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This study covers following key players: EcolabRollinsRentokil InitialMassey ServicesArrow ExterminatorsSanix IncorporatedAsanteDodsonPelsisKillgermWinField SolutionsUniver

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An Australian company is taking the guess-work out of pest management, through real-time information of insect detection in orchards and farms.

RapidAIM is the digital pest surveillance and management system for agriculture, using novel patented, low-power sensors that detect the presence of insects in a growing environment.

"They are based on the capacitance-type sensor, and as insects enter the trap, they get detected and discriminated," CEO and Founder, Dr Nancy Schellhorn said. "So, we run algorithms in combination with our sensors, and the information is sent to the cloud, in real-time, and a customer can see on their mobile app whats happening in their orchards and across the farm. Producers can have confidence about not having pests and confidence when pest appear and where. But better than that, producers can then take management action, and see if their management is working. We want to be able to save producers costs, reduce crop loss and give confidence that pest management is working."

Photo: Dr Nancy Schellhorn at the evokeAG. 2020 conference

A key benefit, according to Dr Schellhorn is that the sensors are low-power, which means that the system is price-point competitive with insurance sprays and manual monitoring, but it provides a high-resolution of pest populations and a "high-confidence" of the control effectiveness. Another advantage of the system is early detection.

"Deploying a grid and putting a lot of these devices out there, for example, an orchardist may want one per two hectares, that gives producers confidence with a high-probability that pests are not in the orchard," she said. "But if you make a detection, then you know what is going on. That's why getting a high-resolution of what's going on is important for management."

The RapidAIM system has only recently commenced commercial sales in September 2019, and have just improved their communication systems by switching to the narrowband Internet of Things (IoT), from communications that previously required gateways. There are already plans to upgrade to global radio, for international coverage.

Dr Schellhorn says the company has two main types of surveillance.

"First, we roll out wide-scale surveillance grids across regions," she said. "So, we focus on those global pests that don't recognise the borders of farms or regions. Then second, we upscale to growers for their orchards. We just started that, and we are providing surveillance for fruit fly across a couple of regions every 200 square kilometres. Now we have several growers who subscribe to Orchard Protect on their properties where theyre using RapidAIM on their borders. With deciduous crops, this is where we first see detections early."

Photo: Adam Upton, from Upton Agronomy, deploying RapidAIM IoT devices.

Dr Schellhorn adds that most importantly the system reduces the need for insurance sprays. Those sprays that are applied because managing pests is a guessing game and producers cant take the risk of damage. So far RapidAIM has found that there are not only productivity benefits for governments, by reducing costs by 30 per cent, but to individual growers.

"We are just now working with growers to understand what it saves them," Dr Schellhorn said. "What they are telling us is that they are not having to spray weekly and worry about whether the pest is still there; they know whether it is there and then take action - or they have confidence in knowing that they dont have to spray. Another benefit is they really like knowing if their management is working. It also gives great transparency to any of the wholesaler and trading partners that they have their pest problems well and truly managed."

While reducing the sprays is not only a good thing for efficiencies and reducing the risk of insecticide resistance, RapidAIM says it also opens the door for biological and microbial products that are coming onto the market.

"Traditionally, growers have found the use of biocides to be challenging and not as stable, so there's not a lot of confidence that they are working," Dr Schellhorn said. "What this does is it allows them to start using those products and discover where it is working in their orchard, if it is working and where they may need to re-target. We're really about sustainable, best practice pest management, and RapidAIM makes that happen."

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The tiny samurai wasp (Trissolcus japonicus) seems to be making itself at home in the United States, wherever its host, the brown marmorated stink bug, has settled. Many states hope to boost the parasitoid wasps presence as a biocontrol by augmenting those wild populations with planned releases.

BMSB, an invasive species from Asia, has done a lot of damage to U.S. fruit crops in the last decade. The stink bugs natural enemy, the samurai wasp, followed it here and was first detected in the wild in Maryland in 2014. The wasp has been spreading ever since, said Marianna Szucs, an assistant professor and entomologist with Michigan State University.

In 2018, Szucs lab first discovered a wild population of the parasitoid in Michigan. Once found in the wild in a state, regulators typically allow for population redistribution, and her lab at MSU started releasing samurai wasps at strategic fruit locations the following year. They want to increase the wasps population densities and distribute them more evenly around commercial fruit regions. Her team is concentrating on releases near apple orchards, where BMSB poses the biggest threat. In 2019, they released 4,000 adult wasps throughout the state, Szucs said.

Its too early to know if the released wasps are targeting BMSB yet or if theyre even establishing a stable population. They will do another release next year, Szucs said.

Szucs and her team rear their population of samurai wasps in a laboratory, using BMSB egg masses from a facility in New Jersey. Adult wasps lay their eggs on BMSB egg masses, and young wasps eventually hatch, she said.

The mid-Atlantic region, where BMSB and the samurai wasp first showed up in the United States, has seen reductions in BMSB populations in some areas where samurai wasps are known to be established, said Tracy Leskey, director of the U.S. Department of Agricultures Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory. She said researchers in West Virginia, Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are distributing wasps within their states and hope to see decreases in BMSB populations over time.

Weve seen a fair amount of emergence, which is exciting, Leskey said. All of us are hopeful this will have an impact.

Nik Wiman, an orchard specialist for Oregon State University, started a statewide redistribution program in 2016, the year the wasp was found in the wild in his state. His team confirmed that the wasp can successfully overwinter at a number of release sites in orchard production areas around the state. But its too soon to tell if the established wasps are affecting BMSB populations.

Were trying to learn about environmental adaptations that might lead to success in different regions, he said. Were hoping we can confirm establishment and overwintering in southern Oregon this year. As of last year, we werent able to do that.

Several years after its arrival in Oregon, growers now report BMSB causing significant damage to the states specialty crops, and attempts to control it wreak havoc with integrated pest management systems that took years to develop. It would be a shame if growers had to start relying on the widespread use of broad-spectrum insecticides to protect their orchards, Wiman said. Hes hoping the samurai wasp will be effective enough to help growers avoid that, he added.

Even for established wasp populations, it will take time to catch up to the stink bug numbers. Wimans team releases wasps every year, but rearing them in the lab depends on a steady production of eggs from BMSB colonies, he said.

In Washington state, Joshua Milnes, the pest board program coordinator for Yakima County, releases samurai wasps in downtown Yakima where homeowners reports indicate a BMSB hotspot in hopes that they will intercept the pests before they move into surrounding agricultural areas. Once BMSB gets into orchards, its difficult to combat, he said.

Milnes released more than 233 wasps in Yakima last year, and he wants to release more this year. He said the wasp can play a major role in controlling BMSB populations, but its not a golden solution. Its unrealistic to expect the wasp to eradicate BMSB entirely, but he said the parasitoid could bring the stink bugs population down to a low-equilibrium density to the point where BMSB is just another bug.

Its going to take a long time for that to happen, Milnes said. Biological control is a process.

Milnes was the first person to detect a wild population of samurai wasps in Washington in 2015, when he stumbled across a parasitized BMSB egg mass near Vancouver, on the southwest side of the state. Hes been releasing wasps ever since.

Milnes was excited to find more wild wasps two years later, about 200 miles east of Vancouver in the semiarid habitats around Walla Walla. That find revealed that the wasp could survive in the states varied ecological regions. Vancouvers wasp populations seem pretty well established five years later, and the populations in Washingtons more arid eastern regions show promise, too, he said.

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Remember a couple of months ago, when it seemed like every brand under the sun was announcing their own color of the year? Now that 2020 has some meat on its bones, its worth asking: What is the color of the year? Well, it depends on who you ask.

In what has become a cottage industry within the home furnishings business, the race to select the color of the year attracts participants from across the spectrum. Of course, just as important as your color selectionsome might say even more importantis getting the word out about your choice and eliciting the corresponding press coverage.

The final months of 2019 produced a plethora of palettes, with enough options to satisfy just about anyones color preferences. The predictions have come from a wide swath of sources, including home decor media, paint companies, forecasting servicesand of course Pantone, perhaps the best-known color predictor of all.

Pantone began life making color cards for the cosmetics industry in the 1950s, but since the 1960s has been focused on the design and graphics fields, supplying color standardization systems that allow color communication among people on different continents speaking various languagesa way to keep hues consistent across space and time.

In 1999, the brand began selecting a color of the year, relying on a complex method that looked at trends and color usage, but largely has been a proprietarynot to mention arbitraryprocess. That year it selected Cerulean, and ever since, its color choice has been highly anticipated, garnering extensive press coverage, including on the front page of The Wall Street Journal.

In a pattern that calls to mind a chicken-and-egg situation, Pantone color selections often become self-fulfilling prophecies. Recent choices, including Living Coral (2019), Greenery (2017) and Radiant Orchid (2014), have proven to be particularly popular, showing up across the home and fashion industries. Others, like 2012s Tangerine Tango and 2009s Mimosa, have turned out to be harder to move into the product mainstream.

In December, Pantone anointed Classic Blue (thats Pantone color #19-4052 if youre keeping score) as the 2020 Color of the Year, setting off stylists around the world to get out their color chips. Its a color that anticipates whats going to happen next, said Laurie Pressman, the vice president of the Pantone Color Institute, which selects the Color of the Year. Whats the future going to bring as we move into the evening hours?

While other sources have been in the color-picking business for some time, this year in particular has brought out the prognosticators. Paint company Benjamin Moore picked First Light, a pinkish hue that it said reflects the morning, rather than Pantones evening. Also thinking pink is paint supplier Valsparwith Bombay Pinkand HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams, which selected a blush shade called Romance.

Paint brand Sherwin-Williamsnot to be confused with the aforementioned branded collaboration with HGTVseemed to be on the same color wavelength as Pantone, naming Naval its choice for 2020. Yet another paint supplier, Behr, chose Back to Nature, an outdoor-inspired green; Glidden picked a blue-tinted gray called Whirlwind; and PPG gave the nod to Chinese Porcelain, another shade in the blue family.

But its not just paint companies making color picks. Etsy, the e-commerce site for handcrafted products, announced chartreuse as its choice, saying the bold shade of green is known for increasing energy, encouraging unconventional thinking and evoking feelings of growth and harmony. Trend forecasting company WGSN settled on neo mint, which looks exactly like it sounds.

Most of the paint companies predictions come in the context of an entire range of complementary tonesbecause if one color of the year is good, a dozen must be even better. And whether any of these forecasters consulted Chinese zodiac signs is another matter entirely. Now that were fully into the Year of the Rat on the Chinese calendar, feng shui aficionados say that gold, blue and green are considered particularly lucky colors for 2020, while we are urged to avoid yellow and brown.

Makes sense: Avoiding yellow and brown for your home and wardrobe is pretty sound advice to follow in almost any year.

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WE DONT NEED TO LIKE THEM: Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of the U.S. Central Command told Congress yesterday that hell be carefully tracking the actions of the Taliban as the United States withdraws roughly 3,400 troops from Afghanistan in the coming months and will recommend ending the drawdown if he doesnt like what he sees.

We're going to go to 8,600 by the summer. Conditions on the ground will dictate if we go below that, McKenzie testified before the House Armed Services Committee. If conditions on the ground are not permissive, my advice would be not to continue that reduction.

That would not be my decision, that would be my advice, he stressed. That will be based on the performance of the Afghan military, their ability to incorporate the Taliban if the Taliban is going to be incorporated at all.

We dont need to trust them. We dont need to like them. We dont need to believe anything they say. We need to observe what they do, and we have the capability to do that, he said.

IT WAS THE PLAN ALL ALONG: At the hearing, Kathryn Wheelbarger, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, confirmed that the Pentagon decided months ago that it had several thousand more troops than needed in Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper was ready to order a drawdown, peace deal or no peace deal.

It was in October that Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, recommended the force reductions and began quietly sending hundreds of troops home. Based on Millers advice, we were prepared, and then planned, to go to 8,600, Wheelbarger said.

The secretary was prepared to adjust the force posture in the absence of an agreement, if that was in our national security interest, she said, but no decision had been made to do so.

THE SECRET ANNEXES: The Trump administration has provided the Congress side letters that lay out the specific provisions the Taliban have agreed to, including spelling out their responsibility to reduce the level of violence in the country and mitigate the threat from the remnants of al Qaeda.

But the Pentagon said there are legitimate reasons why the annexes, known as military implementation documents, must remain secret. We have some constraints on information we don't want to have out in the full public domain, said spokesman Jonathan Hoffman at yesterdays Pentagon briefing. That would include operationally sensitive information regarding troop movements, information that may be of interest to ISIS and al Qaeda and other entities that are operating in Afghanistan.

Some members of Congress whove reviewed the documents bristled at the classification, insisting theres nothing in them that puts U.S. troops in danger.

I've read the entire agreement, and I see no reason why they could not be released, said Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado. I believe, as do many people on this committee, that the American public deserves to know under what terms we are withdrawing from Afghanistan.

Twenty-four hundred Americans have given their lives in Afghanistan. Over 20,000 had been wounded. This is America's war, not any one administration's war, Crow said.

BUT THE TALIBAN CAN READ THEM: It's an agreement with the Taliban, it makes sense for them to read the documents, said Hoffman at the Pentagon when asked about debate. The agreement with them, it provides information on process and how we will be implementing these.

For example, Hoffman said, with our movement of forces, it's necessary to deconflict that with the Taliban. So there's information that is necessary to be provided, and it's perfectly normal to do that in a diplomatic negotiation.

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HAPPENING TODAY: Adm. Craig Faller, commander, U.S. Southern Command, is scheduled to brief reporters at the Pentagon at 2:30 this afternoon, while Esper delivers remarks at the National Defense University's President's Lecture Series at Ft. McNair.

Both events will be streamed live on the Pentagons website. https://www.defense.gov

CORONAVIRUS FENG SHUI: In accordance with the new social distancing protocols, the chairs in the spacious Pentagon briefing room were no longer arranged in rows, but rather spaced 6 feet apart as reporters were updated yesterday on the coronavirus threat.

One wag referred to the arrangement as business class seating.

THE LATEST NUMBERS: While nationwide, the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus, the numbers in the military remain low, according to Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul Friedrichs, joint staff surgeon.

Here are the numbers of people who have tested positive:

In addition, six people are currently being evaluated, and 143 have been tested at 13 Department of Defense laboratories.

MARINES IDD: The Pentagon has released the names of two Marine Raiders, who were killed in Iraq Sunday assisting Iraqi forces in clearing an ISIS cave complex.

The Marine Special Operations Forces were Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, 34, of Simi Valley, California, and Capt. Moises A. Navas, 34, of Germantown, Maryland.

Both were assigned to 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

BEWARE THE BEAR: NORAD reports that the U.S. and Canada intercepted two Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft Monday that were flying off the coast of Alaska and entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone over the Beaufort Sea.

Although the planes did not enter either U.S. or Canadian airspace, at one point, they came as close as 50 nautical miles to Alaskas coast. The aircraft were intercepted by U.S. F-22s and Canadian CF-18 fighters in addition to support aircraft. The Russian aircraft remained within the identification zone for about four hours, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.

KEANE HONORED: President Trump has bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on former Army Vice Chief of Staff retired Gen. Jack Keane, who he called a courageous warrior and fearless patriot.

In 2006, Jack helped engineer the surge that stabilized the deteriorating situation in Iraq and allowed Iraqis to finally take charge of their own future, Trump noted at a White House ceremony yesterday. In the years since, Jack has continued to offer his sage counsel to military and policy leaders, and to visit our troops on the frontiers. And Jack, I have to say, has given me a lot of good advice too.

Jack Keane is a visionary, a brilliant strategist, and an American hero, he said. General, you will be remembered as one of the finest and most dedicated soldiers in a long and storied history of the United States military. No question about it.

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WEDNESDAY | MARCH 11

7 a.m. 2425 Wilson Blvd,, Arl Association of the United States Army Breakfast series, with Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, deputy chief of staff of the Army G-2 (intelligence). https://www.ausa.org/events/breakfast-series-berrier

8:30 a.m. 14th and F St. N.W. Woodrow Wilson Center's Africa Program, the Institute for Defense Analyses, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Africa Symposium: Advancing Africa's Governance, Peace, and Security, with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for West Africa and Security Affairs Whitney Baird delivering remarks, Maj. Gen. Christopher Craige, director of strategy, engagement, and programs at U.S. Africa Command. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/africa-symposium

9 a.m. 801 Mt. Vernon Pl. N.W. Access Intelligence LLC Satellite Conference and Exhibition, with Air Force Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of the Air Force Space Command, Clare Grason, chief of the Air Force Space Command's Commercial Satellite Communications Office; and Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency. https://www.satshow.com/

10 a.m. 214 Massachusetts Ave. N.E. Heritage Foundation discussion with White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien. https://www.heritage.org/defense/event

10 a.m. 2118 Rayburn House Armed Services Committee hearing National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North and South America, with Kenneth Rapuano, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security; Adm. Craig Faller, commander, U.S. Southern Command; Gen. Terrence OShaughnessy, commander, U.S. Northern Command. https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings

10 a.m. 138, Dirksen Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on the Navy and Marine Corpss FY 2021 budget request, with acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger. https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings

2 p.m. 2212 Rayburn House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities Hearing: Reviewing Department of Defense Science and Technology Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Fiscal Year 2021: Maintaining a Robust Ecosystem for Our Technological Edge, with Michael Griffin, under secretary of defense for research and engineering; Bruce Jette, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology; James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition; William Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology, and logistics. https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings

2:30 p.m. Pentagon Briefing Rm. 2D972 Navy Adm. Craig Faller, commander, U.S. Southern Command, briefs reporters at the Pentagon. Streamed live on https://www.defense.gov/Watch/Live

2:30 p.m. 2118 Rayburn House Armed Services Subcommittees on Seapower and Projection Forces and Readiness Joint Hearing: Sealift and Mobility Requirements in Support of the National Defense Strategy, with Gen. Steve Lyons, commander, U.S. Transportation Command; Mark Buzby, U.S. Maritime Administration; Vice Adm. Ricky Williamson, deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Lt. Gen. David Nahom, Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and programs. https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings

2:30 p.m. 106 Dirksen Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel hearing on programs in the Department of Defense, with Matthew Donovan, performing the duties of the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness; Virginia Penrod, acting assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs; Thomas McCaffery, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs; Thomas Constable, acting assistant secretary of defense for readiness; Elizabeth Van Winkle, executive director, office of force resiliency. https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings

3 p.m. Ft. McNair Defense Secretary Mark Esper delivers remarks at the National Defense University's President's Lecture Series. Streamed live on https://www.defense.gov/Watch/Live

6 p.m. 1957 E St. N.W. George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs discussion on "The State of the Transatlantic Alliance, with former NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller. http://elliott.gwu.edu

THURSDAY | MARCH 12

9 a.m. 2118 Rayburn House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: FY21 Navy and Marine Corps Readiness Posture, with James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy, research, development, and acquisition; Adm. Robert Burke, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Gary Thomas, Assistant Marine Corps Commandant. https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings

9:30 a.m. 2212 Rayburn House Armed Services Subcommittee Strategic Forces hearing: FY21 Priorities for Missile Defense and Missile Defeat Programs, with Gen. Terrence OShaughnessy, commander, U.S. Northern Command; Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director, Missile Defense Agency; Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Rob Soofer, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy; Cristina Chaplain, director, contracting and national security acquisitions team, Government Accountability Office. https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings

10 a.m. 2301 Constitution Ave. N.W. United States Institute of Peace discussion on "A Peace Regime for the Korean Peninsula, with Scott Snyder, director of the Council on Foreign Relations Program on U.S.-Korea Policy; Kathleen Stephens, president and CEO of the Korea Economic Institute; Jacob Stokes, senior policy analyst at USIP; Joseph Yun, senior adviser at USIP; Frank Aum, senior expert on North Korea at USIP; and Patricia Kim, senior policy analyst at USIP. https://www.usip.org/index.php/events/peace-regime-korean-peninsula

2 p.m. 214 Massachusetts Ave. N.E. Heritage Foundation discussion on "Shining a Spotlight on Human Rights in North Korea, with Kwang Cheol-Hwan, founder and chairman of the North Korea Strategy Center; Eiko Kawasaki, chairwoman of Action for Korea United; and Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. http://www.heritage.org

4 p.m. 1521 16th St. N.W. Institute of World Politics lecture on "The Role of the U.S. Military Under the NDS (National Defense Strategy) Over the Next Decade, with Col. Jon Duke, deputy director of operations at the Marine Corps Headquarters. https://www.iwp.edu/events

FRIDAY | MARCH 13

8 a.m. 1135 16th St. N.W. American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security breakfast, with Special Inspector General John Sopko discussing Corruption: A Threat to Rule of Law and Sustainable Peace in Afghanistan. https://www.americanbar.org/news

9:30 a.m. 1616 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. Center for Strategic and International Studies discussion on "Army Air and Missile Defense," with Maj. Gen. Robert Rasch, program executive officer for Army Missiles and Space; Brig. Gen. Brian Gibson, director of the Army Air and Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team; Barbara Treharne, senior analyst at the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization; Brian Green, nonresident senior associate at CSIS; and Thomas Karako, director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project. http://www.csis.org

10:30 a.m. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discussion on "France's Defense Strategy, with French Ambassador to the U.S. Philippe Etienne; and former Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, president of CEIP. http://carnegieendowment.org/

We dont need to trust them. We dont need to like them. We dont need to believe anything they say. We need to observe what they do, and we have the capability to do that.

Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of the U.S. Central Command testifying before Congress on the withdrawal agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban.

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Manufactured homes offer two things buyers find very appealingthe ability to customize and a cost-per-square-foot that is much lower than other new construction.

Ordering a prefab home may seem leading-edge, but manufactured homes already make up 10 percent of new construction in the U.S. Buyers place orders at local retailers where they can tour model houses (often from several manufacturers), look at floor plans and pick out cabinets, trim, flooring and other options. And, if a homeowner wants to remove a wall from the floor plan, have nine-foot ceilings, or turn their bath into a spathey can.

Consumers want homes truly customized to their lifestyle and taste and builders have responded with new flexibility in design, said Joan Brown of the Northwest Housing Association.

More house for the money

Along with custom features, house buyers also want value. Factory construction means home builders dont have to wait on weather delays, overbooked subcontractors and lost materials. Streamlined manufacturing delivers significant savings, reducing the cost of constructing manufactured homes to $50 to $75 per-square-foot or half the cost of site-built homes. This is without land and site prep costs, which vary by location.

Money that might be lost to delays and waste can go to home upgrades or stay in the buyers pocket, Brown added, noting that factory construction also offers reliable project management, inspections and timely delivery.

Adding long-term value

Brown suggests that home buyers add custom features that increase their homes value in the long run. After all, for most people, their home is their largest investment. Adding a garage or upgrading your energy package will make your home more enjoyable, add resale value and save money over time, Brown said.

Comparison shopping helps buyers make smart choices. Different manufacturers and sales centers offer different home features and services. Buyers should plan on visiting several manufactured home retailers and asking about standard and custom features before making a decision.

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Corbett Canyon painter Mark Bryan is in therapy. Art therapy, that is. And he's been in session ever since the 2016 presidential election.

"I went to bed and Hillary Clinton was ahead," Bryan remembered of Election Day. "I woke up and Donald Trump was elected president."

Bryan's latest exhibit, Fake News, lets viewers into his artistic processing of the Trump era with a biting collection of 25 oil paintings. Fake News is on display at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) through April 26.

"I go after people I don't like. They get the satirical treatment," Bryan explained with a laugh. "What is so disturbing to me is how many people are down with Trump. I was completely blown away that Trump won."

Art has turned Bryan, a self-described introvert, into an extrovert through the satirical oil paintings he creates. He expresses his emotions and opinions on canvas, whether it be politics, religion, or whatever is lurking in his subconscious mind.

Walking into SLOMA, I am immediately taken in by Bryan's 2017 painting, Feeding the Baby, which depicts Trump with his former strategist Steve Bannon. The painting shows a caricature of a smiling Bannon as he spoon-feeds Trump a bite of Bannon's Special KKK Cereal, with sugar-coated KKK hood-shaped marshmallows. The president, also a caricature, is sitting at a baby-sized desk, on top of a larger desk, in the Oval Office of the White House. On Trump's little desk, decorated with dollar signs and a 1950s Richie Rich comic emblem, sits a Hello Kitty drawing he is working on and an electronic tablet open to Twitter.

Bryan explained that the cat drawing is a reference to the president's famed recording in which he used vulgar terms to describe grabbing women.

Another of Bryan's attention-grabbing pieces is Foreverland, a 2019 religious commentary piece that's particularly intriguing. In the painting, Jesus is the featured amusement park ride, with angels circling above his head. Next to Jesus, there is a ticket booth for those who want to buy their way into heaven. If the Jesus ride isn't for them, there are other rides: an Islamic rollercoaster or a Buddhist Ferris wheel to take a spin on. For those who know they have been bad and are ready to feel the heat, the ride to hell is also offered.

"Pick a religion," Bryan said.

Bryan said he comes up with ideas for his paintings by thinking about the "big picture," not just one idea. Then he figures out how to make a visual story of what's on his mind. He calls the end result a "slice of time."

Growing up in LA in the 1950s, Bryan's mother introduced him to the arts through her own arts and crafts projects and by taking him to museums. He was shy and introverted, and drawing became a vehicle to create his own reality.

In 1968, Bryan attended Cal Poly to study architecture, but left two years later to attend Otis College of Art and Design, LA's first independent professional school of art.

After college, Bryan returned to SLO County and started work as a contractor, designing and building custom homes, while raising his two kids. In 1977, he built a custom home for his family in Corbett Canyon, where he still lives today. Three times a week, he surfs, usually in Pismo Beach or Morro Bay.

Since 2000, Bryan has worked solely as a professional artist. In addition to his political and religious art, Bryan also enjoys creating pop surrealism pieces because they come from his subconscious imagination. Painting the current president, which he's done six times in three years, is getting a bit old, he said.

"I don't want to paint Trump all the time," Bryan said.

Arts Writer Rebecca Howes is waiting in line for the Jesus ride. Send arts story tips to rhowes@newtimesslo.com.

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