News that was posted on Facebook by Norm Woodley today:
Jim O'Hara in Ottawa told me the sad news this afternoon that Dick Vockeroth passed away in Ottawa this morning. Dick was a remarkable Dipterist with a very wide knowledge of flies and their habits, and full of great enthusiasm. He will be missed by the Diptera community.

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Dear Colleagues!

The Cesa News nr.82 has been placed in the Internet Archive.

Please use the following address, in order to access this issue of the Cesa Serial. http://archive.org/details/CentreForEntomologicalStudiesAnkaraCesaNewsNr.82

Contents:
On the Dolichopodidae fauna of Crimea (Diptera)
Nomenclatural Correction in the family Pentatomidae (Hemiptera)
A report on the mutualism between Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae) and Laternaria (Fulgoridae) in Thailand
On the occurence of Syncopacma polychromella (Rbl.) in Turkey (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae).

In order to access to all the published numbers of the Cesa News, please use the following address: http://www.cesa-tr.org/Cesanews.htm

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Omer Kocak & Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhabbet Kemal

Cesa - http://www.cesa-tr.org/

Registration of Interest

The 8th International Congress of Dipterology will be held at Potsdam near Berlin, Germany on 10-15 August 2014. The organizing committee consists of Marion Kotrba, Netta Dorchin, Frank Menzel and Joachim Ziegler.

You can fill in a form stating your interest to attend. The form can be downloaded here: http://www.icd8.info.

Dear Colleagues!

Number 158 of the Miscellaneous Papers of the Cesa has been already placed in the Internet Archive.
http://archive.org/details/CentreForEntomologicalStudiesAnkaraMiscellaneousPapers158

Contents: - Kocak,A.O. & M.Kemal, 2012. Description of Hirmoneura kunchuy sp.n. from East Turkey (Nemestrinidae, Diptera) / A generic nomenclatural correction among micro-kaddisflies in the Orientalic Region / On the nomenclature of some generic names in the family Flatidae (Homoptera).

Please use the following address, in order to access to recently published numbers of the Serial.
http://www.cesa-tr.org/Miscpap.htm [pdf connections are partly under preparation]

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Omer Kocak & Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhabbet Kemal
Cesa - http://www.cesa-tr.org/

A sad message that reached me though the Sciomyzid Workers network:

Dear Sciomyzidae workers!

I regret to inform you that Dr. Kaupo Elberg passed away on Friday, 30th of August.
In accordance with his wish, public announcements and condolences have not been distributed.

Yours sincerely
Olavi Kurina