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Team co-captain...stands just 110 points shy of becoming the 17th player in Butler history with 1,000 points...career-record holder with 186 three pointers.
AS A JUNIOR (2005-06): All-Horizon League First Team member...named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team and to the Academic All-Horizon League team...led the league and finished sixth in the nation with 3.0 three-pointers per game...also paced the conference with 5.21 assists per game, a .867 free throw percentage and a 1.85 assist-to-turnover ratio...shattered her own school record with 84 three-pointers while setting the career record for treys (186) in just her third season...hit at least one three-pointer in every game (28-straight)...paced the squad and the league with 146 assists...second on the team and fifth in the league with 15.1 points per game...averaged 15.3 ppg against conference foes...led the Bulldogs in points in nine games and assists in 17...team leader with 1,072 minutes played, the third-highest total in school history...tabbed as Horizon League Player of the Week for Nov. 29-Dec. 4 after averaging 18.0 points and 7.0 assists in two games...team MVP.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2004-05): Hit a then-school record 67 three-pointers, making 41 percent...ranked in the top 50 nationally in three-point percentage (26th), three-pointers made (34th) and assists (49th)...tied for second in the league in three-pointers and finished fourth in three-point percentage...led the team and finished fourth in the league with 4.9 apg...her 1,057 minutes played led the team and is the fourth-highest mark in Butler history...finished third on the team in scoring (10.8 ppg), rebounding (4.1 rpg) and free throw percentage (.800)...second on the team with 45 steals...only Bulldog to start all 28 games...scored double figures 18 times...hit a career-high six treys Feb. 3 at Detroit...tied her career-high with eight boards four times...hit treys in 26 of the team's 28 games, including multiple three-pointers 18 times...led team in scoring five times...led team in rebounding six times and posted team-highs in assists on 20 occasions...played a full 40 minutes 12 times, including all 45 minutes of both overtime contests...named to the all-tournament team at the Billiken Classic in St. Louis, helping the team to the title...voted the team's top offensive player by her teammates.
AS A FRESHMAN (2003-04): Appeared in 28 of the team's 29 games, seeing action at both guard positions...finished the season averaging 5.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game...her 35 treys were second on the team....hit 36 percent of her three-point attempts, good for sixth in the Horizon League...her 1.25 three-pointers per game were 11th in the league and second on the team...was perfect from the field (6-6, including 4-4 from three-point range) against UIC Feb. 21, scoring 19 points in the Bulldogs' win...led the Bulldogs in scoring on four occasions, while registering double figures eight times...led the Bulldogs with 17 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the Horizon League Championship on Mar. 4...had season-high six assists Dec. 21 against Illinois State...pulled down a career-high eight rebounds in the Bulldogs' win over Youngstown State Feb. 14...finished third on the team in assists.
AT ALEXANDRIA-MONROE HIGH: 2003 Indiana All-Star...scored 1,590 points in four years and ended her career as the school's scoring leader...team posted 88-9 record in her four years, winning 62 consecutive regular season games...averaged 22.3 points as a senior and 17.6 points as a junior en route to career scoring average of 16.3 ppg...averaged 5.8 assists per game...was a two-time all-conference and all-area selection...cited to the Madison County Coaches All-County Team all four seasons...named to the Indianapolis Star All-Metro North Team during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons...was a Hoosier Basketball Magazine First Team All-State selection in 2002...holds school records for three-point field goals made in a season (65), single-season assists (151) and career steals (213) and three-point field goals (171)...held a perfect 4.0 grade point average while ranking first out of her class of 135...captained the track team, as part of school record-holding 4x800 relay team...high school coach: Jon Howell.
PERSONAL: Born April 20, 1985...daughter of Jeff and Emily Closser...her brother J.D., the 1998 Indiana Mr. Baseball, is a catcher with the Colorado Rockies...elementary education major.


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It took Jim Leyland but one spring training to realize he would never be, as he put it, the next Yogi Berra.
When he left Perrysburg in the spring of 1964 for his first taste of professional baseball, a Rookie League assignment in the Detroit Tigers' organization, the one-time catcher admits he was like "every other kid [who is] a big frog in a little pond, a little gullible about the future.
"But it didn't take me long to figure out at some point I'd be looking for another way of life."
Well, yes and no.
Leyland didn't cut it as a player. He knocked around for parts of seven seasons in the minor leagues, never rising above Double-A ball, only once hitting at better than a .240 clip.
Nonetheless, when he doffs his hat on Opening Day, 2013, as manager of the Tigers, he will begin his 50th year in professional baseball.
"Yeah, that means something," Leyland said. "It's got a nice ring to it. No, I would never have imagined anything like that when I graduated from Perrysburg High School. If somebody had said, 'You'll still be managing the Detroit Tigers 50 years later,' I'd have told them they were crazy."
There have been a lot of stops along the way — Lakeland, Jamestown, Rocky Mount, Montgomery, Clinton, Evansville, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Miami, Denver, and Detroit — but Leyland has never forgotten his roots.
He was back Wednesday for the dedication of Jim Leyland Family Field, the baseball complex at the new Perrysburg High. In 1993, school officials put Leyland's name on the ball diamond at the old high school, but this time was a little different.
Leyland and his family paid for a big chunk of the new facility with a $100,000 donation. He's not uncomfortable that you know that, but he is a tad uncomfortable that you might think that's why his name is on it. He'd be just as happy had the field been named for Dave Hall, the P-burg coach for the past 28 years who will be inducted into the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches hall of fame next month.
"I'm thrilled that we can give something back," Leyland said. "We're not looking for publicity; it's just nice to help. This is about the kids having a nice place to play, about Coach Hall, about Perrysburg schools and the community."
Yet, it's also about 50 years in baseball.
Leyland says he left Perrysburg with a $400-a-month contract, no bonus, and that he was in the game for 18 years before he earned more than $20,000 in a single season.
That's all a distant speck in the rear-view mirror these days. Considered among the very best managers in the game — his four major league teams have won 1,676 games, the 15th highest total of any manager in history and tops among active skippers, and have played in three World Series, winning one — Leyland's contracts have been well into seven figures for some time now.
In Perrysburg, though, he's still just one of the guys. He visited recently for an aunt's funeral — Sister M. Johanna Leyland, a Ursuline nun and the last of 16 siblings, died at age 97 during last season's playoffs — and for his 50th class reunion, and he shook many of the same hands and kissed a lot of the same cheeks Wednesday as 200-plus people filled the school cafeteria for a stadium dedication party.
Leyland's wife, Katie, was at his side and the crowd was dotted by folks whose last name is or once was Leyland.
"It's a big family and we've been around here for a long time," Leyland said. "This is a way for Katie and me, for our son Patrick and our daughter Kellie, to give something back here. So having the word family on the field, yeah, that means a lot."
That's about all you'll get out of a guy who lives a very public life as privately as possible.
Noting that winters seem to fly by, he knows that public life will be on display again soon during a 2013 season that will come with great expectations for the Tigers, the reigning American League champions.
"We'll be a little more athletic," he said, not downplaying those hopes. "We'll be pretty good."
The 68-year-old Leyland won't speculate on how much longer he'll be in the game. His security is his reputation as he works with one-year contracts that allow him to earn far more per inning than he made per month half a century ago.
"I still love it," he said. "When that fire goes out they won't have to fire me. I'll know. And whenever it ends there won't be any regrets. Fifty years … it has been a great ride."
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Bart scott
When I first saw that I thought " Rex as a child"
Less than 30K views and Fish's thread goes over the vaunted one million milestone. Hope SOOTH has ordered the kegs and top shelf booze for the festivities.
It really is one of the best threads ever. I check it at least 5 times a day!


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The lights are on
Far Cry 3 for my bf.
-Far Cry 3
-New Yoga mat
-Nexus 4
-Couple watches
-The Witcher 2
-Hassy/Bramble Brand Cookies tee's.
Shogun 2 and Wargame: European Escalation for the PC off of Impulse
Pretty good buys.
Dishonored and im returning it tomorrow because it wasnt good
last game bought: NBA2k13
others - Tshirts
Just bought Dead Space 1 as I never played it and I want to play them in order.
So far very cool.
GeForce GTX 660 ti
Civilization V Gold Edition on the Steam sale for $12.50
same here Civilization V Gold Edition on the Steam for $12.50. good find eh?
2013 NASCAR Gen-6 Ford Fusion (iRacing)
Breathe life, for you are not alone.....Breathe life, inside your heart of stone (BREATHE IN LIFE!) [Breathe Life by Killswitch Engage (The End of Heartache: Bonus Track Edition)]
PS3: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and Rage - pretty cool games!
While in the mall i just bought....
- Wishin y yandel album loive there songs
- new mobile phone to change my old one
- new video card for my pc can't wait to play star wars
Starcraft 2 WOL and HOTS
Heck yes! I just finished grabbing Starcraft II and Bioshock: Infinite on Lynx2Games. Awesome games, awesome deals.


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Sept. 8, 2009
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara women's basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb has been named an at-large representative to the State Farm Coaches All-America Team Division I selection committee, a prestigious honor that only a handful of coaches nationwide can claim.
Gottlieb, who was named Big West Coach of the Year in her first season at UCSB last year, joins a select group of women's basketball coaches from around the country in helping to select the All-American teams at season's end. The 10-player All-American team is one of the biggest honors for a women's basketball player.
"I am honored to have been selected to serve on the SFCAAT Committee," Gottlieb said. "Not only will I have the opportunity to take part in the important process of choosing this year's State Farm All-Americans, but I look forward to working closely with so many accomplished coaching colleagues. I believe strongly that young coaches should give back and serve our organization, the WBCA, as so many of the leaders in our sport have done; to be able to do so as a part of this prestigious committee is both exciting and humbling."
Gottlieb will help represent western teams in Region's 7 and 8, providing valuable insight about players that might not have as much exposure due to the late start times east coast coaches have to battle to watch west coast teams.
"The goal of all this is just make sure that the committee selects the 10 best players in the country as the All-America team," said Women's Basketball Coaches Association Communications Coordinator Carol White. "The committee wants to have all of the tools it needs to select these players - so they want all conferences, regions, teams fairly represented and represented as strongly as possible."
Women's basketball fans, new this year, donations to The Gaucho Fund - regardless of the sport it supports - will be part of the "One Donation is Gold" system. This allows donors to purchase priority/premium seating and parking at UCSB games across several sports in addition to other benefits.
If you donate to women's basketball, you will have the opportunity to purchase tickets in the Gold Zone (priority/premium seats) at Harder Stadium for men's soccer, which includes complimentary priority parking and cushioned chair-backed seating. No longer will separate donations need to be made to secure priority seating to different UCSB sports. One donation, one fund: The Gaucho Fund.
Season tickets for the 2009 men's soccer season are on sale for only five bucks a game. Fans who purchase 2009 season tickets will be guaranteed the opportunity to buy tickets for the 2010 Men's NCAA College Cup hosted by UCSB at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium Dec. 10-12, 2010. To accompany the successful "Soccer Town, USA" slogan as part of the College Cup bid, a discounted family valued offer is also available where a family of five can catch games for only $2.50 per game! Family Plan package also includes three free youth t-shirts and memberships to the new UCSB kids club: GKids. Fans can easily buy tickets online or by calling 805-893-UCSB. To purchase your tickets click here..
About the Gaucho Fund (G-Fund for short): The program was launched as part of the Dare to Be Great strategic plan and is UCSB Athletics' annual giving program to provide vital funding support for scholarships, academic success and leadership development for Gaucho student-athletes. The Gaucho Fund is the anchor to the Dare to Be Great campaign. For more information on Dare to Be Great, please click here.


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So here I sit in the Marriott in Chicago, writing instead of frolicking in the pool. Of course if you've seen me, you'll understand why the hotel may not exactly want me in their pool. Something about the water bill to refill it!
Ok, so full disclosure. I'm here on Turtle Wax's dime as web based auto writers converge on their head office to solve the mysteries of car wax. Believe it or not, today was my first ever flight on a propeller driven aircraft, a Bombardier Q400. While not exactly a quiet flight, I have to say it was one of the most enjoyable flights I've ever had. Absolutely wicked thrust comes out of those twin engines. When the pilot opened the throttle, it slams you back in the seats it accelerates so hard. Very cool. Of course the in flight snack was pretty sweet too!
Check back tomorrow when we'll bring you more from Turtle Wax.
Check out my in flight meal after the break
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Gardening | notebook
Plants and markets
• Fresh Friday Night Farmer's Market, 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Railroad Square in downtown New Port Richey (on Nebraska Avenue between Grand Boulevard and Adams Street). Food trucks will make their debut at the market, parked on Missouri Avenue at Cavalaire Square. Vendors will sell produce, plants and specialty foods such as fish, meats, cheeses, bakery items, jellies and jams, honey, nuts, coffee and ethnic foods. This seasonal market will continue every Friday until April 26. For information, visit www.nprmainstreet.com.
• Longleaf Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday in downtown Longleaf, off Starkey Boulevard and State Road 54, New Port Richey.
• Suncoast Co-op offers fresh, locally grown, chemical-free produce. Register online at suncoastcoop.locallygrown.net to place your order; orders may be picked up from noon to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 4131 Madison St., New Port Richey. The Suncoast Cafe, open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the ReStore, serves locally roasted organic coffee, homemade teas and baked goods.
• Baker House plant sale and open house, 9 a.m. to noon this Saturday and the third Saturday of the month, October through May. The historic Baker House is at 5744 Moog Road, behind Centennial Park Branch Library. Plants for sale by Elfers Centennial Garden Club. For information, call (727) 372-9954.
• Hernando County Farmers Market runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays at 2450 U.S. 19, Spring Hill.
• Spring Hill Garden Club's Plant Nursery is open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays and Mondays at 1489 Parker Ave., off Spring Hill Drive (four-tenths of a mile from U.S. 19). Local plants for sale; people may also visit the nearby Nature Coast Botanical Gardens, the "best kept secret in Hernando County," which is open daily from sunup to sundown. For information, call (352) 683-9933 or visit www.naturecoastgardens.com.
• Common Garden Insects, 10:30 a.m. April 24 at the Spring Hill Branch Library, 9220 Spring Hill Drive. It is unrealistic and even unwise to strive for an insect-free yard. Learn which bugs are helpful in keeping other pests in check, and learn how to identify and control insect populations in your garden. No registration necessary. Sponsored by Hernando County Extension Services. For information, call Sylvia Durell at (352) 540-6230.
• Bats: Creatures of the Night Garden, 10 a.m. April 27 at Home Depot, 10017 U.S. 19, Port Richey. Learn how to welcome insect-eating bats into your garden by providing food, water and shelter. Call Pasco County Cooperative Extension at (352) 518-0156.
• Plant Propagation Made Easy, 5:30 p.m. April 29 at Hernando County Extension Services, 1653 Blaise Drive, Brooksville. This program will demonstrate the secrets of growing plants from cuttings, seeds and division. No registration required. For information, contact urban horticulture agent Jim Moll at (352) 754-4433.
• Rain Gardens, 9 to 11 a.m. May 4 at Pasco County Extension, Clayton Hall, 36702 State Road 52, Dade City. Design ideas, information on what plants work best and ideas for where to create a rain garden in your landscape. This free seminar is taught by a local Master Gardener. Call Pasco County Cooperative Extension at (352) 518-0156.
Celebrate Earth Day
• New Port Richey: Vendors showcase the wide array of earth-friendly businesses and organizations in the west Pasco area at the New Port Richey Environmental Committee celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the courtyard between City Hall and New Port Richey Public Library on Main Street. For more information, contact Kacey Atkinson at (727) 809-2306 or by email at [email protected]
• Spring Hill: The Spring Hill Garden Club and the Hernando Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society will hold an Earth Day celebration from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens, 1489 Parker Ave. in Spring Hill. Master gardener Rita Grant will talk about "Wildlife in Your Landscape," while Florida-friendly landscaping coordinator Sylvia Durell will discuss "Gardeners and the Gift of Water." Tours of the botanical gardens will be available; and Brownies from Girl Scout Troop 317 will plant marigolds. No admission fee, but donations are greatly appreciated. Call (352) 683-9933 or visit www.naturecoastgardens. com.
• Crews Lake Park: Join the Pasco County Cooperative Extension at Earth Day, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 at Crews Lake Park, 16739 Crews Lake Drive, Shady Hills. The Extension will offer gardening activities for kids and adults, rain barrel workshops at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and the worm composting workshop at noon. Pre-registration required for workshops. $10 per rain barrel; 1 per household limit. For more information or to register, call (352) 518-0156.


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Jermain Defoe hails England team-mate Frank Lampard a "special player"
Jermain Defoe labelled England team-mate Frank Lampard a "special player" following their thrashing of San Marino.
Last Updated: 23/03/13 6:17pm
Lampard scored his 28th goal for his country in their 8-0 demolition, and Defoe, who played with the 34-year-old at West Ham, claims he is irreplaceable at Chelsea.
The Tottenham striker, who scored twice at the Serravalle, said: "He finishes like a forward. There are not many like him, he loves scoring goals and, when he gets the chances, he doesn't miss.
"I don't know his situation at Chelsea but in my opinion he is someone you can't replace because of the amount of goals he has scored over the years.
"He is a special player. He can easily go on for another two or three years.
"At the end of the day you know you are going to get goals. You know what you are going to get from Frank and goals win games.
"I'm sure Chelsea won't get rid of him. He is a special player."
Lampard has his eye on a tougher challenge when England face against current group leaders Montenegro on Tuesday.
He said: "Some of their players are playing at the top level in European football right now and we have been there before so we know the dangers.
"You look at the state of the group and it's a really critical game and we have to be ready for it."
Defoe believes England are capable of repeating the level of performance shown against San Marino.
He said: "We passed the ball well and created a lot of chances. They gave us an own goal early on and then we created and took the chances.
"We were delighted with the performance. At some stage you are going to get the goals. It is important to try and get a good performance and we managed to do that.
"Even if you take away the goals, the way we moved the ball was good, the movement was good, and everyone is happy.
"It is good for confidence because sometimes you might play a game like this and it might be a horrible game where you don't play well but still win.
"It is important to have had a good result and a good performance and all the things we worked on in training, we did well and the manager is happy."


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WFP's deliveries of food to earthquake survivors in Haiti have prioritized distributions to women, to ensure that all family members - men, women and children - receive the nutritious food they so badly need. In most cases women in person are collecting rations for their households.
ROME -- With WFP on target to reach over two million people in Port-au-Prince with rice rations by this weekend, most of that food is going directly into the hands of women as the gateway to their families. Sixteen fixed distribution sites around the capital are operating to hand over 25kg bags of rice to women, under a coupon system.
Beyond the immediate security considerations in Haiti, WFP's decades of experience in disasters and emergencies has shown that families are more likely to eat properly if women are involved in food aid distributions and if they receive the food entitlement in their own name.
Women put children first
In developing countries, women are usually the ones who produce and prepare food while caring for members of their family, and they most often take care that children are fed first.
The decision to distribute to women was taken in consultation with Haitian authorities and non-governmental organizations because of concerns for safety in a highly tense environment. When people are desperate, the weak and the vulnerable are usually the first to be pushed out of food queues.
Getting home safely
Women have been encouraged to bring male family members or friends to wait for them outside the distribution compound, to help them take their food safely home.
WFP's NGO partners in Haiti are making sure that any men who do not have female relatives are getting food directly, particular the elderly and the disabled.


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Make sure you have the GNOME 2.32 System Monitor running; or similar.
alt tab until cycle to System Monitor app
mostly used for when opening multiple tabs in Chromium.
sort the proceses into ID number
if you want to quit all google chromium browsers open,
right click and kill the chromium process with the lowest id number
or to kill the most recent tab kill the chromium process with the highest number
very handy if you're a beginner, for when the linux never crashes. 10 facebook game pages usually will do it launched concurrently.
from Alex & Genipher & Kharlotte


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Fins for lightweight on 2005 Evo 70
I have bought a 2005 Evo. It has a 205 fin which has seen a bit of sand grind.
I use it in cross on and cross off.
I use sails from 3m to 5m
I have Northshore 7&3/4 and Northshore 8&1/4 fins in my existing quiver. (197 and 209)
They are a bit more upright than the Drake.
I weigh 62kg
What do you recommend?
ps Sorry if this has been answered before but the search wasn't working when I tried.
pps to web guy: What about fitting the Google search appliance?
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RE: Fins for lightweight on 2005 Evo 70
Hi Ronnie,
Fins is a highly personal thing and dependent on the conditions, especially wave fins. All three of the fins you have can work really well. Out of these three, I only have first hand experience with the Drake Evolution 205. Its a pretty thin profiled fin, which despite not being super small handle small sails (3.5) very nicely for me (70 kg). I used it with a 5.0 too sometimes, but if you're sailing onshore or cross on conditions or have a dwonwind current, you might want to look for something bigger. The 8.25" North shore could be an option, but is not neccesarily more powerful, you have to compare them in a test to know.
If you're in the market for a new fin that would cover the 5.0 I would suggest the 2006-2007 Drake Natural. This is a G10 fin and as such much more resistant to tear and wear. They sail very small for their stated size, and I think the 22 would be the perfect size for you as a big fin. For me the 22 works great with a 5,0 but actually I've used it all the way down to 3.5.. All my friends that have tried the Drake Naturals confirm they have an extraordinary range.
If you after trying your current fin fins you really want to step the fin size up, even the Drake Natural 23 might be an option. A friend of mine who is a good wave sailor and about your weight likes this size a lot all the way down to 4.5.
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RE: Fins for lightweight on 2005 Evo 70
If you happen to have the NorthShore Wave onshore fins (made of blue and white polyester in 2003), they have much more surface both mid-section and at the tip than the Drake Natural CNC. It could be that your Drake 205 might feel much smaller than the 7.75" NorthShore in fact ...
I think your NorthShore 8.25" is large enough with your 5.0 sail on Evo 70 for your 62 kg. FYI, I'm using a NS 8.50" with a 5.4 sail on Acid 62 (65kg) when it's light wind or when it's windy, a Select Pro Wave 20.5 cm (less surface at the tip).
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Though linebackers
Woodyard left Kentucky after the 2007 season and Trevathan arrived in 2008, but now they share the same field as a part of the Broncos linebacking corps. This season, Trevathan led the team with 125 total tackles and Woodyard was second on the club with 83.
Trevathan is in just his second year in Denver while Woodyard, a defensive captain, is in his sixth.
"Being a leader, I would definitely say having that captain on my chest, that's my chip (on my shoulder)," Woodyard said. "Regardless of anything that goes on, my job is to continue to lead my defense and to continue to lead my teammates – give guys good advice out there. A guy who I'm living through and I love to see play every game is Danny Trevathan.
"He came in like a little brother to us, and now he's just growing up and taking over things. It's exciting to see that. To me, that's what I look forward to, seeing guys step up."
Trevathan has taken advantage of that opportunity to learn from Woodyard and some of the other veterans on the team, noting that he watched "how they come in, how they lead, how they handle themselves off the field with the media" and the like.
As the 2013 regular season progressed, so did Trevathan. After a strong training camp, he came out and started all 16 games – picking up a pair of sacks, three forced fumbles and three interceptions along the way.
Woodyard, who battled injury throughout the season and spent some time in sub packages, said that "Danny deserves everything he's gotten."
But to the two former Wildcats, it doesn't seem to matter who is on the field.
"Whoever is on the field, we're rooting for each other," Trevathan said. "That is just the way it goes. Me and Wesley have been through it for a long time. This is our second year together, but it feels like 15 years. Having that guy out there – he has really been a great role model in my life, talking to me, helping me get it together. Even though he's not on the field, he's with me in my head all the time. That's how I'm going to carry him."


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The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 6 presidential and other elections is Tuesday.
The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 6 presidential and other elections is Tuesday.
This registration deadline applies to new registrants as well as those who want to make changes to their registration information. New applicants must be at least 18 years old before Nov. 6 and citizens of the United States. Naturalized citizens must present their naturalization papers and birth certificate in person to register.
All registrants should bring proper identification such as a driver's license, birth certificate or other documentation that establishes age, identity and residency.
Residents can register at their local Registrar of Voters office.
In Terrebonne Parish, the registrar is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is located on the first floor of the parish Courthouse Annex Building at Goode and School streets in Houma.
In Lafourche Parish, the registrar is at 307 W. Fourth St. in Thibodaux and is open between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. There will also be a south Lafourche registrar location at 16241 E. Main St., Suite B23, between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Monday and between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
An application can also be obtained at www.geauxvote.com. The application can be printed and mailed to the registrar's office or submitted electronically if the applicant has a current Louisiana driver's license.
Early voting begins Oct. 23 and runs through Oct. 30. Voters can cast their ballot during this period by presenting a picture identification at their registrar's office.
Voters who plan to vote absentee should send their application in as soon as possible, said Terrebonne Registrar Linda Rodrigue. The deadline is Nov. 2, but because the ballot has to be mailed out and returned to the registrar, Rodrigue said it is best not to wait. Absentee voters can register at geauxvote.com or pick up an application at the registrar's office.
There are 63,542 registered voters in Terrebonne Parish — 19,349 are registered Republicans and 25,702 are registered Democrats.
There are 56,849 registered voters in Lafourche Parish — 13,852 are registered Republicans and 29,205 are registered Democrats.
Both parishes will vote for president, congressional seats, public service commissioner District 2 and judge positions on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal.
Lafourche will elected members of the Port Commission, mayors of Lockport and Golden Meadow, uncontested chiefs of police for Lockport and Golden Meadow, and council members for Lockport and Golden Meadow.
Terrebonne will consider a proposition on a property tax millage for the Public Health Unit.
In Lafourche, there is a proposition on a parish residency requirement for the parish administrator position.
There will be a local proposition on term limits for school board members in both parishes.
The ballots will also have various statewide propositions.


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• Chad E. Berry, 31, of Newton was charged with driving while license suspended after he was stopped at 8:52 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of East Eighth Street South. He also was cited for no insurance and given a warning for failure to maintain registration plate. He was transported to the Jasper County Jail.
• Jay R. Brumfield, 50, of Vinton was arrested on a Vinton warrant for fraudulent practices after Newton police responded to an accident at 2:58 p.m. Monday at Love's Truck Stop in Newton. Brumfield was transported to the Jasper County Jail.
• David M. Dodd, 58, of Newton was cited with striking fixtures and leaving the scene of an accident after authorities responded to a single-vehicle accident at 8:26 p.m. Monday at South 11th Avenue West and West Fourth Street South. Dodd was traveling north on Fourth Street and turned west onto 11th Avenue. Dodd stated a Jeep at the intersection came toward him, forcing him to back up, and that he didn't realize he hit a utility pole. He noticed the damage a few minutes later and notified Alliant Energy. Damage was estimated at $5,000 to the pole and $500 to the vehicle, owned by Dodd's Trash Hauling & Recycling.
• Austin A. Fiser, 18, of Grinnell was charged with trespass after authorities were dispatched at Tuesday to 1103 W. Sixth St. S. in reference to an unwanted guest. When authorities arrived, the victim stated Fiser had left the residence and that she did not want Fiser back on the property. Officers told Fiser he was not allowed on the property, and he stated he understood. Officers were dispatched back at 12:08 a.m. and located Fiser on the property again. He was transported to the Jasper County Jail.
• Megan A. James, 28, of Newton was charged with operating while intoxicated, littering, open container and fifth-degree theft after authorities were dispatched at 10:45 p.m. Monday to Walmart in reference to a theft. Store employees stated they observed James walking out of the store with a shopping cart full of items without paying. Employees confronted James, but she left the scene. Authorities located and stopped her at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday in the 900 block of First Avenue East. James had bloodshot, watery eyes and slurred speech. She refused sobriety tests. Authorities located an empty mini bottle of alcohol in the driver's side door and cold beer that had spilled on the floor of the back seat. James was charged and transported to the Jasper County Jail.
• Tanner B. Jensen, 23, of Kellogg was charged with fourth-degree theft in connection with an incident reported to authorities at 7:56 p.m. Jan. 16 at Radio Shack. Jensen was charged for allegedly stealing $219.98 worth of merchandise, including a speaker and headphones. He was arrested at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday on a warrant in Marion County and transported to the Jasper County Jail.
• Jackson L. Norton, 22, of Panora and Darren S. Lehrkamp, 21, of Newton were charged with fifth-degree theft after authorities were dispatched at 3:50 p.m. Monday to Walmart in reference to a theft. Store employees informed an officer they saw two males with shopping carts with clothes valued at approximately $131.44 and proceed past the last point of sale. When confronted, the males ran. Both men were transported to the Jasper County Jail.
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Manchester United and Arsenal may miss out on signing Dutch midfield sensation Kevin Strootman after AC Milan moved ahead of them in the race to sign him.
According to The Express, the Serie A side have made a decisive step in securing the Dutch international's transfer from his club PSV Eindhoven.
It also claims both Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson wanted to sign the 22-year-old central midfielder.
Both Arsenal and Manchester United have been accused of lacking something in the centre of the park and Strootman's high-energy physical style was seen as ideal for either Old Trafford or Emirates Stadium.
But the report claims a deal for him to move to San Siro cpould be concluded in weeks and a price of £6.5million being agreed.
Ferguson had previously ruled out making any moves in the transfer window, but Strootman is a prodigious talent and may have persuaded the Scort to change his mind.
Meanwhile, the injury travails experienced by Abou Diaby mean a player in the style of Strootman could have been a very useful addition to the Arsenal squad.
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Smashing Pumpkins Rock Rio With Bowie, Kiss Covers
The Smashing Pumpkins reportedly turned in a sprawling, 19-song set at the Rock in Rio festival on Saturday (May 25) in Lisbon, Portugal, which included covers of classics by rockers David Bowie and Kiss. During the gig, the Pumpkins also were able to reach back into the early part of their career, playing three songs from 1993′s 'Siamese Dream' (including singles 'Cherub Rock' and 'Today') and another five from 1995′s 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' (including hits 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings,' '1979' and 'Tonight, Tonight').
They also were able to look forward a bit, treating fans to a preview of songs from their forthcoming 'Oceania' album, including 'Quasar,' 'Panopticon' and the title track from the disc that drops June 19. But the biggest surprises of the night came in the form of the two vintage rock covers: David Bowie's 1969 hit 'Space Oddity" and the 1974 Kiss classic 'Black Diamond.' Much like Kiss often did back in the day, the Pumpkins closed out their set with the song, the final track on Kiss' debut album.
Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan recently spoke out against fans who "think you're there to be a jukebox" and claimed the Pumpkins would only be performing their classic hits when they feel up for playing them — and apparently he is feeling up for playing them more than he suggested, because that was quite a collection of classics on one set list.


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IAE consortium seeks new opening as V2500 production breaks records
For the makers of an engine that should be entering its twilight years, times have never been so busy for International Aero Engines (IAE), the multinational consortium behind the V2500.
Production for the Airbus A320 family is at an all-time high, and as IAE marks its 30th anniversary, the venture's shareholders are studying plans to jointly market the V2500 and Pratt & Whitney's PW1100G, one of two engine choices for the reengined Airbus A320NEO. The move to sell the geared turbofan (GTF) through IAE, if agreed, would leverage the consortium's hard-won market presence to bolster Pratt's head-to-head contest with CFM International's Leap-1A.
"At this time, IAE's party companies are discussing opportunities for a future approach to the market for V2500 and PW1100G engines. The intent is to make any coordinated approach beneficial for customers," the engine maker confirms. First mooted by Pratt President David Hess in 2011, the concept of marketing the engine under the IAE portfolio became increasingly viable in October that year when Rolls-Royce agreed to sell its 32.5% equity stake to Pratt for $1.5 billion. The revised IAE arrangement saw MTU's share grow to 16%, while Japanese Aero Engines (JAEC) retained its original 23% workshare; Pratt holds the balance.
Since then, Rolls transitioned to become a strategic supplier in 2012, with the final few Rolls personnel expected to move back to the U.K. from IAE's Connecticut headquarters by the third quarter this year. IAE has delivered more than 5,500 V2500s and, with almost 200 airline customers, has a broad penetration of the Airbus market sector being targeted by Pratt for its PW1100G. However, for the moment there are apparently no plans for IAE to front sales of other GTF versions which are in development to power platforms including Embraer's second-generation E-Jets, Bombardier's CSeries, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and the Irkut MS-21.
IAE President Jon Beatty says: "The decision hasn't been made," but adds that the idea "makes perfect sense. It's what Airbus wants and leasing companies will like that. The shareholders are working together to figure out how best we'd do that." Pratt currently has around 1,150 PW1100Gs on firm order for the A320NEO, or slightly under half the overall market that has so far selected an engine. The first Pratt-powered NEO is due to enter service in October 2015.
The consortium is meanwhile gearing up to deliver more than 500 V2500s to the A320-family production lines in 2013, its busiest ever year. "We're breaking production records year-on-year," says Beatty, who notes 450 were delivered in 2012 against some 420 the prior year. "This is the highest number we've done in the history of the program, and we expect over 500 to be delivered again in 2014. We expect to sell at least another 700 V2500s," he adds. Rolls is set to continue building 50% of the engines for the next five years, with all final production of V2500s transitioning to Pratt's Middletown, Conn., facility, when combined volume drops below 250.
Following the restructuring of the consortium, the remaining IAE partners—Pratt & Whitney, MTU and JAEC—agreed to extend the collaboration to 2045. Although it does not expect to be still supplying V2500s to Airbus much beyond 2018, Beatty says the partners are committed for a steady 20-plus-year production run to support the Embraer KC-390 tanker-transport. The V2500E5 engine variant, which will be 95% common with the current V2500A5 Airbus engine, will be supplied at the rate of 20 per year to support Embraer's planned annual output of 10 KC-390s.
The SelectOne-production standard V2500 will power the twin-engine Brazilian transport, which is scheduled to enter service in the first quarter of 2016. Certification is targeted for the third quarter of 2015, adds Beatty. The first six engines will be assembled this year, with three due for delivery to Embraer's Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, production site in 2013 and three in Jan 2014.
In the meantime IAE plans to bolster the appeal of the V2500 with a further phase of its "Select" upgrade series. The SelectThree will target maintenance cost reductions, but IAE says work continues "with airlines to determine what product enhancements they would like to see in our next upgrade. There is not a launch date for it yet." However, Beatty says "I'd like to have a decision by the end of the year." There are few details about the proposed package, which aims to slow the exhaust gas temperature margin.
The SelectOne upgrade, which was introduced in 2008, reduces fuel burn by 1% and increases engine life by 20%. SelectTwo, which will be available in the third quarter of 2014, introduces additional improvements in fuel burn and maintenance via modifications to the scheduling of bleed air and introduction of fault detection diagnostic software in the electronic engine control system. "We conducted flight-testing to verify fuel burn benefit last summer at Airbus, and the test verified a 0.5% benefit. Software validation work is now being conducted to prepare for operability testing in May," says IAE.
"We are working with Airbus now on whether we make it the standard bill-of-materials for the engine or an option," says Beatty who adds the former is more likely, with the upgrade being offered as a retrofit.


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James Harden scored 31 points and sank seven 3-pointers while fighting through flu-like symptoms, and the Houston Rockets beat the Thunder, 107-100, Wednesday night in Oklahoma City to pull within 3-2 in their first-round playoff series.
Harden made the first seven 3s he tried and Houston led by as many as 16 before fending off a rally that Oklahoma City helped stymie with its own strategy.
The Thunder, apparently doubting they could overcome an 8-point lead on their home court without Russell Westbrook, resorted to intentionally fouling Omer Asik — a 54 percent career foul shooter — with 5:33 to play. Asik went 8 for 12 from the line, extending Houston's lead to 101-92 with 3:53 remaining before Oklahoma City gave up the tactic.
Kevin Durant finished with 36 points for Oklahoma City, which must now travel to Houston for Game 6 on Friday night.
The Rockets played without starting point guard Jeremy Lin for the second straight game because of a bruised chest muscle. Key reserve Carlos Delfino didn't play in the second half because of a sore left foot.
They still had plenty of offense to earn their second straight win, getting 21 points and 11 rebounds from Asik and 18 points and five 3-pointers from Francisco Garcia. Patrick Beverley scored 14 and Aaron Brooks and Chandler Parsons chipped in 10 apiece.
Reggie Jackson contributed 20 points for the Thunder, who leaned heavily on Durant for a third straight game with Westbrook out for the playoffs with a right knee injury. But Durant did not score in the fourth quarter after helping Oklahoma City cut the 16-point deficit in half late in the third quarter.
Kevin Martin, the Thunder's sixth man who was acquired in a preseason trade for Harden, missed his first nine shots before making a jumper in the fourth quarter to finish with three points.
The Rockets made a series-high 14 3-pointers on 35 attempts, making up for getting outscored in the paint, in second-chance points, and on the fast break. Oklahoma City made just 8 of 33 from 3-point range, missing 14 of its first 15 attempts.
Pacers 106, Hawks 83 — David West scored 24 points and Paul George had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead host Indiana to a 3-2 series edge.
The Pacers have won all three home games in the best-of-seven series and are 5-0 at home this season against the Hawks. They'll go to Atlanta on Friday with a chance to clinch the best-of-seven series.
But the Hawks have won 13 straight at home against the Pacers, including both games in this series.
West looked like his old self backing down defenders, then spinning away to hit his trademark step-back shots. George went making 7 of 8 shots from the field, finishing with five assists — another strong showing in a series he's dominated in Indiana's three wins.
Atlanta was led by Josh Smith and Al Horford, who each had 14 points.
Indiana took the lead for good midway through the second quarter and opened the third period on a 12-3 run to make it 62-46. The Pacers added to their lead when the Hawks lost their composure.
Three players — Smith, Jeff Teague, and Ivan Johnson — drew technical fouls, all on dead balls. Atlanta was also called for two more technicals because of defensive 3-second calls.
Atlanta cut the lead to 81-67 at the end of three, but the Pacers put it away with a 12-4 fourth-quarter run to that left Atlanta in a 21-point deficit. The Hawks never challenged again.


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Today I'm very happy to have the chance to participate in the Threadbias Blog Tour. Threadbias is an online community built just for you – fabric lover, sewist and quilter. You can create a fabric library, browse and upload projects, participate in discussions and using the new, subscription based Quilt Design Tool…digitally design your next quilt!
This web-based tool is super easy to use. I spent some time over the weekend playing with it to mock up a quilt design. I've had flying geese on the mind, so I thought I'd try my hand at making a quilt top.
Creating a new project is very straightforward. I love how the program auto-saves as you are working so you don't need to worry about losing your project if, say, your 4 year old decides to hit the on/off button on the power strip where your computer is plugged in. Not that THAT has ever happened around here…
Using the Line Tool, I easily created my first Flying Geese Block.
I quickly copied and pasted to create a column of 4 Flying Geese.
Then I filled in the geese with fabric that I had added to my "fabric stash" library, via the Threadbias website. This is my favorite part. I love to be able to see how the fabric will look in the design.
Once I had my set of 4 Flying Geese, I locked them together as 1 block. This made it easy to copy and paste them as a group, and create my quilt top quickly.
So have I gotten you excited? If you are looking for a new, convenient, affordable way to start designing your quilts, I highly encourage you to check out the Threadbias Quilt Design Tool.
Be sure to keep up with the rest of the tour – some stops have giveaways!
Tuesday, March 26 – Don't Call Me Betsy
Wednesday, March 27 – Generation Q Magazine
Thursday, March 28 – The Sometimes Crafter
Friday, March 29 – Diary of a Quilter
Monday, April 1 – Swim, Bike, Quilt
Tuesday, April 2 – Me!
Wednesday, April 3 – West Coast Crafty
Thursday, April 4 – Sew, Mama, Sew!
Friday, April 5 – Alison Glass
Saturday, April 6 – Pink Castle Fabrics
Sunday, April 7 – Ellison Lane Quilts


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Fully second this!!! Have a DHCP6 manager that assigns static and dynamic address pools, and allow for the interface ID addresses to be grouped in any way that's convenient. Such a utility would be particularly great in router/firewall gear such as m0n0wall and pFsense, if not in FBSD itself. It should have direct hooks to the relevant
Other suggestions - all IPv6 related. One - have an utility that allows virtual w
+1 Internets to you, sir.
Spend it all on marketing, then maybe you'll get more than 5 people to give a crap about FreeBSD. Serious suggestion.
You don't have to fork BSD-licensed code. That's the point. Just take the code and use it. Make any changes you want. You don't have to give them anything or tell them anything.
stable and installer supported ZFS boot support for the / volume.
stable and installer supported ZFS boot support for the / volume.
It's definitely stable (running 9.1-RELEASE here in a few places) but not in the installer until later.
Setting up a ZFS / install now isn't too difficult but does require using a livecd.
There is a great thread covering it from many angles here, including HD encryption.
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=31662 [freebsd.org]
One thing I did here was go upwards of 50-60G for root, I find the 10g or 20g in the
examples isn't sufficient for keeping full
I would like to see improved Java support. What we have now is all either hacks based on running the Linux JVM as a compatible ABI, or you have to build a JVM from source due to licensing. I would like to see a commercial JVM run natively. Ideally IBM's.
That's not something FreeBSD can do though, I don't expect.
I don't see why they can't work with OpenJDK. It's not under a stupid license like the Sun/Oracle JRE.
DragonflyBSD is a good solid project, but could you name the aspects in which it is superior to FreeBSD? DragonflyBSD has hammerfs; FreeBSD has ZFS. That's a draw at best. There are some relatively minor improved features which would be nice to port back maybe.
Uh, the completely non-locking allocators, scheduler paths, and so on? DragonflyBSD's internals are what separated it from FreeBSD: the original maintainer had some big ideas on how to rewrite the schedulers (process, thread, I/O) and allocators to be a lot faster, lighter, more efficient, and scalable; he got banned from FreeBSD.
HP Moonshot is going to bring 2000+ core servers to the data center one of these years (it's quiet, but there's real progress happening in there and lots of partners in the da
Something to completely restore a machine?
If FreeBSD supported more printers and scanners / MFC devices, I'd be back on it tomorrow.
Foundations for Wayland, KVM, KMS, systemd, Dalvik. Many of these things should just be a compile away with the right few pieces in place. Don't get left behind & don't let Linux's advancements be an island
I'm a busy software developer working for a big company, so I don't have much time to contribute for Open Source and open knowledge projects. Supporting the FreeBSD Foundation, Wikimedia and similar initiatives seems to be a good way to pay for their valuable work. I make a donation every year and invite all
Oh, I only have a couple:
* Fix USB device enumeration, you know, like you said you would in 8.1
* Either remove or update storage controller drivers which are no longer maintained and have been
* replace sysinstall outright with something which is more likely to work consistently
* fix the release cycle to have something between "cutting edge requiring a regular rebuild of the system" and "stale binaries released when the release goes STABLE, and more often than not made unavailable completely as soon as they
A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it.


text: Merle Daniel Parks was born November 26, 1933, in rural Poweshiek County near Sheridan, IA, son of Henry and Annice Cory Parks. He grew up in the Green Mountain area where he attended country school and later graduated from Green Mountain High School in 1951. On November 28, 1954 he was united in marriage to Carol Michels at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marshalltown. Merle made his home in Irwin, PA where he served in the United States Army and then worked as a cabinet maker until moving to Garwin, Iowa in 1958. He continued to work in the carpentry business and moved on to laying floor covering until his retirement in 1995. His true passion was building homes for family members. Merle was an active member of the Garwin community and was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garwin where he served as a member of the parish council and most recently was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marshalltown. He was also a member of the Garwin City Council, Garwin Fire Department for 25 years, Garwin School Board for 15 years, Garwin Revitalization Committee, Tama County Economic Development Board, Garwin Lions Club for over 50 years where he had perfect attendance and Assistant Scout Master Troop 394. In 1996 his family was honored as family of the year at the University of Northern Iowa where 8 of his 10 children attended along with several of his grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his in-laws, Joe and Lois Michels. He is survived by his wife Carol of Garwin, his 10 children Les (Maggie) Parks of Garwin, Terri (Gregg) Goos of West Liberty, Anne (Keith) Barloon of Garwin, Joe (Sherry) Parks of Garwin, Mary (Mike) Boege of Garwin, Dennis (Mary) Parks of Oskaloosa, Glen (Tina) Parks of Sandwich, IL, Susie (Grant) Strohbehn of Gladbrook, Karen (Ron) Roseland of LeGrand, and Paul (Carie) Parks of Sycamore, IL, 27 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, two brothers Samuel (Ann) Parks of Middletown, OH and Raymond (Linda) Parks of Garwin.


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UH researcher documents the unique behavior of Hawaiian predatory caterpillar
Caterpillar's meal of choice is snailsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Miles Hakoda, (808) 956-3093
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
HONOLULU — In a recently published work in Science, UH assistant professor Daniel Rubinoff in conjunction with his graduate student William P. Haines described the unique behavior of predatory caterpillars in the genus Hyposmocoma. The newly discovered caterpillar species are native to Hawaiʻi and are unique because they feed on snails and use a silk-spinning technique to capture their prey.
"Snails and caterpillars co-occur in habitats throughout the world. What makes this situation interesting is that only Hawaiʻi caterpillars have evolved to eat snails," said Rubinoff. "Perhaps the question is what's so special about Hawaiʻi? But we could also ask, what's different about the rest of the world? Snails and caterpillars co-occur on all mainland areas except Antarctica. The difference might be the presence of native snails and caterpillars in the absence of other predators or competitors. Ultimately a mix of factors in the local environment might be responsible for the change."
Caterpillars are the immature stage of Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths, one of the three most diverse orders of insects. Lepidoptera, consist overwhelmingly of plant-eaters — of 150,000 species known worldwide, but only about 200 or 0.13 percent are known to be predators or parasites. Of these predatory caterpillars, almost all feed on soft-bodied insects or ant brood. None have been previously recorded feeding in the Phylum that includes snails, suggesting a very big evolutionary change in food choice.
The caterpillars inhabit predominantly native wet and rain forests in the Hawaiian Islands and maintain a strict diet of native snails. They are very specific eaters and will not accept foliage, even if starving. Because the snail's shell presents a challenge, the caterpillar has learned to utilize its silk in a spider-like fashion to immobilize its prey. Although all caterpillars have the ability to produce silk to form cocoons, this is the first record of a predatory caterpillar which uses silk to catch live prey.
Upon capturing and binding a snail to the leaf on which it was resting, the caterpillar strategically wedges its cocoon next to or inside the snail shell. It then stretches out from the cocoon to attack and consume the snail, pursuing it to the end of its shell.
The nature preserves where these snail-eating caterpillars exist contain some of the last vestiges of native forests in Hawaiʻi. The resulting moth from the caterpillar is a member of Hyposmocoma a (endemic-found nowhere else) Hawaiian genus of small moths containing at least 350 recognized species.
"Further studies may contribute additional knowledge to what constrains or facilitates evolutionary development in this species, which may lead to more ideas about how evolution functions in general," said Rubinoff. "It is imperative that the remaining natural habitat be preserved to protect this and other, as yet undiscovered, evolutionary novelties that are uniquely Hawaiian."
About the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)
The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources is the founding college of the University of Hawaiʻi. CTAHR is an integral part of the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa's Carnegie I Research Institution designation and is the Land Grant college of the University of Hawaiʻi. CTAHR is federally mandated to fulfill the University's threefold Land Grant mission of instruction, scientific research, and outreach to address State needs. No other college at the UH has such an extensive mandate or interacts so closely with the citizens of the State.
About the University of Hawaiʻi (UH)
Established in 1907 and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the University of Hawaiʻi is the state's sole public system of higher education. The UH System provides an array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and community programs on 10 campuses and through educational, training, and research centers across the state. UH enrolls more than 50,000 students from Hawaiʻi, the U.S. mainland, and around the world. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu.


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Size matters: Earth now 7 billion strong
We've got just one Earth to share among the 7 billion of us.
(Flickr photo cc by Greg Robbins)
The same week the church celebrates all who have died in the history of the world, the entire globe reached a major milestone: surpassing a population of 7 billion. I remember being in elementary school and marveling at the thought that there were 5 billion of us on this big old blue and green marble floating around in space. To think that we've increased our size by 2 billion boggles my mind even more.
Population is a tricky topic for the church. There are obvious problems with population growth, but today the Vatican reported that the concern should not be how to quell growth, rather how to "find ways to ensure the continued growth can benefit all humanity."
With an increasingly smaller percentage of the population hoarding the majority of the words financial and natural resources combined by this enormous growth, perhaps the recent document from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on the world economy should maybe be taken more seriously by all sides. We have to share this planet, after all, no matter how many of us there are. Critics claim class warfare. I say that class warfare has already been waged and it's the poor who are losing.


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Social Work (Master of Social Work)
The Master of Social Work program at the University of Vermont prepares students for advanced social work practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the post-modern environment. Our curriculum emphasizes strengths-oriented, relational practice guided by principles of social justice and human rights and a conceptual framework of critical social construction. The Master of Social Work Program is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
The professional foundation curriculum is designed to assist students to explore and develop generalist knowledge, values, and skills for professional practice. Students take thirty credits of foundation course work, including one elective. The curriculum is comprised of course work in five areas: Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE), Social Welfare Policy, Social Work Practice, Field Practica, and Research.
The concentration year curriculum is designed to extend and integrate student knowledge, values, and skills for advanced practice in a single concentration, Transformative Social Work. This is accomplished through focused study in a student-generated, individualized area of interest. All core curriculum courses in the concentration year are considered advanced practice courses in Transformative Social Work, in that all emphasize the application of complex social ideas and the production of transformative roles and methods.
Students select four focus courses to direct their studies toward a particular population or field of social work practice. In addition, the concentration curriculum consists of two advanced practice courses, a field practicum, an advanced research course, and a "capstone course" aimed at integrating the student's application of transformative social work in the area of interest. To fulfill the UVM Graduate College comprehensive examination requirement, concentration year students complete a final project which is embedded in the capstone course. The project extends learning across the concentration curriculum and builds upon inquiry begun in the Advanced Research course. The project is the culmination of the student's studies in the concentration year and provides integration and closure to the student's educational experience.
The Department of Social Work offers a full time and part time course of study towards the MSW degree. An Advanced Standing option is also available for eligible students who have completed an undergraduate degree in social work from a bachelor's program accredited by CSWE within 7 years of admission.
To request a program bulletin or additional information, please contact the Department of Social Work at 802-656-8800 or visit the program's Master's Degree in Social Work website.
Specific Requirements
General Requirements for Admission
- A baccalaureate degree completed in good standing from an accredited college or university.
- No minimum grade point average (GPA) is required; however, the applicant must show evidence of academic ability to undertake graduate study in social work. The applicant's GPA is one indicator of performance and will be considered in the review process.
- Evidence of a strong liberal arts background, with a minimum of eighteen credits in general liberal arts course work that supports graduate education in social work.
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Scores (no minimum score is required) from tests taken within five years of the date of application.
- Prior work or volunteer experience in human services is preferred.
- International students must submit TOEFL scores of 550 (paper test), 213 (computer-based test), or 80 (internet-based test) or higher, from tests taken within two years of the date of application.
Requirements for Advanced Standing
- A BSW degree earned from a social work program accredited by CSWE (Council on Social Work Education) within 7 years of admission to the MSW program
- Prior academic performance that supports graduate study in social work
- Satisfactory undergraduate social work field practicum evaluations
How to apply
The following materials are required for application:
- Completed application form (online)
- Written Statement of Purpose that describes the applicant's preparation and goals for pursuing graduate study in social work (submit online)
- Scores from appropriate GRE tests (Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytic Writing) taken within 5 years of the date of application
- Official transcripts from each college or university attended
- Resume of work and professional experience
- Three (3) letters of recommendation and completed recommender forms (recommendations from at least one academic source and one from human service related employment are strongly encouraged)
- Non-refundable application fee of $40.00 for online application
Minimum Degree Requirements for the Master of Social Work
The Master of Social Work degree requires sixty credits of graduate study, unless students are admitted with Advanced Standing status. Advanced Standing status is granted solely to students who have earned a bachelor's degree in a program accredited, or acknowledged as being equivalent to a Bachelor's in Social Work, by the Council on Social Work Education, and allows for a shorter course of study at thirty-nine credits. Both regular track and advanced standing students must complete all required and elective credits in social work courses.
The policies and standards for maintaining program accreditation do not permit the granting of academic credit toward graduation for life experience.
Curriculum for Regular Track MSW
|Foundation Courses
|SWSS 212 - Social Work Practice I
|SWSS 213 - Social Work Practice II
|SWSS 216 - Theoretical Foundations of HBSE I
|SWSS 217 - Theoretical Foundations of HBSE II
|SWSS 220 - Social Welfare Policies and Services I
|SWSS 221 - Social Welfare Policies and Services II
|SWSS 227 - Foundations of Social Work Research
|SWSS 290 - Field Practicum I
|An approved elective*
|Concentration Year Courses
|SWSS 314 - Transformative Social Work I
|SWSS 315 - Transformative Social Work II
|SWSS 316 - Integrative Applications of Transformative Social Work
|SWSS 327 - Advanced Social Work Research
|SWSS 390 - Field Practicum II
|Four approved focus courses*
* Elective and focus courses require advanced approval of faculty advisor.
Curriculum for Advanced Standing MSW
|Summer Session Courses
|SWSS 380 - Perspectives on Social Work
|Two approved focus courses*
|Concentration Year Courses
|SWSS 314 - Transformative Social Work I
|SWSS 315 - Transformative Social Work II
|SWSS 316 - Integrative Applications of Transformative Social Work
|SWSS 327 - Advanced Social Work Research
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Interactive Interview with an Agent: Susan Hawk
KV: How did you get into agenting?
SH: I worked for over 15 years in children's book marketing. A little more than two years ago, I realized that it was time to try something different--I knew that I wanted to stay in children's books, but learn something new.
This coincided with the birth of my second child, so I took some time off, and during that time I considered agenting. Then I saw a post on a neighborhood parenting e-mail group from Jenny Bent. She had just opened her own agency, and was looking for readers. I got in touch, we hit it off and after awhile, she asked if I'd like to start working as a children's book agent, and here I am! I couldn't be luckier than to have landed with Jenny, and the first nine months of agenting have been exciting.
KV: How would you summarize your personal agenting philosophy? What do you expect from an agent-author relationship?
SH: For me, everything begins with the book. When I read something and can't put it down, that's when I know I've found something that I want to represent. And then, it's my job to communicate that feeling, and to connect an author with an editor who shares this feeling about the book. Essentially, this is what I did in my previous life marketing books, and as a librarian--I've always enjoyed sharing books I love.
So much of the work in publishing is collaborative, I think to an extent that many don't recognize (it's hard to tell from the outside), and I really enjoy that kind of work. That's the kind of relationship that I establish with my clients. The key to any collaboration, of course, is open communication from both sides.
KV: What client work do you have coming out soon? What drew you to those writers and/or projects?
SH: I have four clients all of whom are revising and writing now. Their work runs the gamut: a middle-grade book about a lovable iconoclast called Baloney Boy; to a YA romance set in a world that has much in common with medieval Arabia; another about the long hot summers of childhood, solving a family mystery and taking that first peek into the adult world; and the last a YA with some paranormal aspects, about a boy who must save his sister's life, which is hard to do when you're already dead.
There's a feeling that I think we all have, when you sit down with a book, crack open the pages and an hour passes in what feels like five minutes. You're in a world that you don't ever want to leave, with characters you hope to know forever. The projects above are all very different, but have one thing in common--I didn't want to put them down.
KV: What genres do you represent? What genres do you definitely NOT represent?
SH: I'm open to just about anything, my reading tastes are broad. I'd love to find a great mystery, and I'm looking for humor. Sci-fi is at the top of my list. I've always read fantasy, but I'm not looking for epic, high fantasy right now. Historical fiction is another favorite. I love boy books. I'm very picky when it comes to paranormal and romance, and am looking for something in those genres that feels fresh.
KV: What query pet peeves and/or pitfalls should writers avoid when querying you?
SH: Really, for me, it comes down to the strength of the writing. I'm less concerned with the query itself, than I am with the sample pages that the author attaches, so be sure to include your first ten pages.
To avoid pitfalls, it's best to look closely at an agent's submission info, which should always be available online--if you make sure to follow the instructions there, you're in good shape.
KV: What are you looking for in a manuscript right now?
SH: What pulls me into a book faster than anything else is that magic combination of great concept and authentic voice. I'm looking for exciting stories, told in a compelling way, with characters that are true to life. I'm drawn to the quirky and unique and have always loved books about people who see things just a bit differently. But story is key, I do want something to happen to those lovely characters!
KV: What's the best way to query you?
SH: E-mail me a query letter that briefly tells me about you and your book. Include the first ten pages of your material in the body of the email and send to firstname.lastname@example.com. For more on querying me, see www.thebentagency.com/submissions.html.
Thanks again, Ms. Hawk, for all of this great information. Your passion for your clients' work is wonderfully apparent. That is what we're all looking for, after all--an agent who is as passionate about our writing as we are.
If you have a question for Ms. Hawk, feel free to leave it in the comments. Please note that I'll be cutting questions off at 4:00 p.m. EDT (which is 1:00 p.m. PDT), so don't dilly-dally!
22 comments:
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
Great interview!
I would like to know if Susan is into issued-based YA books. What about YA thrillers and suspense?
- October 8, 2010 at 8:40 AM
As always, a fantastic interview!
I'm curious to know if there is a particular sub-genre in YA that Ms. Hawk has seen an excess of, besides vampires.
- October 8, 2010 at 8:45 AM
- Charity Bradford said...
Is Sarah strictly YA? My sci-fi novel would fall into the New Adult category.
- October 8, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- Susan Hawk said...
Stina: I'm definitely looking for YA thrillers and suspense. I don't think that editors are particularly looking for issues books right now, but it all depends on the strength of writing; I'd certainly look at something strong in this area.
LS Murphy: I'm seeing a lot of dystopic right now as well. Editors are still looking for this, but must be fresh.
Charity: I'm looking for YA and middle-grade right now.
- October 8, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Myrna Foster said...
Thanks for the interview and for the link to her agency for more information! I like that sample pages are more important than the actual query, and I love that Ms. Hawk has worked with Richard Peck. He's one of my favorites.
Ms. Hawk, would you mind sharing some of your favorite YA and middle-grade authors with us?
- October 8, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- lotusgirl said...
Nice interview. It's good to get to know Ms. Hawk a little. I'd like to know how editorial she is.
- October 8, 2010 at 11:51 AM
- Susan Hawk said...
Myrna: It's always so hard to choose! Some of my favorites are MT Anderson, Nancy Werlin, Elise Broach, Mary Pearson, Elizabeth Partridge, Jack Gantos. From my childhood, I loved Katherine Paterson, John Bellairs, Sid Fleischman, Zilpha Keatley Snyder and E. L. Konigsburg.
Lotusgirl: I'm fairly editorial, but it depends on what each project needs.
- October 8, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Krista V. said...
Great questions, everyone, and great responses!
Questions for Susan: How often does a query intrigue you enough to look at the included pages? And how often do those pages intrigue you enough to request the manuscript?
- October 8, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Krista V. said...
A question I should have squeezed in between the previous two: Or do you just jump straight to the pages and make your decision to request from there?
- October 8, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Katrina L. Lantz said...
Great interview! Thank you both!
Susan, what are some story elements you're seeing too much in your MG and YA queries right now (e.g. vampires)?
- October 8, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Myrna Foster said...
Thank you!
- October 8, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Susan Hawk said...
Krista: I always read both the query and the pages. As I said above, it always comes down to the writing in the pages for me -- someone could write a great query, but obviously, if the pages themselves aren't compelling then it's not going to work. But I do read the query because I want to see what the author's premise is, what their background is, etc.
Conversely, I've read queries that don't work that well, but the pages are much better. I think that's because query writing is really a different kind of writing -- it's marketing copy. Coming from a marketing background, I'm familiar with that, but not every author has that skill and although it is good to have, it's not crucial to the process. But being a great writer is.
Which is why I always read both!
- October 8, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Alex said...
If someone has been offered representation already but has not yet had a chance to send their work to an agent much higher on their query list I.e. you, would you want to see their pages.
I was waiting for this interview to come out in order to compose the best query possible. Low and behold you don't even put that much stock into the query!
- October 8, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Susan Hawk said...
Katrina: I think this is an extension of the paranormal thing, but I'm seeing lots of superpowers. Time travel is fairly common (but I'm a sucker for that). And as I said above dystopic is also coming up frequently.
- October 8, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Susan Hawk said...
Alex: If you're considering an offer of representation from an agent, you can query another. I'd make sure to let the second agent know the time frame within which you need to decide on your existing offer. If you've already accepted an offer of representation, than I wouldn't query another agent.
- October 8, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Krista V. said...
And that's a wrap! Thanks again, Susan, for sharing your expertise with us. And thank you, readers, for coming up with all the great questions I didn't think to ask:)
- October 8, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- LS Murphy said...
Another great interview! Thanks, Susan and Krista.
- October 8, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
Thanks, Susan and Krista. :D
- October 8, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Excellent interview. Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions!
- October 8, 2010 at 7:39 PM
- Krista V. said...
You're welcome, LS and Stina!
Tricia, Susan's responses were very informative, weren't they?
- October 9, 2010 at 12:20 AM
- Jude said...
Great advice here. I always love hearing how agents got started in the business--they come from all sorts of backgrounds :)!
- October 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Krista V. said...
Thanks for stopping by, Jude!
- October 11, 2010 at 8:47 AM