read: The Fibonacci Quartet wins the Premio Paolo Borciani US correspondent Thomas May speaks with violinist Stefan Jackiw and cellist Jay Campbell of the Junction Trio about their upcoming programme at the 92nd St Y where they will give the world premiere of a new work John Zorn has written for them alongside music by Brahms and Shostakovich US correspondent Thomas May previews the US premiere of Holocaust victim Sándor Kuti’s String Quartet no.2 by the Seattle-based Music of Remembrance Bruce Hodges takes in the performance of Bekah Simms James Tenney at Jürg Frey at Mary Flagler Cary Hall in New York’s Dimenna Center on 16 and 17 August 2024 US correspondent Thomas May attends a boldy engaging interpretation of Vivaldi’s inescapable classic featuring Seattle Symphony associate concertmaster Helen Kim at Benaroya Hall on 1 May 2025 An album to seduce and thrill in equal measure A crack ensemble proves its mettle in highly varied fare Site powered by Webvision Cloud Studying topics as varied as space science to sustainability, four West Virginia University researchers have been named Faculty Early Career Development Program award winners by the National Science Foundation The award is considered the most elite from the NSF that supports junior faculty totaling nearly $25 million WVU awardees have brought in from the program since 1997 52 University faculty have received the award “The dedication of our faculty to conduct the highest levels of research never ceases to amaze me,” said Vice President for Research Fred King “These four individuals are a testament to our standing as an R1 university Not only will their research propel their careers but it will have an impact on society as a whole.” Statler CollegeResearch focus: Improving MRI safety Margaret Bennewitz, assistant professor of biomedical engineering is reimagining the contrast agents that are injected into patients undergoing MRI scans it is unknown whether MRI dyes activate neutrophils and platelets in the bloodstream neutrophils and platelets could aggregate and block blood flow “just as a clump of hair clogs a drainpipe,” Bennewitz said Her research will determine how to modulate the design of metal oxide nanoparticles in contrast MRIs to avoid that risk Most attempts to develop new nanoparticle contrast agents for MRIs focus on unintended side effects affecting a common type of white blood cell called a macrophage An abundance of neutrophils and platelets also circulate in the body but those blood cells are often ignored in contrast agent design Bennewitz explained that her group will generate “new knowledge about how nanoparticles’ physical characteristics — their metal content size and surface coating — affect how they interact with neutrophils and platelets.” The concept originated from Esra Al Abazaid’s undergraduate side project “We were isolating neutrophils and creating metal oxide nanoparticles in the lab for separate experiments and we were curious to see what happened when we combined the two Most exciting for me is how we’ve come together as a team The first paper we published about this work had major contributions from students including Hunter Snoderly WVU students working with Bennewitz will be exposed to nanoparticle synthesis and downstream blood cell studies. They’ll also have integral roles in outreach to K-12 students from rural, low-income households in West Virginia, collaborating with programs like Upward Bound the West Virginia Science Public Outreach Team and the Spark Imagination and Science Center to use their nanoparticle research to ignite interest in STEM Eberly CollegeResearch focus: Making space science accessible Katy Goodrich, assistant professor of space physics said she believes her research project will make space science more accessible to institutions with limited resources mission to study the Earth’s auroral acceleration region “This region is an extremely interesting place in the Earth’s magnetosphere where energy in magnetic and electric fields are converted to particle energy,” Goodrich said “We would be using this opportunity to develop electric field instruments for CubeSats which hasn’t been done successfully for the magnetosphere before.” An intended outcome is to create resources for scientists to use in studying space if you want to measure electric fields in space you need to be affiliated with large-scale well-funded missions and institutions,” she said “Not everyone has access to such opportunities or funds This work will help make all space measurements more accessible.” Both WVU and high school students will participate in the project Goodrich will also collaborate with Upward Bound in which high schoolers will be able to develop code to examine space satellite measurements and assist in testing procedures “Space science utilizes satellites to measure plasma in space,” Goodrich added “But we are trending more and more toward small satellites or CubeSat-type satellites at a pace where some of our scientific instruments can’t keep up Electric field instruments have been very hard to adapt to smaller satellites which will limit our ability to measure all components of space plasma This work will aim to bridge that gap and ensure electric field instruments can be utilized for all space missions and will not limit our measurements in the future.” Statler CollegeResearch focus: Recovering resources from waste in rural regions Kevin Orner, a Maurice and Jo Ann Wadsworth Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of environmental engineering is developing a data-driven framework that will bridge the gap between research and implementation of technologies that sustainably recover valuable resources from organic waste in rural regions like West Virginia and Costa Rica in ways that reflect their own unique contexts agricultural crop residues — is land applied or goes to a landfill,” Orner said either by emitting greenhouse gases or discharging excess nutrients and pathogens to surface water The United States has spent $2.2 billion treating freshwater bodies for excessive nutrients from organic waste Food waste and food loss on a global scale has cost $1 billion we have a chance to recover resources like nutrients We can significantly reduce the environmental impacts and we can turn organic waste from a financial liability into an asset.” Orner will rethink how research happens within a community and how students engage with research in the real world he’ll integrate undergraduate and graduate learning experiences around the idea of a circular waste economy with training on topics of sustainable development He’ll also create a pathway within the curriculum for a civil engineering master’s degree that includes not only a research thesis but a year of service during which students provide dedicated support to West Virginia communities with engineering needs “This work on resource recovery will address many of the ‘grand challenges’ of environmental engineering,” Orner said “It’s about curbing climate change and sustainably supplying food It’s about designing a future without waste And it’s about helping students put into practice their desire to have purpose and make an impact.” Statler CollegeResearch focus: Making fertilizer production more sustainable a Wayne and Kathy Richards Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of chemical engineering is developing membranes that can selectively recover key ingredients of fertilizer from wastewater Her work addresses all three points of what she calls the “food water and energy nexus,” with the potential to reduce fertilizer production’s large carbon footprint and prevent nutrient-rich wastes from reaching waterways people have relied on processes that are highly energy intensive to produce nutrients for fertilizer but our lab is creating a technology that can recover those nutrients cheaply and more sustainably from waste sources such as poultry litter we kill two birds with one stone,” she continued “Extracting the nutrients before they end up in our water means that we do not have to spend billions of dollars remediating the overgrowth of algae that happens when waste runoff causes an excess of nutrients in bodies of water like rivers or lakes.” Her use of membranes in this context is innovative. If it succeeds, Sanyal said her group, which collaborates with Statler colleagues Lance Lin, Kostas Sierros and Cerasela Dinu will be at the forefront of nutrient-recovery research She will involve rural high school students and high school STEM teachers, and multiple WVU students in her research, with special attention to recruiting first-generation college students from West Virginia to work on the project. She’s especially excited about a partnership with LaunchLab that will provide entrepreneurship training to undergraduate researchers “I can’t wait to grow this initiative so we have more start-up opportunities available to our engineering students,” Sanyal said MEDIA CONTACT: Micaela MorrissetteResearch WriterWVU Research Communications304-709-6667; Micaela.Morrissette@mail.wvu.edu Jake StumpDirectorWVU Research Communications304-293-5507; Jake.Stump@mail.wvu.edu Call 1-855-WVU-NEWS for the latest West Virginia University news and information from WVUToday You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience The academics offered at UAH can expand your horizons Apply today and unlock your spirit of discovery Apply today to take part in world-changing research Join the Charger Nation and experience all that our exciting campus has to offer Tara Bennewitz is enjoying teaching in and exploring Southern California It took awhile for Tara Bennewitz to get to yes when husband John asked her if she was willing to move from her native Huntsville across country to Los Angeles But the story has a happy ending for Tara (BS who has found a teaching job she loves at The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (TPAA) in Palmdale a public charter school that focuses on a science engineering and math (STEM) curriculum for its students interviewed for a postdoctoral position at UCLA "John had reached out to a professor at UCLA and immediately was flown out for an interview that went really well ‘What do you think about moving to L.A.?’ and my response was a quick and decisive "I was very hesitant about moving for many reasons," says Tara who had received her teaching credentials in Alabama and was looking for work in the Huntsville area and I wouldn’t be able to teach because I would have to go through the credential process again." But then "After a long conversation and weighing all of the offers in front of us we decided that it was the best possible path for us and I began to look at it as a big adventure we were packing up our things and heading west I would have NEVER guessed we would end up in Los Angeles she teaches biology and she has taught seventh grade life science is a hub for the aerospace industry with companies like Lockheed and Boeing and government research facilities like NASA Armstrong and the U.S "One of the big ideas driving TPAA’s curriculum is a home-grown workforce for these local high-tech firms We want our students to be prepared for a wide variety of careers in the science and engineering fields." The curriculum provides students with opportunities to design Along with California graduation requirements students also participate in six years of pre-engineering courses via a Project Lead the Way curriculum "They take classes in civil and aerospace engineering digital electronics and design and development All of these classes get students doing hands-on projects to solve real-world problems," Tara says "They are challenged to design products and explore solutions and our robotics program is a large part of our school culture we have a robotics team that competes on a national level." The freedom to determine how best to teach to California State Standards for science enthuses Tara "My administrators are hands-off when it comes to curriculum design I am free to decide exactly what's going to happened in my classroom but I also know there are very high expectations," she says "I work hard to plan activities that get my students up and out of their seats solving problems and coming up with their own solutions It is challenging and many times exhausting Her education at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has proven invaluable "I cannot say enough about the College of Education and the professors who prepared me for this career Every class I was required to take had value Every professor was invested in making me and my cohorts into the best teachers we could be," she says "They prepared us for some of the harsher realities you experience while working in education while still keeping us motivated and feeling like we could make an impact." developmental psychology and teaching special populations prepared her for most situations she encounters every day in the classroom "I was also able to gain experiences in a variety of teaching settings from rural middle class communities I came out of the program confident in my abilities to teach Tara and John avail themselves of Southern California’s diverse recreational opportunities "We have since moved about an hour north of the city I was able to do and see so much," Tara says "I spent our year there visiting world-class museums exploring the various eclectic neighborhoods and going on weekly date nights to the beach – which was only three miles from our apartment We are a short drive away from snowy mountains We have also been able to visit five of the nine national parks in California While the couple and their California-born infant son would eventually like to make their way back home to Huntsville to be closer to family for now they are developing their careers and finding new Southern California adventures but it has proven to be worthwhile," Tara says "While there was an adjustment period – learning how to parallel park remembering to get your parking validated everywhere you go driving in a big city – it was good to take the plunge and get out of my comfort zone." ©2025 The University of Alabama in Huntsville The Bennewitz Quartet returns to Bates on March 5 “This was mature, complex music-making at its finest,” Palm Beach Daily News critic Kevin Wilt wrote in a Feb. 24 review of the program that the Bennewitz Quartet is bringing to Bates on March 5 “It did not take long to understand that this quartet worked very hard to establish a unique sound The members also were cognizant of the inner workings of this music and seemed to be in complete agreement on the smallest musical choices.” This leading Czech string quartet plays music by Czech composers Dussek Bartók and Dvořák in an Olin Arts Alive series concert at Olin Arts Center Concert Hall on Saturday and website in this browser for the next time I comment You’ll receive weekly emails with the latest news from Bates Please enter your name and e-mail address to receive updates from Bates College You'll receive an e-mail confirmation within an hour If you would like to change your subscriptions open one of your Bates Update e-mails (BatesNews Sports Update or Events at Bates) and click on "Change Subscriptions." The Ocean Grove Voice looks back on our best Friday features for 2024 Ocean Grove resident Gary Bennewitz is being remembered as a “kind and generous” man who loved chess and sports after he died age 94 Jena Carr spoke with daughter Irina Bennewitz about his life and journey from Germany to Australia Born in Germany in 1929 on the eve of major world changes Gary Bennewitz was affected by political events that impacted everyone’s lives the Berlin man would still reflect on his good experiences growing up such as playing outdoor sports and other activities and as the rest of Europe and the world was totally destabilised and times were tough,” daughter Irina Bennewitz said “He didn’t romanticise about it; that’s just what it was and I can’t appreciate what it would be like to live in a city that was flattened with no food or water he took up an offer to come to Australia with many other young men and rocked up to Australia with a contract to work on the railways he found someone in the local community who did.” Irina said her her father was a “very interesting man” and loved participating in many activities including chess with Ocean Grove Chess Club and… a lot of those qualities transferred through to myself and my sister in lots of ways,” she said but he put his heart and soul into what he wanted to do and succeeded on his terms he decided to drive a taxi so he could pay off his house and everything he’d been doing on and off over the years when he could He absolutely loved it and had a high desire to win and in Australia he picked up chess with his German friends They’d all meet occasionally when they could to play chess Gary died on November 30 at age 94 after Irina and her husband found him unconscious on the floor in his Ocean Grove home on November 25 but he got on with it with his dog and routines,” she said we were more involved with supporting him as his physical health slowly deteriorated “He was not sick; he just was becoming frailer and his eyesight and hearing were deteriorating and backgammon was harder in the last year “The coroner’s report has told me he died of a neck femoral fracture after he had a fall “We would have liked him around a bit longer He died at home and that’s what he wanted.” Irina said she had many favourite memories with her dad including him teaching her how to ride a horse “He taught me to ride and the love of horses that I’ve had for a long time “I had a couple of life situations where I was floored by something that happened and I knew I could go home and be supported “I know one of his very German expressions that translates to even a blind hen finds a grain of wheat’ and…I used to crack up when he would say that “He did a lot of work for the community…and didn’t waste opportunities “My last living memory of him was that I went back to Horsham “He used to get up when I’d come over and put his dressing gown on so he just looked at me with a nice smile on his face and said A group of Victorian Youth Parliament participants met with one of their local MPs last week to discuss water safety issues Weeping Radish Farm Brewery founder Uli Bennewitz will hand over the reins of the 35-year-old craft brewery to a new owner at the end of this month and retire from the beer industry to focus on farming North Carolina-based brewery – which includes a farm butchery and pub – specializes in farm-to-glass and farm-to-table offerings which Bennewitz told Brewbound he expects to continue under the brewery’s new owner Sumit Gupta – CEO and co-founder of SAGA Realty and Construction a real estate development firm based in Kill Devil Hills in the state’s Outer Banks region “We’ve created a canvas on which to paint,” Bennewitz said “The new owner can use that canvas and can paint on it in any direction he wants to There’s so many different things you can do with it And it takes somebody younger to really take that concept and run with it.” Weeping Radish will close for renovations after January 4, with plans to reopen in March, according to the brewery’s website All 20 employees are expected to retain their jobs and Bennewitz will stay on in a consulting role to advise Gupta in the 1980s to pursue a career in farming Bennewitz blazed a trail for North Carolina brewers when he led the charge to modernize state alcohol manufacturing laws as he prepared to open Weeping Radish Bennewitz was living and working in Manteo when his older brother suggested buying brewing equipment from a friend there looking to sell why don’t you buy that and open up in Manteo and you can just sell beer and sandwiches and make a fortune?’” Bennewitz said someone recommended that Bennewitz check in with ABC – an acronym that stumped him “I didn’t know what ABC was – I thought it was a school activity or learning center or something like that,” he said with a laugh “Turns out to be Alcoholic Beverage Control this is the only civilized country in the world that has such a thing.” Bennewitz traveled to the state capital to meet with the ABC and shared his plans to open a Bavarian-inspired brewery in Manteo which he was perplexed to learn was illegal the bureaucrats’ next suggestion flummoxed him even more “The chairman of the commission said ‘Why don’t you go ahead and change the law We’ll help you,’” Bennewitz recalled to Brewbound I’d been in the country for less than five years I didn’t have a green card at the time “A local senator sponsored the bill and we walked into the house and the senate The most amazing thing about that bill is it’s probably the only law that was ever passed in this country’s history without a single attorney hour being billed by anybody.” Today, North Carolina boasts a robust craft beer industry, which includes both prominent local brands and production facilities owned by some of the largest craft brewers in the country. Last year, the state had 359 craft breweries ranking it ninth in the nation for number of breweries they produced 912,589 barrels of beer in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic hampered tourism the state’s beer industry generated $2.8 billion in economic impact In addition to pioneering a legislative environment in the 1980s that eventually allowed such a vibrant beer scene to thrive Bennewitz and Weeping Radish introduced the notion of farm-to-table butchery to the area in 2007 “Everybody said in the beginning ‘You’re going to do what now?’” he said if you Google ‘brewery butchery’ there’s only one name that comes up in the whole Google world and that’s us.” He sees Weeping Radish, which opened in its current location in 2005, as “part of a much bigger movement.” Weeping Radish aims to serve food that has not traveled more than 200 miles to the brewery, according to its website “It’s not just about beer,” Bennewitz said “It’s really about creating a focal point back to local because what we’ve done is we have taken our economy and gone global with it And then global crashed for the first time in 2007 and now it’s weakening again because of all the supply chain issues.” The local food and beverage movement – including brewers coffee shops and farmers markets – has the potential to ignite a spark in a new generation of craftspeople “You see the enthusiasm when you go to a microbrewing conference or when you go to a meat conference or when you go to a culinary school,” Bennewitz said “The enthusiasm of the young generation to be part of that and get involved in this craft world outstrips any enthusiasm you can find in a college world.” He recalled training young brewers at Weeping Radish who “were basically college dropouts.” “They started in the brewery and they took off like a rocket and suddenly they had a smile on their face and a determination about where they wanted to be,” Bennewitz said “If we can just change the focus of our education system and get away from this goal of shoving as many kids through college as we can and turning around and saying OK there are kids that need to go to university but there is a huge swath of young people who if they get involved in the craft business in the broadest sense None of Bennewitz’s children were interested in running Weeping Radish after he stepped down He said the complications the pandemic wrought on the beer industry made the choice easier for him Bell announced he agreed to sell the brewery to Kirin-owned Lion Little World Beverages Stoudt ceased operations about a month before the pandemic upended the beer industry “My thing was to find somebody who can take this to the next level somebody who will continue to employ the staff that we have,” Bennewitz said Early Registration Open We deliver! 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Subscribe to Adweek newsletters A CNN Special Events institution is leaving the company this summer Kate Lunger is leaving the network in June Lunger has been responsible for special event programming and breaking news television production for CNN Worldwide She has led production planning as well as execution of CNN’s debates bureau chief Sam Feist informed staff of Lunger’s June departure earlier this month “From award-winning election night coverage Kate has had a remarkable run overseeing the most successful global live news events in CNN’s history,” Feist wrote in a staff memo “We owe Kate a tremendous debt of gratitude for an extraordinary CNN career.” Lunger worked as an operations producer for Reuters Financial Television in Japan Alexa Bennewitz will take over to lead the CNN Special Events team Most recently as the Senior Director of Special Events Bennewitz has managed the production and budgets for dozens of events Bennewitz will continue the history of CNN Special Events being run by a woman since its launch in 1980 “Please join me in thanking Kate for her innumerable contributions and in congratulating Alexa on her expanded role,” Feist added Katz is the senior editor of Adweek's TVNewser Adweek is the leading source of news and insight serving the brand marketing ecosystem Tom and Stephanie Bennewitz are delighted to announce their first child eight ounces and was 20 and one-half inches long Stephanie is a second-grade teacher at Oconee County Primary School and Tom works for Morris Communications Dr. John Bennewitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $650,000, 45-month Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant to develop an advanced propulsion system that will facilitate surveillance of space between the Earth and the Moon by the United States Space Force The research is being funded through the AFOSR Energy Combustion and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics Portfolio “With the recent international push for lunar missions Space Force has emphasized the need for surveillance of the region beyond geosynchronous orbit or out to approximately 385,000 kilometers,” Dr ‘Cislunar’ refers to the regions of space beyond the traditional geosynchronous orbits traveled by satellites orbiting the Earth in-space surveillance and object tracking have largely been limited to the range of low Earth orbit from 160-2,000 kilometers above the Earth’s surface to deliver long-term technologies that enable regular cislunar access advanced in-space propulsion systems are required to meet the demands of satellite maneuvers attitude control and station keeping to support a long vehicle lifetime.” The Air Force Research Laboratory is currently developing satellite technology as part of the Oracle space program Courtesy In Space LLC and Purdue University To address this need, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is currently developing satellite technology as part of the Oracle spacecraft program The object of this mission is to support domain awareness for cislunar access by providing technology for object identification and tracking both more challenging due to cislunar objects moving in relation to GEO satellites and presenting significantly fainter signatures to surveillance capabilities Bennewitz is associated with the UAH Propulsion Research Center and will serve as Principal Investigator for the work at UAH a part of the University of Alabama System “This is a multiyear effort with UAH serving as the primary institution and providing the experimental results,” he says “This research program addresses the underlying physics knowledge gaps required for exploring detonation-based combustion in small-scale thrusters for in-space applications using both methane and hydrogen as fuel.” To meet the challenges this new orbital range presents titled Multimode Detonation for Small Scale In-Space Propulsion plans to develop a detonation-based propulsion system a new technology capable of addressing these needs “Multimode operation is significant to explore in these compact thrusters for both low-impulse maneuvers including orbit maintenance and station keeping as well as more aggressive spacecraft movements requiring high change in object velocity In the case of a rotating detonation rocket engine, or RDRE, fuel and oxidizer are injected into an annular channel, which is then ignited to initiate a detonation wave that travels around the channel. RDREs promise significant improvements over conventional deflagration combustion of older-generation rocket engines “A detonation engine offers multiple advantages for propulsion including the potential for higher engine performance compact heat release and negligible acoustic instabilities due to mode-locking,” the researcher notes “This can theoretically produce up to a 10% increase in performance which will enable increased payload capabilities delivered to cislunar space for strategic satellite insertion to support the timely need for space domain awareness remaining knowledge gaps required to enable long-duration operation of in-space detonation-based thrusters will also be addressed in the proposed work.” Kristina Hendrix 256-824-6341 kristina.hendrix@uah.edu Elizabeth Gibisch 256-824-6926 elizabeth.gibisch@uah.edu By 2023-08-01T08:00:00+01:00 Czech warmth illuminates a Classical master Description: Czech warmth illuminates a Classical master Works: Haydn: String Quartets: G major op.17 no.5; E flat major op.33 no.2 ‘Joke’; C major op.54 no.2 The 50-minute playing time for a full-price album the goofy cover photo and the homely warmth of both engineering and playing all evoke the days of LP when the likes of the Vlach and the Smetana charmed listeners on the other side of the Iron Curtain with their straightforward musical intelligence and golden tonal palette The legacy of the Czech quartet tradition would appear to be safe in the hands of the Bennewitz which eschews fashionable extremes of timbre and gesture without neglecting this music’s contrasts of town and country We’ll (almost) pass over the poor-taste portamento of the leader’s slides in the trio of op.33 no.2 The famous ‘joke’ of the finale is told without labouring the point The Baroque pathos of op.54 no.2’s Adagio glows with an inner sincerity and all three minuets likewise retain their dignity; nothing here is rushed or overdone though the Presto section of the finale of op.17 no.5 is nimbly negotiated as an exhilarating pay-off to the grave severity of the Adagio All three are eminently repeatable accounts but I have returned more than once to op.54 no.2 for a rare sense of a studio performance living in the moment of its creation Read: Playing Concertos the Ševčík Way Video: LPO members play Haydn at the National Gallery Review: London Haydn Quartet: Haydn Plenty of revelations as this compelling survey reaches volume 12 looks at how a good structural understanding of the work’s first movement can lead to a more profound interpretation US correspondent Thomas May reviews Midori’s performance of the Brahms concerto with the Seattle Symphony under guest conductor Anja Bihlmaier on 23 January 2025 An all-American celebration of the concept of home Fine musicianship can’t quite overcome a flawed programme concept Introducing the seventh post in our new series of Women in Robotics Updates, featuring Melonee Wise, Maren Bennewitz and Alicia Casals and from our first “25 women in robotics you need to know about” list in 2014 These women have pioneered foundational research in robotics and inspired the next generations of robotics researchers Melonee Wise(featured in 2014), now a CEO of Fetch Robotics has been designing and programming robotic hardware for an autonomous boat and several low cost platforms since 19 years she and her team provide the best AMR or Autonomous Mobile Robot solutions for the logistics industry through a fleet of products that provide ‘On Demand Autonomy’ Fetch Robotics was also the first winner of Overall Excellence Award in the Silicon Valley Robotics ‘Good Robot’ Industry Awards in 2020 Wise was recognized by Silicon Valley Business Journal as 40 under 40 and by Technology Review TR35 as a ’40 female founders who crushed it’ in 2016 She also received the Women of Influence in 2017 Silicon Valley Business Journal She has more than 4 Patents and more than 20 published articles Alicia Casals (featured 2014) is professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) doing her research in medical robotics and has been collaborating with companies and other non-academic institutions to find the solutions to the challenges that come with Integration of robotics to real situations She has been recently cofounder of two companies in the robotic medical field Casals received the “Nit de la Robòtica” award as recognition of her research and professional career awarded in 2019 by the Industrial Engineers of Catalunya She has been active as referent model that drives scientific and technical vocations amongst young women while taking into account the human side within the area Casals is significantly involved with the IEEE IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (IEEE RAS and IEEE EMBS) And we encourage #womeninrobotics and women who’d like to work in robotics to join our professional network at http://womeninrobotics.org Kelli Bennewitz not only is Galesburg's elected City Clerk she also is active in many community organizations Bennewitz recently shared more about what she does and her community involvement with Knox County Neighbors Tell us a little about what you do professionally and in the community: I serve as the City Clerk I am responsible for keeping the official records of the City which includes but is not limited to all of the minutes and storage of all these records and other written and recorded documents and materials pertaining to the operation of the City I also have the privilege of serving as board president for the Knox County United Way and president of the Central Illinois Municipal Clerks Organization Other organizations I am involved with include the Altrusa Club of Galesburg Carl Sandburg College’s Administrative Office Professional Advisory Committee Knox County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition’s Alcohol Task Force and the International Institute of Municipal Clerks What is the most challenging aspect of your position: I think being an effective community leader is not something that magically happens just because you are blessed enough to be elected to office I am able to learn leadership skills every day by working with great department directors I strive to listen to the residents of the city and to the council and then work effectively with all these individuals to achieve those objectives There are many people counting on my office and me to provide correct and efficient information in a timely manner I want my office to succeed at this and I think we do a very good job in achieving this goal What are some of the hurdles you have overcome to achieve your personal and professional goals: By far my biggest hurdle is learning how to balance the demands of my professional life and career with my family life I have had to make personal sacrifices at one time or another in order to achieve my professional aspirations I am lucky enough to have a great husband and support network that helps with balancing those demands We made the decision a long time ago that family was the top priority some day when I am on my deathbed I will never utter the words “I wish I had spent more time at work.” While some days I spend 12 hours at City Hall I love my job and have had to learn to leave things on my desk Those things will always be there tomorrow My children will be a day older tomorrow – that is what I do not want to miss What are your interests/hobbies: Traveling Tell us something about yourself that few people may know: I’m pretty much an open book I do have a fear of flying and I hate meatloaf What’s the most daring thing you’ve done: My husband and I climbed Chichen Itza once and I swore I would just have to live at the top forever but coming down was a totally different story What’s one thing you would like to change about your community: Is it too broad to say I want to help make our community a better place to live I would like to see a future for our community filled with possibilities Our community needs to be an empowered community where people have pride and opportunities for well-paid jobs I am fortunate to be involved with many wonderful community organizations I pride myself on having some experience getting involved in our county and what I have learned is that it is extremely easy to roll up your sleeves and start contributing towards that change we all want to see There are both big and small opportunities all around us Each week The Register-Mail tracks down a graduate of a local high school turning heads in her chosen field these notable alumni have returned to Knox County to make a difference in the communities they were raised in a 1988 Galesburg High School graduate and city clerk of Galesburg Before taking over for retiring clerk Anita Carlton in 2009 Bennewitz worked with the Galesburg Area Chamber of Commerce and GREDA for 15 years College: Graduate of Robert Morris College What was the last book you read and enjoyed but the last one I enjoyed and read for one of my clerk’s conferences was “Lincoln on Leadership .. Executive Strategies for Tough Times” by Donald T We took our two children to see the “Toy Story” double feature in 3-D This was their first 3-D movie and it was great to hear them “ooh” and “ahh” I currently serve on the Knox County United Way Board of Directors and serve as finance committee chairperson I’m also a current member of Altrusa Club of Galesburg Knox County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition/Alcohol Prevention Task Force What experience have you gained in Knox County that you couldn’t have gotten anywhere else Leadership Greater Galesburg (graduate of Class III) was a great opportunity for me to acquire many experiences To say that I’ve been “born and raised” here is something a lot of people in Galesburg have the pleasure of saying and I’m no different I’ve also gained experience from the people I’ve met and worked with I love the peace of the simple life Knox County and Galesburg affords many of our citizens and am looking forward to my children experiencing it The former city clerk asked if I would like to be her deputy with the intention of running in an upcoming election After winning the election earlier this spring my main personal goal and goal for my office is to meet the needs of the citizens of our community and to provide the very best service possible I hope I have a long career with the city of Galesburg and will continue to lend support to our other government officials and the public I currently serve as vice president for Central Illinois Municipal Clerks Organization and am looking forward to serving that organization Memorable Moment at GHS: Being chosen by my classmates to be the prayer reader at our baccalaureate Greatest accomplishment since leaving high school: Meeting my husband (just celebrated our 15-year anniversary) and having two wonderful children Words of Wisdom: Make sure you enjoy what you do for a living You will spend most of your time with the people you work with — have fun and enjoy each other’s company remember that life is way too short to spend every waking moment at your job a multimedia consultant at OnlineAthens/Athens Banner-Herald for nine years was named the news organization's 2015 Morris President's Club winner during a ceremony this week The award distinguishes Bennewitz as the news organization's top salesperson Bennewitz also led the group in digital sales growth "Tom has worked hard for this honor and he very much deserves it," said Vice President of Sales Kevin Clark "I'm proud of what he's achieved in digital advertising and I'm always impressed by his professionalism The news organization's publisher Scot Morrissey agrees "Tom has done some great things in his nine years with us but I am really pleased with his work ethic and performance this year," he said "He assists some of our most important advertisers each day and continuously represents our company with excellence Bennewitz's customers find him to be professional and quick to assist them in any way he can "I have dealt with many ad reps at the Athens Banner-Herald over the years and without reservation Tom Bennewitz is the best," said Mark Franklin of Franklin's Gun Shop "Not only has he accommodated my odd working schedule but he has never failed to deliver an excellent product Every promotion has been a greater success because Tom was involved He has never tried to hard-sell me things I did not need and always made my deadlines." "There isn't just one thing that stands out What does stand out is Tom's dedication to us at Heyward Allen Toyota," said Phil Marshall "He stays on point until he gets the job done All the while he tries to be sure he accomplishes everything we both are shooting for You cannot ask for a better partner and I very much appreciate his work ethic for us." Demonstrating the diversity and vitality of the arts at Bates the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall presents two very different musical groups in separate Olin Arts Alive concerts on Saturday the Bennewitz Quartet offers a program of music by Martinu the high-energy Slavic-Gypsy-jazz-funk brass band called Slavic Soul Party Tickets for each concert are $12, available at batestickets.com Free tickets for the Bennewitz concert are available for the first 100 seniors and students event for the first 50 seniors and students The concert hall is located at 75 Russell St. For more information, please contact olinarts@bates.edu. The Bennewitz Quartet. Photograph by Pavel Ovsik. The Bennewitz Quartet consists of violinists Jiri Nemecek and Stepan Jezek, violist Jiri Pinkas and cellist Stepan Dolezal. The quartet’s aim is to present new perspectives on well-known compositions and at the same time enliven concert programs with music seldom heard on stages. While rooted in the Czech musical milieu, the quartet strives for permanent freshness and spontaneity of musical articulation. The quartet has been much honored, including such prestigious accolades as the Gold Medal at the Osaka String Quartet Competition in 2005 and the first prize at the 2008 Premio Paolo Borciani in Italy. They have performed across Europe and the U.S. and have appeared in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Abu Dhabi and other cities worldwide. They have recorded several CDs and have been broadcast on radio and television in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. The quartet was founded in 1998 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and took its name from the renowned Czech violinist Antonin Bennewitz (1833-1926). “Madcap rhythms, hyperactive horns, a sense of the absurd, and just a hint of abstract jazz . . . everything you could want in a record.” That’s how NPR’s “All Things Considered” described Slavic Soul Party!, a New York City-based brass band that combines funky grooves, fiery Balkan spirit, Gypsy accordion wizardry and virtuoso jazz chops into one high-energy whole. In addition to touring throughout the U.S. and Europe, SSP! holds down a residency every Tuesday in Brooklyn that has become a destination for music fans from around the world. The band’s fifth CD, Taketron (Barbes Records), appeared in 2009. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. You’ll receive weekly emails with the latest news from Bates. New subscriber? Please enter your name and e-mail address to receive updates from Bates College. Select the Updates you'd like to receive. You'll receive an e-mail confirmation within an hour. Current subscriber? If you would like to change your subscriptions, open one of your Bates Update e-mails (BatesNews, Sports Update or Events at Bates) and click on "Change Subscriptions." 2 Andrews RoadLewiston, Maine 04240Phone: 1-207-786-6255 GALESBURG — Kelli Bennewitz, Galesburg City Clerk, was awarded this year's Thomas B Herring community service award by the Galesburg Chamber of Commerce Monday. The award is given to an outstanding area citizen who distinguishes themselves within the community through their service. The award was presented by Fire Chief Tom Simkins as he recognized Bennewitz as a person who “is content to serve without recognition or publicity.” Bennewitz was given a plaque by Simkins. “I love this community. I say I’m born and raised here, which I think means a lot to those who were born and raised here. This community is everything to me,” Bennewitz said at the banquet. Pam Perkins, executive assistant of the Galesburg Chamber of Commerce, says the chamber selected Bennewitz due to her continued efforts throughout the city, stating that that Bennewitz is an “amazing woman.” Bennewitz, like all other candidates, was nominated by a citizen within the community and later chosen during a selection process. Bennewitz worked for the Chamber of Commerce for 14 years before accepting a role for the city. She became the deputy city clerk in 2003, and later in 2009 ran for her first election. She was surprised when receiving the award. She was a part of the chamber selection committee for years. This year was her first not being of part of the selection process, which she says made her chuckle in hindsight. “I had helped Jessica plan the luncheon for the event, but I was completely clueless and shocked by the award,” Bennewitz said. “I started to break into a cold sweat once I started to realize what was going on.” She explained that the award process felt special coming from Simkins, as he was the prior award recipient. She says she works with him on a constant basis, making the moment stand out. Since receiving the award, Bennewitz says she is still getting over the initial surprise of it all. She was able to reflect on the time and effort she has put in to be awarded and is proud of her accomplishment. She attributes her supportive family and staff as a large reason for her ability to do these sorts of community endeavours. “These people have afforded me the ability to go and do all of these things,” Bennewitz says. “I know it sounds like a cliche, but I’ve always wanted to try and be part of the solution. I want to help wherever I can.” Play Duration: 5 minutes 46 seconds5m Presented by Emergency warnings for fires burning in Victoria's west have been downgraded but fire fighters are still battling large blazes in two national parks. A massive fire near the town of Dimboola has destroyed some popular tourist accommodation and a number of other buildings.  Featured:Irina Bennewitz, Dimboola residentRick Nugent, Vic Emergency Management CommissionerEuan Ritchie, Deakin UniversityCat Clarke, Dimboola business ownerChris Hardman, Vic Forest Fire Management  Ros McArthur, Grampians residentMark Sleeman, Grampians Wimmera Mallee Tourism CEO Sarah Scully, Bureau of Meteorology  The Dimboola fire on January 28, 2025.(ABC News) TranscriptSamantha Donovan: Emergency warnings for fires burning in Victoria's west have been downgraded, but firefighters are still battling large blazes in two national parks. A massive fire near the town of Dimboola has destroyed some popular tourist accommodation and a number of other buildings. Several areas of the nation are still enduring hot weather, with parts of Sydney hitting 40 degrees. Alison Xiao reports. Alison Xiao: In far western Victoria, flames raged overnight, turning the sky orange as strong winds took hold. It was a difficult time for Dimboola residents like Irina Bennewitz, who were told to evacuate. Irina Bennewitz: We took our four doggos and our cat and just left when we got the alert to go. Alison Xiao: She says the community she moved into just seven months ago has been taking care of each other. Irina Bennewitz: Things picked up from about 6.30 on, we went holy moly something's going on and that's when everyone activated and the town just moved and people rang to see that everyone was living alone, was safe and all of that stuff. Alison Xiao: Irina Bennewitz has come to Horsham, along with many other evacuees. Irina Bennewitz: We're shaken up but we're okay and that's the main thing. Alison Xiao: The out of control bushfires in the Little Desert National Park area have already burnt through more than 65,000 hectares. Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner Rick Nugent says some structures have been lost. Rick Nugent: We do know unfortunately the Little Desert Nature Lodge has been destroyed by fire. We also believe that a farmhouse west of Dimboola on Coco Dam Road has been lost. We also believe a second farmhouse near the river west of Dimboola may also have been impacted. Alison Xiao: Euan Ritchie is a Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at Deakin University. He's led research groups through the popular eco lodge that's been destroyed and says the loss of native wildlife is gut-wrenching. Euan Ritchie: You can't underestimate just how special this place is and was to people. There's more than 230 species of bird that have been recorded there. There's lots of really wonderful mammals, different species of pygmy possum, lots of reptiles, really diverse animals and also the plants as well. So it is a really special place and I guess we're just hoping that most of those animals have managed to survive. Alison Xiao: Local chef Cat Clarke opened her Dimboola Golf Club restaurant on the outskirts of Little Desert National Park a few months ago after securing a lease. Cat Clarke: It was pretty horrific. Sorry, just a little bit scattered. I haven't slept much. The wind was just atrocious, changing directions left, right and centre and you could see the smoke. Sorry. It's like it's just, it's a lot. Alison Xiao: She evacuated to the nearby town of Warracknabeal last night but hadn't been back to assess the damage. Cat Clarke: Like it's just in shock because at the end of the day the environment and we're on horticultural and it's just dry. It's the perfect conditions for an atrocious fire and even driving out and seeing the smoke is just, there's no stopping a force like that. I've just been sent a video through so the building itself is still standing but everything around it's gone. Chris Hardman: The Grampians fire will be a real challenge for the coming days and potentially weeks. So the last fire was about 21 days, this will be a similar scenario. Alison Xiao: Local resident Ros McArthur lost fencing during the last Grampians fires and could see today's blaze from her art studio. Ros McArthur: It's a bit daunting again but I'm watching the range to the west, the Victoria range. It's alive, it's a lot of smoke. Alison Xiao: Both the Little Desert and Grampians National Parks are closed to visitors. Mark Sleeman, the CEO of Grampians Wimmera Mallee Tourism says the fires this summer and last summer have been devastating for tourism operators. Mark Sleeman: Parts of our region that are focused very heavily on tourism like Dunkeld and Halls Gap and Pomonal have all been significantly impacted by the last summer and it's certainly going to take a long time for those businesses to even consider recovering. Alison Xiao: As fires rage in Victoria, much of the rest of the country has been suffering through extreme heat. In Western Sydney, the temperature hit 41 degrees. Parts of South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are also experiencing heatwave conditions. Senior Weather Bureau Forecaster Sarah Scully says Perth will likely see temperatures above 40 degrees from tomorrow. Sarah Scully: The temperature in Perth today 37, tomorrow 41 and it's really going to be well above 35 degrees for the rest of the week. Alison Xiao: Authorities have been warning people to take extra care amid the heatwave, especially those at risk, including older people, pregnant and breastfeeding women and those with medical conditions. Samantha Donovan: Alison Xiao, and if you're in an area affected by the fires, tune in to your local ABC, your emergency broadcaster, for the latest updates. Published: YesterdayMon 5 May 2025 at 7:00am Download the ABC listen app to hear more of your favourite podcasts The Bennewitz String Quartet dished out a decadent concert at the Flagler Museum Tuesday night The entire evening felt like a musical slice of dark chocolate cake The pieces and the sound of the quartet were dense rich and slightly bitter instead of overly sweet > More Arts and Entertainment news and reviews Opening the concert was a String Quartet Op 3 in E-flat Major by an unfamiliar composer named Johann Ladislaus Dussek Dussek is somewhere between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven It did not take long to understand that this quartet worked very hard to establish a unique sound and seemed to be in complete agreement on the smallest musical choices Next on the concert were the Five Pieces for String Quartet by lesser-known Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff This piece was the surprise of the evening for a myriad of reasons followed by a melody in the first violin harmonized by the second with a very dissonant rich and often occupied the low strings of the instruments If our chocolate cake had a layer of dense ganache a complex arrangement of a simple Czech-styled folk tune Next was a tango that was ghostly and sensual largely because it has so many elements that would usually scare away most concert programmers it is loaded with dissonance and its title is not particularly enticing But this piece seemed to be the most appreciated of the evening due in no small part to this ensemble’s extreme musicality The second half of the concert featured the last string quartet of Franz Schubert no one in the audience needed to be sold on this ensemble The Bennewitz String Quartet served up a phenomenal musical treat You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience the first microbrewery in North Carolina and in the southeast brewery and butcher – from owner and founder Uli Bennewitz in a deal that closed in December Gupta said he was thrilled to help “preserve” what he referred to as “so much more than a place to eat and drink,” calling the Weeping Radish “a touchstone for the community” and “a second home for so many of us.” Acknowledging that it is not every day that a real estate developer acquires a microbrewery he said that when he and his partners first learned that the institution was up for sale and to see this brewery and restaurant still going strong after four decades is so deeply inspiring and a testament to his incredibly hard work and amazing foresight I am so honored and pleased to announce that he will be continuing on with us as a minority partner We are excited to extend the success of the Weeping Radish and to build upon it — setting it up for the next four decades and beyond.” Among brewers in the state and in the region The Weeping Radish is widely acknowledged as a pioneer having set the path for all the breweries and brewpubs that followed Today it is joined by 339 others in the state affirming the original vision of the 20-something Bennewitz who came to North Carolina more than four decades ago from Munich Nor was it simply Bennewitz’s vision for a brewery that was revolutionary At a time when no one was talking about farm-to-table Bennewitz made “local” and “sustainable” a point of emphasis few restaurants in the state or country did their own butchery; Bennewitz saw it as simply the right thing to do The Weeping Radish retains that program today and remains an inspiration for the legions of chefs who have followed A refresh and expansion of the space has been tentatively set for some time in 2022 with The Optimum Group joining The Weeping Radish team in the effort With consultants spanning a range of fields the Northern Virginia-based hospitality firm counts more than four decades in the industry Among the changes fans can look forward to are a greatly expanded brewery a larger array of locally pastured meats and a new biergarten including covered tables for outdoor dining Bennewitz’s founding vision of farm-to-table will also be expanded to include ocean-to-table Gupta and the team added that it was important to them that as a “beloved local institution,” its many fans on the Outer Banks and across the state be kept abreast of the process and to expect regular “behind-the-scenes glimpses” and updates on the work-in-progress as this “living legend enters what promises to be an exciting new chapter.” The Miami Heat (28-31) are at home in Southeast Division action against the Washington Wizards (11-48) on Monday,… The Norfolk State Spartans (25-4) will look to continue a 14-game winning streak when hitting the road against… The Washington Capitals’ Pierre-Luc Dubois and the Ottawa Senators’ Brady Tkachuk will be two of the top players… Southeast Division opponents square off when the Miami Heat (28-31) host the Washington Wizards (11-48) at Kaseya Center,… Connor McMichael will be on the ice when the Washington Capitals and Ottawa Senators meet on Monday Which season is most enjoyable on the Outer Banks View Results Volume 9 - 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01350 Plant cells are unique as they carry two organelles of endosymbiotic origin namely mitochondria and chloroplasts (plastids) which have specific but partially overlapping functions Despite housing residual genomes of limited coding capacity most of their proteins are encoded in the nucleus synthesized by cytosolic ribosomes and need to be transported “back” into the respective target organelle While transport is in most instances strictly monospecific a group of proteins carries “ambiguous” transit peptides mediating transport into both such dual targeting is often disputed due to variability in the results obtained from different experimental approaches We have therefore compared and evaluated the most common methods established to study protein targeting into organelles within intact plant cells All methods are based on fluorescent protein technology and live cell imaging we have selected four candidate proteins with proven dual targeting properties and analyzed their subcellular localization in vivo utilizing four different methods (particle bombardment Though using identical expression constructs in all instances a given candidate protein does not always show the same targeting specificity in all approaches demonstrating that the choice of method is important and depends very much on the question to be addressed we have here systematically compared and evaluated the experimental in vivo approaches that are commonly used to study organellar protein transport in plants The constructs were cloned such that their expression in the plant cell is regulated by the CaMV 35S promoter and terminator while dual targeting was observed in onion epidermal cells And even these signals were difficult to visualize due to the considerable background resulting from the rapid movement of mitochondria Such cell-specific differential targeting behavior is not restricted to A thaliana but could likewise be observed after particle bombardment of leaves from pea and Nicotiana benthamiana (data not shown) both endosymbiotic organelles can principally serve as targets for GrpE and EF-Tu targeting behavior may be dictated by the physiological conditions present in individual cells Dual localization of GCS/eYFP and PDF/eYFP after particle bombardment of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves The coding sequences of GCS/eYFP (A) and PDF/eYFP (B) were transiently expressed under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter after particle bombardment of leaf epidermis cells of Arabidopsis thaliana and analyzed by confocal laser scanning microscopy Representative cells showing dual localization of the candidate proteins in both mitochondria and chloroplasts are presented as overlay images of the chlorophyll channel (displayed in red) and the eYFP channel (displayed in yellow) The borders of the transformed cells are depicted by a continuous white line The strong chlorophyll signals in the background are derived from the larger chloroplasts of untransformed mesophyll cells underneath the epidermal cell layers The squares highlight areas of the transformed cells that are shown in higher magnification separately for the chlorophyll channel and the eYFP channel The position of representative plastids of each transformed cell is encircled for better visualization Representative mitochondria are marked (M) The scale bars correspond to 10 μm Figure 2. Differential localization of GrpE/eYFP after particle bombardment. Particle bombardment of leaf epidermis cells of Arabidopsis thaliana with the GrpE/eYFP construct can lead to either dual localization of the candidate protein in both mitochondria and chloroplasts (A) or to mitochondrial localization solely (B). For further details see the legend of Figure 1 For the two control proteins, namely FNR/eGFP and mtRi/eYFP, the expected monospecific targeting to plastids and mitochondria, respectively, was observed (Supplementary Figures S1A, S2A) additional accumulation in the cytosol and nucleus was found in some cells (data not shown) Localization of candidate proteins obtained with different experimental approaches most candidate proteins are inevitably analyzed in a heterologous cell context if they originate from plant species other than N there is a clear correlation of expression rate and targeting behavior which can be studied in such assays in a single step thaliana using the floral-dip method was performed for comparison This method is far more time-consuming than any of the transient transformation assays described above it is assumed to yield the most reliable results because the candidate gene is usually integrated in only one or few copies into the nuclear genome which should avoid major gene dosage effects even in this case different independent transgenic lines of each of our gene constructs showed considerably variable expression levels For plants expressing PDF/eYFP or GCS/eYFP, clear dual targeting of the chimeric reporter protein was observed. However, the relative intensity of eYFP fluorescence for GCS/eYFP was higher in mitochondria, while PDF/eYFP showed stronger accumulation in plastids, which again indicates the potential preference of dually targeted proteins for one or the other organelle (Figure 6) Using a suitable image analysis program (e.g. Fiji software) such differences in targeting specificity can even be semiquantitatively analyzed rather than incompetence of the transit peptide to mediate plastid import are responsible for the observed lack of chloroplast accumulation in the transgenic lines One remarkable outcome of the comparative evaluation of largely similar experimental systems utilized to determine the organellar targeting of nuclear-encoded proteins in plants is that divergent or even contradictory results can still all be valid and true (summarized in Table 1; for details see Supplementary Figures S1–S6) This appears impossible at first glance but may be explained by the fact that neither of the approaches reflects the organelle transport process in an unbiased manner they all have their particular drawbacks and strengths which become evident only if they are directly compared with each other A good example for such variability is GrpE/eYFP which shows dual targeting in all transient assays described here but accumulates in transgenic plants solely in mitochondria (summarized in Supplementary Figure S3) At first glance this might suggest that all transient assays lead to artificial chloroplast import of the protein the discrepancy observed after transient vs stable transformation is probably a consequence of the different time-scales at which the analyses are performed subcellular localization of the reporter construct is determined by fluorescence microscopy usually within 16–72 h after transformation the protein is present in the cell for only a limited time period before being analyzed even if young tissue of transgenic plants is used for microscopy the cells have expressed the reporter gene for several days or even weeks prior to analysis like protein turnover or counter selection caused by incompatibility of the reporter construct with the cell metabolism can exert a major effect on the accumulation of the protein in the organelles Regulating the time-point of transgene expression could circumvent such effects but this is not a common practice while studying protein targeting specificity A second point to be considered is the position at which the T-DNA carrying the candidate gene is inserted into the nuclear genome of the stably transformed plant line this insertion will take place in a non-essential region of the genome but it cannot be ruled out that occasionally also a gene is affected that plays a role in the subcellular targeting or accumulation of proteins it is essential to analyze more than a single transgenic line to prevent potential misinterpretation it can well be assumed that also unequally differentiated cells in the same assay will show different transport properties these findings might explain why organelles can have different import characteristics in transient assays comparing protoplasts with cells of intact tissue it cannot be ruled out that such stress-related plant responses can well have an influence also on the organelle targeting of proteins it is worthwhile to systematically analyze if and how such targeting processes depend on physiological conditions like the energy load of the cell or its redox status Considering the pros and cons of all experimental approaches described here it becomes clear that there is no perfect method to study the specificity of protein targeting into organelles of intact plant cells While the choice of the experimental system appears almost negligible in those cases in which a given candidate protein shows efficient transport with comparable rates into both endosymbiotic organelles (e.g. it is much more important if the protein shows preferential targeting to one or the other organelle (e.g. more than a single approach is required to avoid misinterpretation although it is obviously not a serious option to demand for all assays when analyzing a candidate protein the experimental system should be carefully chosen depending on the question to be answered since each method addresses different aspects of the transport process if tissue specificity of the targeting process is anticipated transgenic plants are the only valuable option If instead targeting specificity in a homologous system needs to be studied particle bombardment and/or protoplast transformation are the methods of choice The latter cannot be applied though if stress needs to be avoided which holds true also for Agrobacterium infiltration if the principal property of a candidate protein to interact with the import machinery of an organelle is of interest in organello import experiments performed with isolated intact organelles are still an option All binary constructs were subsequently used to transform A Particle bombardment of 3–5 weeks old leaves from A. thaliana Col-0 plants was performed as described (Rödiger et al., 2011) 300 ng plasmid DNA were precipitated with 2.5 M CaCl2 0.1 M Spermidin onto 0.2 mg Gold particles (0.6 μm Leaves were bombarded on the adaxial side and incubated for 16–20 h in the dark prior to microscopic analysis Agrobacterium strains carrying the candidate gene constructs were harvested after incubation for 72 h at 28°C from LB agar plates supplemented with the appropriate antibiotic After resuspension in infiltration medium (10 mM MgCl2 150 μM acetosyringone) the cultures were adjusted to OD600 = 0.8 incubated for 3 h at room temperature and infiltrated with a needleless syringe into the lower epidermis of fully expanded leaves from 6 to 8 weeks old N After incubation for 3 days with a 16/8 h light-dark cycle protein localization was analyzed using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) Protoplasts were isolated following the “Tape Arabidopsis sandwich” method and transformed as described (Wu et al., 2009) except that 10 μg plasmid DNA was used in each transformation assay Wild-type A. thaliana Col-0 plants were transformed using the floral dip transformation method (Davis et al., 2009) Transformed plants were selected by either spraying with 0.1% BASTA (pCB302 constructs) or on 12 MS plates supplemented with 30 μg/ml Hygromycin-B (pLSU4GG constructs) In all instances at least three independent T1 and T2 transgenic lines each were analyzed by confocal microscopy and RK designed the project and wrote the manuscript The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest We thank Annika Fischer for assistance in protoplast transformation and imaging and Martin Schattat for providing constructs MS was supported by a fellowship from the BRAVE project funded by the ERASMUS MUNDUS Action 2 program of the European 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features of the two classes of eukaryotic peptide deformylases1 How to evaluate the relevance of dual protein targeting to mitochondria and chloroplasts Translocation of a reporter protein into mitochondria is mediated by a chloroplast transit peptide and follows a normal import route Fluorescent protein tagging as a tool to define the subcellular distribution of proteins in plants Überlacker Vectors with rare-cutter restriction enzyme sites for expression of open reading frames in transgenic plants Defining the mitochondrial stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana Role of plant heat-shock proteins and molecular chaperones in the abiotic stress response Optimization of Agrobacterium-mediated transient assays of gene expression in lettuce Tape-Arabidopsis Sandwich-a simpler Arabidopsis protoplast isolation method A mini binary vector series for plant transformation Ferredoxin: NADP+ oxidoreductase is a subunit of the chloroplast cytochrome b6f Complex Interaction of plant mitochondrial and chloroplast signal peptides with the Hsp70 molecular chaperone Bennewitz B and Klösgen RB (2018) Dual or Not Dual?—Comparative Analysis of Fluorescence Microscopy-Based Approaches to Study Organelle Targeting Specificity of Nuclear-Encoded Plant Proteins Received: 23 May 2018; Accepted: 27 August 2018; Published: 19 September 2018 Copyright © 2018 Sharma, Bennewitz and Klösgen. 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By continuing to use this website you are agreeing to our Cookie policy. Post sponsored by Friends of Chamber Music Email us at hello@createastir.ca and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations What is Stir?Support StirDiversity & InclusionAdvertisingRSS FEED Legal | Site Credits We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada A University of Kansas basketball fan since she was a baby Galesburg's Haley Bennewitz says she couldn't officially rise to Jayhawks superfan status until she went camping Bennewitz, a sophomore at KU, recently participated in a Kansas basketball tradition called "camping." According to an article in The University Daily Kansan basketball camping at Kansas started in the Larry Brown era To obtain the best seats possible for Jayhawks home games in Allen Fieldhouse The daughter of Kelli and Brad Bennewitz — the latter the longtime radio voice of Galesburg Silver Streaks basketball and a diehard Jayhawks fans himself — Haley tells The Register-Mail about her first experience at camping and her love for Kansas basketball Q: What is it like to go 'camping' for Kansas Jayhawks basketball tickets Bennewitz: At the University of Kansas, basketball is a big deal, hence the adoption of “camping” for home basketball games As a sophomore who had a very odd freshman year with many restrictions I was ecstatic to hear that KU basketball was back in full swing with promises of full capacity seating In order to get the best seats in the student sections students have to “camp” before home games and this year was my first time experiencing it Registration for a camping group starts typically at 5 a.m every fifth person in your group can draw a number out of a bag and that is the group’s initial spot in the camping lineup camping usually starts a few days before the next home game at 6 a.m and a member from each group must be present in the lobby of Allen Fieldhouse at all time Camping is not an official club or organization at KU and every decision is made by the campers who are present at the time of a dispute Any person present can take roll call at any time and if a member of a group is not there that group gets bumped down to the last spot If your team successfully makes it through camping each group shows up two hours before tip-off on game day to claim their spots in the student sections as long as you make it there before any other group So far camping has paid off tremendously and has allowed me to take part in one of the coolest traditions college basketball has to offer Passing time with naps and homeworkQ: What did you do during the waiting process camping is not that bad if you bring a blanket and some homework to keep you busy I’m a fan of taking the earlier shifts and simply catch up on work for a few hours until my shift is over but I think we all appreciate the quiet time The most interesting thing to happen to me so far is enduring a bit of construction before the first game but I have high hopes of catching a glimpse of some of the players or if I’m lucky enough Q: What's it like to attend a game at Allen Fieldhouse Bennewitz: My first KU basketball game took place in February of 2020, my senior year of high school. I attended a “Senior’s Day” on campus with my parents and ended the day with a game against Iowa State, and from then on I was sold on Kansas. Allen Fieldhouse has repeatedly been named the loudest arena in college basketball and has one of the largest home court advantages in the sport The Fieldhouse sits 16,000 people with around 6,000 of those being students who bleed crimson and blue you will not have to look far to see the countless trophies and awards as well as the original “Rules of Basket Ball,” written by James Naismith who also served as KU’s first basketball coach The atmosphere is unlike any other in college sports and Kansas has some of the coolest and most unique traditions which are exciting to see Q: How big of a Jayhawks basketball fan are you my parents raised me on Kansas basketball since day one There are even baby pictures of me in KU gear and watching us win the 2008 National Championship who also attended the University of Kansas has inspired my love of basketball throughout the years and helped foster admiration and respect for the game is worth every minute if I am able to see Bill Self and some of the best players in the country give everything they have out on the court Being in Allen Fieldhouse almost feels like walking on holy ground and being there is one of the best feelings in the world Q: How did you select the University of Kansas and what are you studying and feeling of home are what sold me in the end with one of the best basketball programs in the country simply being an added bonus I am currently double-majoring in political science and sociology with a minor in business and will continue to seek God in all that I do and follow his will for my life .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Lee Roop | lroop@al.comSpaceX speaker.jpg UAH aerospace engineering graduate student John Bennewitz and senior aerospace student Jake Cranford with their combustion instability frequency test stand at Johnson Research Center on campus HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - A Huntsville college student will be in Southern California this week to explain to the rocket engineers at SpaceX his idea for using white noise to dampen dangerous instability in rocket engine firings John Bennewitz, a Von Braun Propulsion Scholar at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Propulsion Research Center, will be at SpaceX's Hawthorne He was invited after presenting two papers on his theory at a national propulsion conference in California this summer Bennewitz is interested in the problem of the rapid swings inside a rocket engine caused by fluctuations in propellant flow when you have rough combustion with these instabilities excited at certain frequencies the oscillations can get so large with amplitudes so great that it destroys the engine," Bennewitz said in a UAH news release "Combustion instability is one of the largest issues with rocket engine development and design." Bennewitz's idea was putting a special kind of electric speaker "upstream" of the combustion chamber to broadcast white noise to quieten the instabilities He designed a model engine with the help of senior aerospace student Jake Cranford and found a "sweet spot" where his white noise suppressed instability The two young rocket engineers are now testing narrower frequency bands to find the best range for repressing instability They hope to get a refined filter built and working so Bennewitz can write a conference paper describing it He's already a believer in conferences after the one this summer in San Jose where he presented the papers on his work written with faculty advisor Dr "For me it was very interesting," Bennewitz said "because now I can tell people it really is worth it to go to these conferences to network with professionals in the industry and get opportunities such as presenting my research at SpaceX." 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Roswell, Area 51, flashing lights, little green men, abductions – it's all been fed through the pop culture mill to the point of fatigue. Even the supposed enforcers of the secret, the "men in black", have their own movie franchise. But a new documentary, Mirage Men unearths compelling evidence that UFO folklore was actually fabricated by the US government Rather than covering up the existence of aliens could it be that the real conspiracy has been persuading us to believe in them deep down in those vaults.'" Doty and his colleagues fed credulous ufologists lies and half-truths knowing their fertile imaginations would do the rest they were apprised of chatter from the community thus alerting the military when anyone was getting to close to their top-secret technology And if the Soviets thought the US really was communing with aliens a successful electronics entrepreneur in New Mexico Bennewitz started seeing strange lights in the sky and picking up weird transmissions on his amateur equipment The fact that he lived just across the road from Kirtland air force base should have set alarm bells ringing but Bennewitz was convinced these phenomena were of extraterrestrial origin Bennewitz was inadvertently eavesdropping on them Doty and other officers told Bennewitz they were interested in his findings spotting crashed alien craft in the hills from his plane (he was an amateur pilot) and sounding the alert for a full-scale invasion the investigators were surveilling him surveilling them They gave Bennewitz computer software that "interpreted" the signals and even dumped fake props for him to discover his family checked him into a psychiatric facility central tenets of the UFO belief system turn out to have far earthlier origins Mysterious cattle mutilations in 1970s New Mexico turn out to have been officials furtively investigating radiation in livestock after they'd conducted an ill-advised experiment in underground "nuclear fracking" Test pilots for the military's experimental silent helicopters admit to attaching flashing lights to their craft to fool civilians Doty himself comes across as a slippery character "He remains an absolute enigma," says Mark Pilkington He found the retired Doty working as a traffic cop in a small New Mexico town "Some of what he said was true and I'm sure a lot of it wasn't I have no doubt Rick was at the bottom of a ladder that stretches all the way to Washington It's unclear to what extent he was following orders and to what taking matters into his own hands." Doty almost admits to having had a hand in supposedly leaked "classified" documents such as the "Majestic 12" dossier – spilling the beans on a secret alien liaison committee founded by President Truman But he denies involvement in the "Project Serpo" papers – which claimed that 12 American military personnel paid a secret visit to an alien planet in the Zeta Reticuli system – only to be caught out as the source of the presumed hoax is not unlike the plot of Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Does that suggest that the forgers lazily copied the movie Or that the movie is based on real events and Spielberg was in on the conspiracy Photograph: The Kobal CollectionThe place of movies in the grand UFO conspiracy is a tricky area Depending on which theory you subscribe to Hollywood's steady stream of sci-fi is either a deliberate exaggeration designed to make the "truth" look unbelievable (the "you've been watching too many movies" defence) or it's a way of psychologically preparing the populace for staggering alien secrets yet to be revealed There are at least grounds for suspicion in the latter camp Pilkington points to the CIA's Psychological Strategy Board founded after the second world war to promote US propaganda Associated with the board was veteran film producer Darryl Zanuck Zanuck executive-produced seminal alien-visitation sci-fi The Day the Earth Stood Still often cited as a government-sanctioned testing of the waters for alien contact while director Robert Wise apparently became a UFO believer on account of discussions he had with Washington figures during the making of the movie Steven Spielberg is a less likely government stooge though he has been obsessed by aliens his entire career from Close Encounters and ET up to War of the Worlds and the last Indiana Jones film (not forgetting his producer role in Falling Skies If anyone's paving the way for the big reveal Presented by Rod "Twilight Zone" Serling it culminates in a rather anti-climactic "reconstruction" of the Holloman UFO landing relating to Wikileaks' release of the US embassy cables Julian Assange asserted that "many weirdos email us about UFOs" but he'd come across nothing concrete There were references to UFOs in the cables but mostly to do with UFO cults rather than UFOs themselves – in the same way that GCHQ's Art Of Deception slideshow references UFO cults There's something else ufologists are a textbook example of: cognitive dissonance – the mental distress of trying to hold two conflicting worldviews simultaneously The term was coined in the 1950s by psychologist Leon Festinger who illustrated it with the example of a UFO cult shattered by the unfulfilled prophecy of an alien visitation Some tenacious devotees still refuse to accept Mirage Men's findings says Pilkington: "If beliefs are strongly held nothing can sway them and anything that appears to undermine them will just be absorbed and repurposed this is just chaff to throw you off the trail." Pilkington himself has been accused of working for MI5 or being a stooge controlled by the government "If I'm under intelligent control from elsewhere then I'm unaware of it and it would be against my programming for me to be able to prove it," he reasons As always in the conspiracy-theory hall of mirrors it's possible to flip the hypothesis on its head: what if the lies and hoaxes Mirage Men reveals are simply a smokescreen for the fact that the authorities really do know secrets about extraterrestrials What better way to conceal them than by getting "found out" in their disinformation tactics What better way of throwing sceptics off the scent than disseminating the confessions of an ex-man in black like Richard Doty and articles in respectable new organisations – like this one Perhaps we're no closer to knowing if the truth really is out there The Guardian's top 10 sci-fi movies 2014's most promising sci-fi and fantasy films violinist Štěpán Ježek points out the similarities between the string quartet and early photography exciting for the very reasons it is limited.  “There’s this duality in the sense that it can be the most intimate thing and it can be a really rich and great and gorgeous kind of music at the same time,” says Ježek second violinist of the Czech Republic’s Bennewitz Quartet On the other hand there are certain disadvantages to the string quartet that every composer recognizes and the one that makes it so difficult to write a string quartet is the fact that you simply just have one colour: four string instruments that pretty much sound alike or at least more alike than violin and piano or strings and brass and one can easily compare that to black-and-white photography.  “It poses its own challenges in photography but what matters very much is the structure and the composition,” he says and you have to have the picture speaking out it speaks well to the audience even though you have pretty much just one colour to use.” The Bennewitz Quartet will bring its sonic depth to the West Coast when it performs in a concert presented by Friends of Chamber Music Winner of Classic Prague Award 2019 for the best chamber music performance of the year in addition to numerous prestigious international awards including the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa the quartet also includes first violinist Jakub Fišer Active on the Czech domestic music scene with collaborations with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra the ensemble performs at major venues worldwide and is regularly invited to events like the Salzburger Festspiele playing the instrument is at some point a very painful experience because you have to start early Some musicians are just absolutely exceptionally gifted; in these cases they are self-propelled somebody like [Russian-born Israeli master violinist] Maxim Vengerov–he’s a demi-god He said himself when he was 10 and he was forced to practice every day for many one evening it was minus 14 and he came out and he threw himself down in the snow and wished he would freeze one can easily be thankful that you were given the possibility and that your parents were patient enough and teachers were patient enough and you’re more capable,” he says “I guess it’s part of art—one has this struggle….I believe we all feel that we would like to do better and there are obstacles we fight with and try to overcome Sometimes there is a lot of pain and sometimes a lot of tears It took a long time before we got comfortable enough in order to ease off and start believing that actually what we do is in some way basically good and it makes things a little easier because the fear that things will not be okay actually blocks you from expressing yourself You have to believe in what you’re saying to convince anybody else but in music it’s tricky: you really have to be convinced about what you do in order to convince others The members of the Bennewitz Quartet are known for their inspiring if challenging choices of concert repertoire and their performance here is no exception.  The program for the quartet’s return engagement in Vancouver features Mozart’s String Quartet No K157;  Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No 2 “Intimate Letters”; and Antonin Dvorak’s Quartet No 4 was written when he was about 16 on one of his first trips to Italy with his father He was already composing operas by that point was written while the prodigy and his dad were waiting to meet with someone according to a letter the elder Mozart wrote to his family “They were waiting for somebody to receive them; in the meantime his son is composing some quartet to kill the time,” Ježek says adding with a laugh: “He’s bored so he composes some quartet A 16-year-old boy composing—it’s so laughable if you compare it to today Lucky he didn’t have a cellphone or we would have no quartets.” and brisk with a serious and sorrowful middle section which was the norm in a three-part cycle at the time written in the fashion that appealed to Italian audiences 2 “Intimate Letters” was written for the artist’s muse “The music doesn’t sound of a composer in the last years of his life or his late period; it has a lot of passion and a lot of struggle at some places,” Ježek says “Janáček was a very direct person; even his intimacy can be very direct; it kind of gets in your face in a way to get in people’s faces. Generally he was very much neglected and he still is in a way because his music is so direct and unconventional.” Dvorak’s Quartet #13 in G Major Opus 106 is one of the last pieces the legendary artist wrote Ježek recounts an anecdote about the composer listening to a rehearsal He got up and left while the musicians were playing Worried that something had gone terribly wrong they went to look for him and found him in what is today the Dvořák Hall with views of the Prague Castle I have just realized listening to you that I will probably never write anything so beautiful anymore.’ Which is kind of interesting: he was aware of the beauty he can create but he was also aware of the limits,” Ježek says this is what I can do and I can’t do better than this I don’t have the power and I don’t have the time.’ Then he didn’t compose any more chamber music “You can see that he was a full mature composer and the danger of this music is it can be a little [exhausting],” Ježek adds “It gives you so much and the first movement finishes you Amid all the glorious challenges of his work He recently did a survey in Prague about string quartets which are a strong tradition in the Czech Republic asking experienced musicians who have played together for decades about what they did to keep their ensembles running for so long.  “One of the things that was very clear for all of them was that it was absolutely a personal matter It was something they absolutely loved,” Ježek says It was something they did because they loved it.  “I think I know why: playing in a string quartet is very intense in terms of you are forced to be very close to the other three,” he says “There’s the question of how friendly the relationship is and how professional it is and so much in between so unless you simply love it and you love the music and you like playing together it just gets back to you and tears you apart in order to get you propelled and give you the energy to overcome all the difficulties Gail Johnson is cofounder and associate editor of Stir She is a Vancouver-based journalist who has earned local and national nominations and awards for her work She is a certified Gladue Report writer via Indigenous Perspectives Society in partnership with Royal Roads University and is a member of a judging panel for top Vancouver restaurants Cheldon Paterson’s uncategorizable music fuses his love for nature with his taste for obscure sound Compelling young artist has performed worldwide and won prizes at the National Chopin Piano Competition Genre-spanning international and local talents take to North Shore venues in BlueShore at CapU and Vancouver International Jazz Festival presentation Program includes an Emily Carr–inspired piece by Tawnie Olson a composition about a satellite falling out of orbit by Chris Sivak Vancouver director interweaves archival footage and mesmerizing music in tribute to late Punjabi-Black artist updated production adds depth and nuance to the iconic work Another 30 concerts will take place at Performance Works and the Revue Stage from June 20 to July 1 Tanzania’s Zawose Queens and Congo’s Les Mamans du Congo x Rrobin rub shoulders with Canadian names like Elisapie and Ocie Elliott at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park program draws on previously performed works by Bach Vetta Chamber Music’s artistic director is joined by talented colleagues for a season-closing program of Haydn A second large-scale lead-carbon battery storage system has been put into operation in Germany by the country’s Upside Group The 16 MW/25 MWh installation at Bennewitz, in the state of Saxony, uses batteries supplied by China’s Narada— as does Upside’s first such lead project at Langenreichenbach said the Bennewitz storage system “contributes to both grid relief in the entire region and the stabilisation of the Central European utility grid” The system compensates for grid fluctuations and provides for better integration of energy from renewables into the grid A combined total of 18 containers with more than 10,500 battery cells and nine battery inverters have been installed on the Bennewitz and Langenreichenbach sites have an estimated service life of 20 years supplied battery inverters for the project.  Sunbelt general manager Enrique Garralaga Rojas said Bennewitz demonstrated its value even before it was officially commissioned a major blackout almost occurred in Europe due to a significant drop in frequency to below 50Hz Thanks to the use of battery-storage systems such as those in Bennewitz and Langenreichenbach a failure of the electricity supply was prevented.” The Upside Group Upside was established in 2010 as an association of international companies dealing in new energy technology focused on international photovoltaic power plant and storage projects.  All the latest on Batteries & Energy Storage Technology Analyst house CRU has put out its top calls for the lead battery market this year BEST spoke with CRU’s principal analyst Neil Hawkes to better understand some of his predictions Find a wealth of information on the energy storage and battery industries with BEST Magazine From all the latest news to in-depth technical articles we have everything you need in print and online All the latest news and articles on Batteries & Energy Storage Technology Copyright 2025 © Energy Storage Publishing Ltd A lead-carbon battery-storage system for grid services and better integration of renewables into the utility grid went into operation in Bennewitz/Germany The storage system features lead-carbon batteries and has a power of 16 megawatts It compensates for grid fluctuations and thus facilitates higher and better integration of renewable energies into the utility grid Powerful SMA Sunny Central Storage battery inverters and an SMA Hybrid Controller ensure optimized charging and discharging of the batteries “The large-scale battery storage system successfully provided grid support for the first time even before the system was officially commissioned,” said Enrique Garralaga Rojas a major blackout almost occurred in Europe due to a significant drop in frequency to below 50 Hz; thanks to the use of battery-storage systems such as those in Bennewitz and Langenreichenbach a failure of the electricity supply was prevented,” continued Rojas “The SMA solution including Sunny Central Storage battery inverters and the SMA Hybrid Controller ensures optimal integration of the storage system into the utility grid.” “The lead-carbon storage system in Bennewitz has a capacity of 25 MWh and is used just like the other battery-storage systems from the Upside Group to provide services of benefit to the grid,” said Marc Reimer we are once again placing our trust in SMA’s coordinated system solution because charging and discharging of batteries can be optimally controlled using the powerful SMA battery inverters the large-scale storage system contributes to both grid relief in the entire region and the stabilization of the Central European utility grid.” Bennewitz is already the second joint project for SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH and the investor Just like in the 25 MWh project in Langenreichenbach lead-carbon batteries from Narada and Sunny Central Storage battery inverters compensate for grid fluctuations and ensure grid stability 18 containers with more than 10,500 battery cells and nine battery inverters were installed on bases in such a way that they are safe from floods and connected to the utility grid for the large-scale battery-storage system have a service life of 20 years and are recyclable Stay informed, get our free newsletter twice a week. 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