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The Nantahala Racing Club Glacier Breaker is set for March 8-9 at the Nantahala Bridge Gates at the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC).
The Glacier Breaker is the season-opener for both wildwater and slalom competition in the United States. Late registration for SaturdayŌĆÖs slalom and wildwater competition will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. at NOCŌĆÖs RiverŌĆÖs End Restaurant, followed by a competitors meeting at 10:30 a.m. Slalom races start at 11:30 a.m. at the Nantahala Bridge Gates and the Wildwater Sprint at 11:30 a.m. at Donnie Dutton Park.
Registration for SundayŌĆÖs wildwater competition will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday, March 9, at RiverŌĆÖs End Restaurant, followed by a competitorŌĆÖs meeting at 10:30 a.m. Registration for SundayŌĆÖs Wildwater Classic Start will be at 11:30 a.m. at LedgeŌĆÖs Rapid. Awards ceremonies will be held each day following the competition.
Registration for the 2014 Glacier Breaker is $20 for NRC members and $30 for non-members for both slalom and wildwater. A complete schedule of events and downloadable registration forms are at www.noc.com/nrcevents. The Glacier Breaker is hosted by the Nantahala Racing Club, a local nonprofit organization sponsored by the NOC and dedicated to the development of competitive whitewater athletes in both slalom and wildwater disciplines.

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By Tom Philpott: CNJ columnist
Retired Navy Corpsman Lloyd Tilch Sr., his wife Debbie and their chronically-ill son Cody pulled up roots last month in Blythe, Calif. They moved into a rented house 110 miles away, near to the Marine Corps base hospital at Twentynine Palms, Calif.
The Tilch family had to move — and had only 11 days to do so after opening a letter from their TRICARE support contractor — to remain eligible for TRICARE Prime, the military's managed care network, said Debbie Tilch.
As many as 190,000 TRICARE Prime enrollees across the United States have received similar letters.
They advise TRICARE is enforcing a rule requiring beneficiaries enrolled in Prime at a military treatment facility (MTF) to seek a waiver, either from the MTF commander or TRICARE Regional Office, if they live more than a 30-minute drive, or 40 miles, from the base.
Debbie sought a waiver for her family but was turned down. Suddenly she faced a difficult choice: move her family within 30 minutes of Twentynine Palms by July 20 or see Prime coverage end effective Oct. 1.
Without Prime, the family would have to rely on TRICARE Standard, the military's more costly fee-for-service insurance option.
Many families who received these letters did get a waiver. Others were denied waivers but have decided to allow Prime enrollment to end rather than move families nearer to a base. But Debbie said her family has so many health problems that retaining Prime coverage outweighed her desire to stay in Blythe near to other family member and friends. Three older children have careers there or have started their own families nearby.
But given that her youngest, Cody, has been hospitalized 19 times in the past year alone, and that husband Lloyd, 50, can't work because of his own fragile health, Debbie worried that staying in Blythe under TRICARE Standard would be both unaffordable and dangerous.
With TRICARE Standard, her family's out-of-pocket costs every year quickly would hit the $3,000 catastrophic cap that protects retirees.
But more worrisome was the prospect that 11-year-old Cody, coping with "three life-threatening health issues," might lose access to Prime specialists who have been treating his epilepsy, diabetes and weakened heart for years.
No TRICARE policy official was available to discuss the wholesale enforcement this year of the 30-minute rule across the TRICARE system.
Austin Camacho, spokesman for the TRICARE Management Activity in Falls Church, Va., did explain in an e-mail that the decision, which was made in January, flowed out of a concern for assuring quality care to beneficiaries.
"The change was made after research confirmed a direct correlation between proximity of medical care and quality of medical care," Camacho wrote. "We determined that to optimize their health care, our beneficiaries need to have a primary care physician near their homes."


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Re: Anyone watching the new SURVIVOR Fans vs Favorites?
I doubt Cochrane or Malcom or any of the favorites will win... because every time they get close someone says "Let's not let another previous player win."
Of course I can be wrong... just like the rice! LOL I said the show would replace it and not say anything... but the show did replace it and say something. I stand corrected... once again.... sigh....
Sh*t happens... but don't worry, it usually happens to me.


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October 27, 2011
Dirty Work: Dead Birds, Skulls, and Macerating Flesh
Today a small group of volunteers showed up at the Museum to gut, skin, flense, and macerate birds (flensing is the process of stripping an animal of its skin). It isn't because Halloween is next Monday; they actually do this every week.
Kimball Garrett, Ornithology Collections Manager, runs this unique volunteer program and supervises all gutting, skinning, and skeletonizing. Dead birds are acquired by the Museum through salvage on a regular basis and this group does the very dirty work of turning the limp lifeless carcasses into scientifically useful specimens that will live in the Museum's collection.
This Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, has just been gutted and had the carcass removed. Next it will be stuffed with cotton, mounted on a small wooden dowel, and ...
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Packers' Crosby aims to kick issues
Coaches focus on confidence problem
Green Bay - Maybe people didn't hear him the first time. On Monday, coach Mike McCarthy again made it clear where he stands.
"Mason Crosby is my kicker," the Green Bay Packers coach said. "So, we can just stop it right here."
So no Ryan Longwell. No Nate Kaeding. The Packers are standing by their $14.75 million kicker. Crosby's cold streak continued Sunday in Green Bay's 24-20 win over the Detroit Lions. After missing from 50 and 38 yards, Crosby has now made only 6 of his last 13 kicks.
The Packers say he's been sharp in practice. During the week, he's hitting the ball fine.
The challenge now may be getting Crosby back on track mentally. Since his rookie year in 2007, he's never been in a rut this bad, this deep.
"Mason really needs to trust his process," special teams coach Shawn Slocum said. "He has kicked thousands of kicks. He knows what to do. We need to go and have a good week of practice and he needs to start making field goals. And that's it."
Slocum is the one working with Crosby day in and day out. His message to Crosby? "Simplify the process."
Slocum doesn't want Crosby to be consumed by the result of a kick. And he doesn't want Crosby to over-think the minute details that go into each kick. It has to be a natural, free-flowing practice.
"If you think about a bunch of things prior to the kick then you can clutter your mind," Slocum said. "What he needs to do is just line up, kick the ball down the target line and I think it will fall into place and he'll make the kick."
Slocum scoffed at the notion of bringing in a kicking specialist.
"No. I do a lot of research," he said. "I think I can coach kickers with anybody. I do all that type of research. I have a career of coaching, coaching special teams; I don't feel a need to do that."
If you take the Packers at their word and actions, the full trust is there. Yes, McCarthy did decide to go for it on fourth and 4 early in the first quarter rather than attempt a 49-yard field goal. But the Packers also insist they would have let Crosby try from 58 yards if nobody jumped offsides on their fake-of-a-fake play later in the game.
Tight end Tom Crabtree shifted to draw the Lions offsides and was flagged himself for an abrupt shift.
"His range is greater than that," Slocum said. "He needed to make it through the uprights. Prior to that opportunity, he missed two. We still have confidence in him, and Mason's our kicker and we're going to try to get it right."
Slocum affirmed that Crosby is "strong mentally." And it probably helps that McCarthy instantly came to the kicker's defense after the Packers' win.
Green Bay typically sticks with its personnel through thick and thin. Rather than signing and releasing players through the course of the year, the Packers have preferred to trust their youth, player development and let players work through tough times. The Packers made an investment in Crosby, too. He re-signed with the team before the 2011 season at $14.75 million over five seasons.
"He has a job to do. He's not doing it," McCarthy said. "He recognizes it. I recognize it, and he'll work through it. I know he can do it."
Rodgers 'exceptional'
The Packers' offense only generated 17 points. Explosive plays were lacking. Statistically, by his standards, quarterback Aaron Rodgers had a very pedestrian day at Ford Field.
But that's not what McCarthy saw. On Monday, the coach went out of his way to say just how impressed he was with Rodgers' poise and execution in a difficult environment.
"I thought our quarterback was exceptional," McCarthy said. "When you think of Aaron Rodgers you think of big plays and tight spirals and just doing all these big things. A game like that for a quarterback is hard. I think that shows you the true character of a tough, championship quarterback, just to stay the course."
Rodgers finished 19 of 27 for 236 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. McCarthy expressed plenty of regret Monday with how he called the game. As the Lions kept two safeties far back and refused to blitz, the Packers continued to stick with the run. James Starks finished with 74 yards on 25 carries.
The offense was unable to stretch the field, and the reconfigured offensive line had rough moments. Against a two-deep shell like this, it can be difficult to stay patient. But when the game was on the line, Rodgers pulled through with a fourth-quarter comeback.
Eventually, he was able to take charge.
"He was productive, he was under pressure at times and he handled it well, didn't let it affect him," Clements continued. "When we needed him to play well at an important time, he did."
Hayward earning it
At some point, Charles Woodson (collarbone) will return and the Packers will have to decide who plays where.
It won't be easy. At Detroit, Green Bay's horde of first- and second-year defensive backs held Matthew Stafford to a paltry 54.0 passer rating. But after a fifth interception on the season and five pass break-ups, it's going to be awfully difficult to take Casey Hayward off the field.
Again, he was a difference-maker in Green Bay's defense.
"Guys make plays," defensive coordinator Dom Capers said, "we're going to try to find ways to get them on the field."
Hayward has 37 tackles, 14 break-ups and five interceptions. He started fast Sunday with a pair of break-ups on Detroit's first drive, anticipating and timing throws to Brandon Pettigrew and Calvin Johnson.
"I like the way our guys are responding at this point in time in terms of starting fast, whether it's at home or on the road," Capers said. "He had some really good plays those first couple of series."
Cornerback Davon House and safeties M.D. Jennings and Jerron McMillian all also made key plays Sunday. When Woodson and cornerback Sam Shields return, Capers will have difficult decisions to make.
"The more these guys play, the more confidence you have you can put them in those situations," Capers said.
Raji may be OK
The only injury to come out of Detroit shouldn't linger. Nose tackle B.J. Raji limped off the field in Detroit with an ankle injury, but McCarthy indicated that this one isn't as bad as the ankle injury that sidelined Raji for two games earlier this season.
No other injury updates were provided. Raji has 10 tackles in eight games this season.
More Green
In addition to anger over his own play-calling, McCarthy also wishes he would have used running back Alex Green more in Sunday's game. After averaging 19 carries per game over the last four contests, Green didn't touch the ball once Sunday. Starks received the full bulk of the carries.
"As far as our running game, we left a lot of production on the field was my conclusion after going through the tape and going through the grading sessions with the coaches," McCarthy said. "And frankly, Alex Green not getting carries was a poor performance by myself managing how we were running the ball. We'll continue forward working both James and Alex and get those guys ready in our preparation for the Giants."


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Pro Football Hall of Fame's Seniors Committee on Wednesday named defensive tackle Curley Culp and linebacker Dave Robinson as finalists for election into the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2013.
Culp and Robinson will join 15 modern-era candidates on the list of finalists from which the Class of 2013 will be selected on Feb. 2, 2013, the day before Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, La.
Even as Green Bay Packers fans welcomed Robinson's nomination, they complained that guard Jerry Kramer, most famous for his block on the winning touchdown against Dallas in the 1967 NFL Championship Game known as the Ice Bowl, was once again not named.
Culp is known as the NFL's first great nose tackle, and some say the best ever.
Robinson, a defensive linemen in college, was moved to outside linebacker and took pride in being one of the first black players at that position.
Culp was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round in 1968, but was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, where he played six seasons and became a key player in the Super Bowl IV championship.
Coach Hank Stram used Culp, an athletic former NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion at Arizona State, as a nose tackle in that game, creating a mismatch for the talented but undersized Minnesota Vikings center, Mick Tinglehoff.
That was really only the beginning. After being traded to the Houston Oilers in 1974, Culp made his biggest impact at nose tackle in defensive coordinator Bum Phillips 3-4 alignment. Culp was dominant in the middle and was named NFL's Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1975 by Newspaper Enterprise Association.
Culp was selected to six Pro Bowls and earned first-or second-team All Pro five times. He finished his NFL career with the Detroit Lions.
Robinson, the Packers' first round draft pick in 1963 out of Penn State, not only moved from his college position of defensive lineman to outside linebacker, but he also helped as a kicker, a position he had not played since high school.
"I wanted to do whatever I could to make myself valuable," Robinson said.
Robinson had rare athleticism for a 6-3, 245 pounder and made an immediate impact at linebacker alongside middle man Ray Nitschke. Robinson helped Green Bay to three consecutive NFL championships, including victories in Super Bowls I and II.
After 10 seasons with Green Bay, Robinson closed his career playing two more years with the Washington Redskins. He was selected to three Pro Bowls, earned All-NFL acclaim three times, and was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1960s. Robinson recorded 27 interceptions from his linebacker spot during a 155-game career.
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My guess is, the Phillies would be willing to trade just about everyone right now. And besides, basically everyone on the roster worth anything has popped up in the rumor mill this offseason. Add Jimmy Rollins to that list.
Via Buster Olney on Twitter, the Phillies are "very willing" to move Jimmy Rollins, after a report surfaced they were angling to deal Jonthan Papelbon last week. This wouldn't be an easy deal, either.
PHI has made clear to other teams, as it did during the summer, that it is very willing to move Jimmy Rollins. Has a no-trade clause, tho.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 16, 2013
Rollins, 35, has a full no-trade clause and is coming off one of the worst seasons of his career. Finding a motivated taker for his $11 million guaranteed might be hard to do. Rollins is also likely to achieve an $11 million fourth-year vesting option which goes into effect if he reaches 434 plate appearances this season.
If the final-year option does not vest, the Phillies will then hold an $8 million club option on Rollins. In the event that the Phillies decline that option, Rollins would then have a $5MM player option.
Rollins has made it known in the past that he isn't willing to go anywhere. A comment he made last season about wanting to stick around in Philadelphia to set team records was part of the motivation; and that rubbed some fans the wrong way.
Last season, Rollins hit .252 – his fifth consecutive season under .270 – with an OBP of .318. His .348 slugging percentage was by far the lowest total of his 13 full seasons in the majors, as was his 0.2 WAR.
Defensively, there are certainly cracks, but Rollins should still be considered an elite shortstop. His arm is strong and while his range isn't great, he's among the best.
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Boy I'll tell you. This Buster guy sure knows how to stir up crap from nothing. Last week it was Hamel's and Lee. This week it's Rollins. Next week it'll be a package of Howard, Papelbon and 5 minor leaguers to the Pirates for mini mart.
Please don't joke about a trade for mini mart, I don't wanna start having nightmares again…
A 73 win team should be very willing to trade anyone if it means making the team better.
So we are basically dangling our entire team. The problem is that no one wants our players at the salary they are being paid. Can we dangle Amaro over a pool of ill tempered sea bass?
Don't worry, I can't see how Amaro will make it beyond 2014. The driving factor, as usual in these cases, will be declining revenue. Of course, that is directly tied to the product on the field.
Dangle hell, throw him in!!!!!!!!!!!
We all know Jimmy is untradeable due to his 10/5 and contract. Important point here is the vesting option. He needs 434 PA. If we are again out of it in late June/early July, Jimmy should be replaced in everyday lineup by Freddy (especially if Jimmy is repeating his 2013 performance). This would not only prevent the option from vesting, but would let us know if Freddy could play everyday.
A nice thought, but it can't happen without grievences and possibly lawsuits from the player's union.
He's not untradeable if he waives his no-trade clause. Players have been known to change their minds.
Plus if he doesn't reach those plate appearances the team holds an 8 million option and if they decline jimmy then has a 5 million player option so if he wants another year he can still have it
I am quite for certain that if we examined the landscape of the NBA, where about 2 Eastern Conference teams have rental property above the .500 mark, or NHL, we'd find more similarities than this, but it pains me to write that the Phizzies are chock full of Siamese similarity to the other biggest joke in pro sports, the Dallas Cowboys. Most any right thinking citizen from Manyunk to the suburbs of Trenton would have intense hatred for the Cowboys, and just by nature of home town connection, a degree of adulation for the team guided by (pardon me while I cough), Ruben Amaro.
I mean, trade rumors are all talk,maybe based on sucking the lonely and bored into frivolous chit chat much of the time, but this latest Rollins mention, which might not be too true is more comedy by which to draw Phillie-Cowboy comparisons. It's like the way the rumors are aired and written, not only does Team Amaro wanna shop Hamels, Lee, Papelbon and Rollins, it comes across with such anxiousness and enthusiasm.
So it's all rhetoric for now, but the clear visibility of no plan is amazing. I mean truly amazing.
I almost don't even know if it might not be overly criticizing Jerrah Jones to put him in the same sentence as Ruben.
I'm finding it harder to believe I'll renew the MLB package for 2014. I mean how much comedy can you take? Even those right about Rube since quite a while ago probably didn't even know he was as bad as he's come across this off season.
The Phils and the Cowboys. This I swear is true.
I disagree about RAJ this off-season. In fact, I think that this has been his best off-season as GM. When I assess a GM, I like to do so on the basis of how he uses the resources afforded him. To me, RAJ's deserved a C- or worse for his first five off-seasons because he squandered (future 1st round draft picks) or under-utilized (prospects, payroll to spend while other teams were holding the line on salaries) the resources made available to him.
If I judge RAJ solely off the merits of this off-season, I do so on the basis that he seems to have been given last year's payroll figure as a target for this season. In that regard, it looks like he had about $33M to spend on tendering or not his arbitration-eligible players and filling holes. Judging from the fact that he gave out a 3 year deal, a 2 year deal and a 1 year deal, I also believe that management has kept him from signing any player for 2017 or beyond. In that realm, I find it hard to criticize the man for tendering offers to all of the arb-eligibles or for signing Byrd, Chooch and Hernandez. I also like the upside of the Lincoln trade, especially in light of how little they gave up. If I blame RAJ for anything, I blame him for the fact that he's primarily responsible for not properly using the competitive advantages that were bestowed upon him when he took over as GM, which has led to the team's current predicament. His prior stewardship led to the owners putting "handcuffs" on him, but I think he's done okay with the "handcuffs" on.
As far as the rumors are concerned, I also give RAJ a pass. When it comes to the Hamels and Lee rumors, he was quick to squash them as soon as he was asked about them. What I surmise happened there is that another team, probably one that was interested in trading for another SP (maybe David Price) floated that rumor. If another team called the Phillies and asked if Hamels and Lee are available, RAJ responded with something to the effect of "everyone's available for the right price (no pun intended)" and that team ran to Peter Gammons or Buster Olney and said "Hamels and Lee are available", what did RAJ do wrong? The Papelbon and Rollins rumors after different as I'm sure he would move either of them in a heartbeat if he could. RAJ is probably like a caged animal right now. It's not even January and he – according to my read of the situation – is at his budget limit unless he can free up some room by moving one of his bigger contracts.
tl;dr: RAJ's bad GM-ing has led management to restrict payroll this off-season and RAJ has done well considering the restrictions.
Trading Jimmy Rollins would make my day. The Phillies could play someone there that is for the team, not individual records.
I'm glad Rollins said that he wants to break Phillies records. I took it as he's proud and honored to have been with the Phillies organization long enough and played well enough to climb those lists, and to be remembered as an important part of this team. As he should be.
I haven't heard Chase Utley say that. Carlos Ruiz didn't say that. Neither did Shane Victorino. All of them said they wanted what was best for the TEAM. Rollins is all about what is best for him.
With all due respect, that's nonsense. It would be just silly for Utley to say anything like that, since he won't approach any significant team records (nor was Vic anywhere close). And Chooch's next hit will be the 700th of his career. Rollins got his 700th hit 9 years ago, when Ruiz was in AA. And Ruiz and Rollins were born two months apart.
What I heard in Rollins' statement is that the Phillies are the only team he's ever known, and now that he's so close to achieving something historic with that team, he's not interested in throwing all that away.
Funny, what i heard was…"There are still a couple of things I'd like to be No. 1 in for this organization, so until those things are done, I'm not going anywhere," Rollins said."
Yeah, I thought what he actually said was well established. I was relaying what I thought was behind the words.
Boy, all the Jimmy Rollins haters are gonna have a field day with this one…
Basically, Jimmy Rollins became the "face of the franchise" way back when he declared the Phillies to be the "team to beat" way back in the winter of 2007. Seven years later, the frustration of the fanbase often gets directed towards Jimmy. I think the "haters" just realize that the proverbial window of opportunity closed two seasons ago. That being said, does it really make sense for the organization to be allocating $26 million to a declining middle infield or to a $25 million firstbaseman who should be a platoon player? Is spending $20 million this year for the 1-2 punch of Adams & Papelbon borderline insanity? If the sole purpose of sticking with these players is to "fill seats", then the organization has lost focus of the big picture. Amaro should be looking at the next chapter, not trying to hang on to past glory. At this point, how much worse would this team actually be with Galvis starting at SS? Would they be a 72 win team instead of a 73 win team? Couldn't all those extra millions be allocated more wisely?
Rollins "hating" doesn't have as much to do with Jimmy then it does with the actual state of the franchise. He's become the lightening rod for the frustration of the fanbase.
Actually, I know a lot of people that don't like Rollins. It has nothing to do with the state of the franchise. They don't like him for all of the reasons we've mentioned over the years on this site and others. Lack of hustle and selfishness are the main issues and they'll never go away. They're not good qualities to have in life no matter what your occupation.
@Chris, regarding "lack of hustle and selfishness":
My take is the lack of hustle is way overblown. He hustles on the field, he hustles on the bases, he works hard to keep himself in shape and healthy. The fact that he doesn't run out some (perhaps many) balls that look like sure outs, when it makes zero difference the vast majority of the time, is not an attractive trait, and it would be more satisfying as a fan if he (and all the many other players who do this) ran every one of them out. But to me it's an issue of style rather than substance, and it's not something I put a lot of importance in. Your mileage may vary, as they say.
As for "selfishness", if this is any different than a player who wants to play every day, I don't see it.
His name "popped up" that was witty
Once again this is information gathering on the part of the "o r g a n I z a t i o n" (as Flyers spokespeople say).
Probably wont happen unless Jimmy wants to leave. Dont see that happening right now.
this has as much basis as a Howard Eskin reported rumor. Rollins ain't going anywhere, and if replaced by Galvis the only thing gained is lower payroll. Galvis and Rollins would probably play to the same WAR value. They both have upside and both do help the team.
Rule of thumb: Pay no attention to a "journalist" who can fit his entire body of knowledge in a single tweet.
"A journalist is a reporter out of a job."
– M. Twain
They have to throw stuff out there like this when there's nothing else to talk about. Flyers and Sixers stink, so our sports coverage is kind of limited other than the Eagles.
I honestly think that there are two J-Rolls- the one who gives a damn and the one who does not. Last year we saw the latter but there is simply no way in hell that Freddy Galvis in a full season has the potential of the former.
Galvis obviously will never produce at a 2007/2008 Rollins level, but how about a 2013 (0.2 WAR) Rollins level? If he can do that, doesn't it make more sense to have the $500,000 player at that production rather than the $11 million player?
Yeah galvis will never be Rollins in his prime, but Rollins' prime has long since past…
It's possible this past season was an anomaly but it's also possible that he is on a decline, which seems more likely for a 35 year old shortstop…
On the other hand galvis is nowhere near a dynamic player like jimmy Rollins once was but he does show glimpses of being an offensive threat, galvis is a defensive wizard, and he does have pop offensively, he just needs to make more consistent contact to be an everyday player….
Rollins' 2013 WAR was 1.6 according to fangraphs. As for whether he's on a decline, of course he is, and every player in their 30s is almost by definition in decline. However the decline phase is almost always an up-and-down affair, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he bounced back some in 2014.
I know of three projections so far for 2014, and they show Rollins with 1.9 WAR (Steamer), 2.1 (ZiPS), and 2.3 (Oliver).
Forget WAR for a minute.. On just the "intangibles" alone …RIGHT NOW I would take Jimmy Rollins over Freddy Galvis EVERY SINGLE DAY. That's not to say that Freddy COULDN'T fill the role….to a point…. I just think that Rollins over the course of the whole season is gonna give you more. Maybe I'm wrong. Just my opinion.
Just to clear my statement up.. Bottom line unless something ridiculously crazy happens my 2014 starting shortstop is Rollins… I think galvis still needs work offensively if it's possible, hopefully he hasn't reached his pinnacle….
I am "very willing" to trade Buster Olney and all his rumor brethren for a bag of beans.
I pity those that are near you after you consume that bag of beans.
Ha! me too.
Bag of beans? I don't think you'd find anyone who'd even give you a bag of dog turds for Olney and his ilk. I know I wouldn't.
I've defended Jimmy so many times on here… he has been without question one of the most consistent players on this team over the period of time that encompasses the best decade in franchise history. The only player I'd place ahead of him in terms of consistency is Chase. J-Roll posted a WAR total of 32 between 2004 (when Howard came up) and 2011 (the year before the wheels began to fall off). He had one seasons with a WAR total below 2 (1.7 in 2009) and only one season where he had fewer than 625 AB's (394 in 2010). And for what it's worth, he's a borderline Hall of Famer (his HOFm score is 104, although I'd say he still has work to do there).
He should break the all-time franchise hit record and I would ask, why don't we get behind him? Why can't we support him as he approaches that mark? The deeper question – and this is an indictment against our fan base in the worst way – why can't we support our own?
If J-Roll was a Yankee, like Jorge Posada, there would be so much support for him as a Hall of Famer (just check out the dozens of articles out there which support Jorge) and yet we BLAST a player like Rollins because he doesn't always run out meaningless ground ball outs. It's insane… we put certain run-through-a-wall types on a pedestal and suffer through the pain of losing while they're on the DL but can't see the merit behind a player like J-Roll not pulling his groin running full bore to first base on a meaningless ground ball. He's the only one of this bunch that has a chance to break that record and in my opinion, I'd rather see a member of this group own that mark than anyone else. And further, he's probably the only one of this bunch that has a chance of making it into Cooperstown… now, I ask you, how would you feel if this team had no representation in the Hall of Fame?
Chase actually has as good of a chance as Rollins, if not better… while Chase's HOFm score is lower, his other marks (WAR, WAR7, JAWS) are better. Unfortunately for Chase, the HOF voting brethren don't typically lean on advances metrics and I really think they both have some work to do. If you look at Chase's number in context with other 2B, he belongs but when you sort of glance at his numbers – black ink, hardware, lack of longevity – he doesn't have a strong case. Rollins has the other stuff and that's what makes him a candidate. It will be interesting to see which way the voters go with those two…
I think that based on the current makeup and mindset of the BBWAA, you're right, they will be more impressed by Rollins' counting stats than Utley's WAR. But I think some of that will change by the time they become eligible in 7-8 years or so. As sabermetrics continue making inroads into the mainstream, Utley will look better at the expense of players like Rollins.
I wrote a piece about Rollins' chances before the season started, and my take on it was that his chances would be less than 50-50.
I wholeheartedly agree that we as a fan base should be behind Jimmy 100%. Yeah, I don't always like his lack of hustle either. And I get frustrated with his lack of offense at times. It's infuriating when he pops up with RISP. BUT…when he does get that big hit it's about as electrifying as it can possibly get. Jimmy has that crazy ability to electrify the crowd like no one else on this team can and it has a definite effect on the team and the clubhouse. As Jimmy goes so does the club.
As for the HOF discussion, I feel that two more solid seasons and he is more than entitled to be seriously in the conversation. I do think Chase has a bit more work to do than Jimmy and I'm afraid he may fall a little short. We shall see…
These are the saddest of possible words:
Rollins to Utley to Howard.
Trio of Phillies, and fleeter than birds,
Rollins and Utley and Howard.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double —
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
"Rollins to Utley to Howard.
Just doesn't have the same ring to it, Schmenk.
But if it will help sway the HOF voters, I'll come up with something.
wbramh—Nicely done, love it!
Chuck A.—speaking of electrifying hits, how about that triple in the last game of 2007? Chills for me.
Well done.
OCP – We agree on most of your opinion, but I gotta say you lost me at "If J-Roll was a Yankee". Sure they look back fondly on Posada now, just as we do at certain players. But plenty of their players came under the wrath of the back page of their fish wrap and fans in the seats while they were playing- just as some of our guys do now. I'm tired of the poor image of the Philadelphia sports fan, I think it's a bad rap.
Trust me, the "bronx cheer" didn't originate here.
Very true indeed. Well said. Philly may be a tough town but, trust me, Boston and NYC are just as tough…if not tougher. But…you know…we booed the Pope and Santa Claus so there ya go.
Chuck, I believe it's time for us Philadelphians to clear the air on certain historical events.
First the "Santa Claus" snowballing incident:
The national news media made much hay of it, obviously in the mistaken belief it was the real Santa Claus (Edmund Gwenn) when it was in fact a drunk impostor with a pillow on top of his already immense belly. Just watching on the TeeVee, you could see the fraud immediately, as did the good Philadelphia defenders of Christmas manning the stands.
As for the Pope, okay, the boos may have been a bit over the top but when was the last time the Pope scored over 100 RBIs?
At least we didn't have to overpay for a lousy team like the Yankees did last year.
Okay, strike that, too.
What I meant was, at least our river never caught on fire like Cleveland's did… There!
Ahh…the grand old Cuyahoga. Yeah, that river was and still is a mess. According to the little bit that I read, the river was so polluted at one point that "the reach from Akron to Cleveland was completely devoid of any fish". Further, "those reaches that were devoid of fish now support something like 44 species, the most common being the hogsucker and the spotfin shiner". (certainly not something that I'd want on my dinner table!).
So yeah, I guess we have that over Cleveland… Still, would you eat anything that comes out of the Delaware?? …
I'd love to see Rollins break all the franchise records that are within his reach, but I value the future of the franchise more. It sounds like people are saying Rollins (or Utley, Howard, and Ruiz) should finish their careers here based on past accomplishments and that warm fuzzy feeling from 2008. Is that at the expense of the team's future??
You're telling me that if Hanley Ramirez broke an ankle in June and the Dodgers were desperate enough to offer someone like Joc Pederson or Alexander Guerrero for Rollins that you'd turn it down just to see Rollins break a team record? That seems absurd to me.
That's all most people are saying. Paying loyalty to fading stars has Amaro stuck in a trap, and it's not making the organization as a whole better positioned for future seasons.
Justin – "It sounds like people are saying Rollins (or Utley, Howard, and Ruiz) should finish their careers here based on past accomplishments and that warm fuzzy feeling from 2008."
Can you point to who specifically said something like this? I don't recall seeing it.
Also, "Paying loyalty to fading stars has Amaro stuck in a trap, and it's not making the organization as a whole better positioned for future seasons."
I don't consider either the Howard, Rollins, or Utley contracts to be "loyalty".
…or Ruiz, for that matter.
I'd love to Jimmy…and Chase and Ryan and Chuckand Big Ed and Whitey and Robbie and Johnny and Steve and Schmtty and…
Well you get my point.
But speaking of points, at some point we have to be realists and appreciate the fact that the potential for future stars to sing praises to and write poems about hinges on young talent and not on 10 or 15 35-year old ex-stars from other teams who may or may not have anything left in the tank.
If the Phillies made a couple of these acquisitions (which they did) to shore up some weak areas, fine but they've done it while not only holding on too long to their own aging stars but also in the absence of recruiting (and holding on to) young talent.
In short, the team has been stripped of its future glory – stripped of the names other cities' fan will now speak in honored hushed tones.
Unfortunately, few teams in baseball are looking for a shortstop this year and most of those who were have already made their commitments. You can be sure that Rollin's signing extension is a part of what kept them from calling or knocking on Ruben's door at the Dolphin. In the meantime the wear and tear of time will make Jimmy that much less attractive to a team in the hunt – a team who might trade away a young Wacha or Sanddberg for the opportunity to have a 30-something J-Roll round with some defensive skills intact round out their pennant-contending team. Certainly, the same holds true for Utley and Howard albeit complicated by serious injuries at the very time their trade value would have been at the highest point. To be fair to the Phillies management, if they were thinking about moving their stars, and that's unknown, it would have been difficult at best.
Still, I can't help but imagine where the team would be situated for 2015 or 2016 if they had received a handful of promising young kids in return for each of three or four aging stars and a few still functional journeymen with a year or two left on their treads. With smart scouting they'd probably have the foundation for a new dynasty and fans would someday be singing praises to those names in Philadelphia instead of St. Louis, or Boston… or Houston – names like Whitey, Schmitty, J-Roll. Chase and 'The Big Piece."
That first sentence should have read, "I'd love to KEEP Jimmy" etc
Also, the sentence "You can be sure that Rollin's signing extension is a part of what kept them from calling" should have read " You can be sure that Rollins not be on the block at the time, like the Utley signing extension, is part of what kept them for calling."
Obviously, Jimmy was still under his previous contract.
Sorry – bizarre keyboard issues. Time for another replacement.
Never mind. Even my correction got messed up.
Hopefully, you got the idea.
Time to visit the "genius bar" at my local Apple Store.
wbramh… that was as awesome poem and I thank you for sharing.
As for my comment about Rollins not being appreciated or supported enough here (or not as much as he would be in NY)… that wasn't supposed to lead into snowballs at Santa Claus… the national media misportrays our fan base as barbaric and that could not be farther from the truth. We're knowledgeable, passionate and very demanding. That combination lends itself to some ugly things… in proper context, our actions as a fan base are rarely out of line. But the one thing that you can't deny is that we don't appreciate what we've got til it's gone… and even then, it often takes us a lot of time to admit that we had something great. There are so many examples of this being true and it's why superstars rarely make it here. We simply don't give our guys any slack and that's a difficult thing to deal with, especially in baseball where a position player will fail in more than half of his at bats. Just think about all of the stars and coaches that we've alienated… I don't need to list them. Ask yourself, besides Whitey, who has retired from here under great terms? A lot of fans have yet to warm up to Cole Hamels. Why? Because he's perceived as "not tough enough." If he blows a lead or goes through a dead arm period, he gets crushed… why? Because he's not one of "us." We overvalue grit and undervalue talent… make no mistake, talent is more important. We have a short-term memory when it comes to performance and a long-term memory when it comes to missed assignments and lack of hustle plays… we don't let guys off the hook for lack of hustle (see Jackson, DeSean) but wouldn't you rather have the guy who is consistently really good and screws up once in a while (than the guy who looks great for a short period and is sort of mediocre the rest – always giving it his all, which unfortunately isn't good enough)? Case and point Mickey Morandini… no one will have a bad thing to say about Mickey Morandini in this town because he "tried his best" and there will be guys that will probably go from here to baseball reference to try to validate why Morandini was as good as Rollins but let me save you a trip… Rollins is five times the player that Morandini was. Talk about short-term memory… that whole team had one good season and yet you'd think they won back to back World Series. Again, I'm not saying we shouldn't love that team but I'm just sort of perplexed as to why we don't scream from the mountain tops about how good our guys are when our players need us to do that.
Chuck, thanks for the compliment on the poem but it was no more than a dirty steal on my part from Franklin Pierce Adams' "Baseball's Sad Lexicon," the great tribute, Tinker, Evers and Chance. As Schmenk pointed out in his article on Rollins, he hasn't benefitted by being immortalized in poetry or song like some other shortstops.
As for Philadelphia fans, I couldn't agree more. We eat most of our stars alive in every sport.
And as for the national media and their perpetual "Santa got snow-balled in Philly" references, it's lamer than "Philadelphia – oh yeah, they have cheesesteaks." (which the idiots also focus on) but at least it's an ongoing tradition. Santa doesn't get pelted here every season. But maybe we should make it a tradition just to give them something to write about. Better yet, pelt their broadcast booth!
Hey I'm proud to be a phan…IMO the snowballs at Santa and all the other rumors (and/or facts) I actually wear it like a badge- hey that's part of loving Teams from Philly – so much heartbreak- even more bitching-but damned if we aren't the loyalist of fans


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About the Author: William J. Burns serves as Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
Angola factors significantly in our thinking about strategic partnerships in Africa. The continent's second largest oil producer, a major home for U.S. investment, and an increasingly significant regional player, Angola has put its long civil war behind it and provides an example of reconciliation and rebuilding for the rest of the continent. During my April 21-22 visit to Luanda, I could see that the boom continues, with construction cranes all over the skyline, but growth has come with some real challenges, like a staggering cost of living, that we want to help Angola surmount.
While I was in Luanda, we took a few more tangible steps forward in our growing relationship with Angola, building on the visit of Secretary Clinton last August. The Transportation Minister and I signed a new bilateral air transport agreement, which opens the door to commercial links. I discussed with Angola's President and Foreign Minister how we can best advance our long-term relationship through a new Strategic Partnership Dialogue. I also met with the head of Angola's largest opposition party to talk about Angola's path towards democracy, among other issues.
I am convinced that the American people can be instrumental in helping Angola make progress. Our health programs continue to produce results, and the Angolans were particularly appreciative of our contribution to their accomplishment in cutting in half the number of Angolan children who die from malaria each year. I spoke with a number of American and Angolan business people about the opportunities for U.S. companies in Angola. Its vast and untapped agricultural potential, with only 5 percent of its 35 million hectares of arable land currently under cultivation, could eventually serve as a breadbasket for the sub-region. U.S. firms have done well in the oil sector, but many other possibilities exist.
It was also a pleasure to meet with the American men and women, civilian and uniformed, who serve our country overseas. Angola offers many challenges for these dedicated public servants, but our diplomats and local staff continue to work hard because they understand that Angola is a place that matters. I am proud of them.
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A used book sale will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today and Saturday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library.
The sale is being conducted by the Friends of the Library.
Big fish
A chance to get hooked at the annual Biggest Catfish Challenge Derby is 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday at Oasis State Park.
Registration is at 4:30 p.m. and will end at 8 p.m.
The derby is open to all ages and anyone 12 or older must have a valid state fishing license.
Kitchen tip
A bay leaf added to the flour container will keep the flour free from moisture.
Today in history
On this day in 1969, America's first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, N.Y.
ATMs went on to revolutionize the banking industry, eliminating the need to visit a bank to conduct basic financial transactions.
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Today — Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south.
Tonight — Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph.


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This survey was conducted following the 1972 parliamentary elections in Italy. A representative stratified national sample was drawn from lists of voters in electoral precincts across the country. The interviews focused on respondents' political interest, behavior and attitudes, their party identification and organizational memberships, trust, in government, reaction to the multi-party system, and views on left-right political differences. Demographic information about respondents includes age, occupation, full-time work status, and profession and political beliefs of father.
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"No Man Knows the Day or the Hour" Except Maybe Tupac
Why anyone gifted enough to become a Major League Baseball player would ever give it all up to pursue a priesthood that follows an entity as tangible as the tooth fairy is certainly a question I cannot answer.
Perhaps Grant Desme can.
Because after a promising minor league career in the Oakland A's organization, Desme got a call from God (I hope it wasn't a collect call 'cuz gee whiz the sky is way high up and way far away!) and now he's leaving baseball all together… to become a priest.
Yeah. Okay. Have fun with that, dude.
If you can, Mr. Desme, please hurry up and learn all there is to learn about the church so you can answer the questions this guy can't:
First of all, Tupac did know he was gonna die. He also knew he was gonna die young. He said it many times. And it's on the internet.
Secondly, being a black man does not automatically make you an authority on Tupac. I am white; but I know more about Tupac than I do about myself. So eat it, pal.
And finally, if you have watched "all the videos on Tupac" you would know that Tupac prophesied his own, early, tragic death… that he and Jesus are in the same category (both saviors to many, both prolific speakers, both attained mythic status), only we have more proof that Tupac rose from the dead than we do Jesus.
Grant Desme, you have a lot of work ahead of you in setting the story straight. Good luck, and hopefully we will all meet up at that great "gangsta party" in the sky.
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
P.S. I really appreciate the idea of you all helping me find a woman to take out on a date. That is very kind of you; maybe I should help Allen find a boyfriend on the internet. It's been a while since he's dated a real nice guy, you know, so maybe I should help him out. I mean, that's what friends are for.
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Ok, Jeff, this guy on the video – if he was comparing Jesus with DMX (Earl Simmons) instead, I'd be rolling even harder!
And, Desme – retirement for how many years of service?!? NONE in the MLB! Oh, Jesus Chr…
What a Moron. On the bright side, it'll be one less idjit pointing up at the sky after on-field accomplishments that have nothing to do with imaginary friends.
Who the frack is 'Tupac'?
What Desme decided to do is definitely thought provoking. Only he knows why.
Randy — D-M-X, AND MY DAWGS BITE!
Jonestein — Idjit… I like that one. I'd like to thank my family and god, the man upstairs, for enlightening me to "idjit". lol.
Michael — Hahaha! That's what my teachers said when I was bringing his music to class in jr. high.
Cat — It's his decision. I won't judge… but I know I wouldn't have done it. Wish I could trade places with the guy!
Cici — Yep. Nothin' happenin… especially if your name is Johnny Damon🙂
The really appalling part was that it was "major news" on MLB. It just goes to show that absolutely nothing is happening. That and "Emo A-Roid Cries Over New York Baseball Writers' Award While Sounding Thouroughly Conceited".
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA….where do they find these people? Bob Marley is the true savior and one day he will let down his dreads so we can all climb to the promised land.
Oh yeah…almost forgot…I know this really, really NICE guy that your friend might be interested in…just playin'. Congrats on the #2 fellas.
lol, you guys could start your own dating site. The first ever on MLBlogs.com. (lame Joke..)
EZ_Mac — Haha! I'm sure Al will want to know more about this "guy"…
Indians — Good call. Let's see if we can find some funding for that😉
WOW! This is like coming to a Grand Jury sequestered in Animal House. I told you these guys make your medulla oblongata tingle. Karl Marx said "Religion is the opiate of the Masses" – Don't hate him cause he was right also.


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The state held the Financial Literacy Fair on Wednesday at Tamarind Park in Downtown Honolulu.
The goal is to help you hang on to your money. Non-profits and agencies like AARP Hawaii and the Better Business Bureau were there with valuable advice.
"Check to be sure that your investment advisor or your broker dealers are registered with our office. That's a really important part," said Investor Education Specialist Theresa Kong Kee. "And when you are investing your money, you want to watch it to make sure not only are they watching it, but you are also watching and protecting it."
Organizers hope that those who attended left with more tools to help make wise financial decisions.


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I'm currently producing a few ounces more a day than I can get the DD to eat, so I've been pumping about once a day to siphon off the excess. I've been freezing it, but it's starting to pile up -- I'm running out of "disposable" bottles, and didn't have much luck with the ice cube tray method.
I don't think I'm making enough to be of any real use to a milk bank, and I don't want to subject myself to all the excessive testing rigamarole, especially since I just got a clean bill of health when I gave birth.
SO... please don't delete this post, BUT, I would like to start a CALM, RATIONAL discussion of the pros and cons of selling excess milk locally on my own. I AM NOT OFFERING THE MILK FOR SALE HERE. SERIOUSLY. NOT KIDDING.
I just want to get other input on the idea; I have the milk, it's going to get freezer burn before I expect to have real use for it, and I feel that if I can help out somebody else with supply issues or who's feeding mostly formula now, we could both benefit.
I made a similar post on the old forums, but LLL changed board providers before it got read very much. Hopefully, we can have an intelligent discussion here.
P.S.: I found this interesting:
The response from the LLL chick almost sounds like she supports the idea of actually "assigning value" to milk as a product. What a concept!!!


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So, you want to know a little more about Kyle, Texas? That's why you clicked here! We can't say we blame you — it's a very cool town.
Kyle was founded in 1880. The town was named after Fergus Kyle, the son of Claiborne Kyle who moved here from Tennessee. Under the famed Auction Oak Tree, plats of land were auctioned off to several hundred folks who became the town's first citizens.
My, how we've grown! In 2016, Kyle was the second largest city in Hays County with a population of 36,800. Population estimates put Kyle at 55,000 by 2030.
With easy access to locales north and south, Kyle is a major city on the I-35 corridor in Central Texas. It's home to Seton Medical Center Hays, Hays CISD administrative offices, Austin Community College Hays, several medical facilities, and H-E-B Plus, major retailers, numerous restaurants and many homegrown businesses.
Here are some cool Kyle tidbits:
- Kyle got its first stoplight in 2007.
- Kyle is 30.4 square miles, with 185.5 miles of roadway and more than 600 acres of beautiful park land.
- Kyle is a Home Rule city. Residents elect the mayor and city council, but a city manager, Scott Sellers, runs the city's day-to-day operations. He does so with a $79 million operating budget.
- Our Parks and Recreation department offers community events including Market Days, Founders Parade, Santa's Arrival and Tree Lighting, Polar Bear Splash, Easter Eggstravaganza, and our annual July 4th Fireworks.
- Signature special events include Kyle Field Day, Kyle Hogwash and Hops & Jalapenos.
- Kyle is now home to the Central Texas Lobos, a semi-professional soccer team.
- Kyle is also a good place for business. The city houses many businesses and with an educated population, there's plenty of room for growth.
Movies at the Lake
DUE TO WEATHER, THE AUGUST 19th MOVIE IN THE PARK WILL BE AT GREGG-CLARKE PARK
Bring your blanket and snacks and meet your friends at Lake Kyle.
The City of Kyle Parks and Recreation Department has a movie screen that is 32.1' x 24' x 16'. The viewable screen size is 26' x 15' with a 30 Ft. diagonal!
Movies begins after sunset and are shown at the amphitheater at Lake Kyle* (click here for directions and map).
All movies are rated G or PG, and are free to the public. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and snacks.
Movies at the Lake takes place at Lake Kyle Park (700 Lehman Rd), except the "Dive Inn" movie which is at Kyle Pool.
2016 Season
July 8**- Hotel Transylvania 2
July 29 (Dive-In Movie at the Pool) - "Happy Feet"
This is the "Dive-Inn" movie at the pool. Space is limited to the first 230 free tickets handed out that evening. Complete details at Kyle Pool webpage (click here)
August 19** - "Inside Out"
(Click on movie poster to see the information & website for that movie)
* When Lake Kyle is too wet or muddy to show the movie, it will be moved to Gregg-Clarke Park. Please check website day of movie for changes.
** Weather delays will be rescheduled to the following day or following weekend. Please check website day of movie for changes.
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|Commissioned Papers and Reports
|Book Chapters
|Other Creative Works
|Unpublished Papers
|Refereed Journal Articles and Papers
|Teaching Materials
|Un-refereed Papers
|Conference Papers Published in Proceedings
Cooper, L., Lawson, M. & Orrell, J. (1997) Raising Issues about Teaching: Views of Academic Staff at Flinders University Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching, Flinders University Press, Adelaide. ISBN 0-7258-0633-8 (201 Pages)
Cooper, L. & Briggs, L. eds (2000) The Human Services Practicum. Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Book Chapters
Morrish, L. (1974), 'Rural poverty in the Fitzroy Basin', in Australian Council of Social Services, Poverty the ACOSS Evidence, Star Press, Sydney.
Barber, J. & Cooper, L. (1996) 'Current Trends in the Education of Australian Social Workers' in Lesnik, B. (ed) Change in Social Work. Arena, Aldershot.
Cooper, L. (1998) A Collaborative and Interactive Pedagogy for Social Development in Fernandez, E. et al (eds) Women Participating in Global Change. IASSW and Women's Symposium (Hong Kong) Publications Committee, Sydney. (pages 11-20)
Cooper, L. and Briggs, L. (2000) 'Overview of teaching, learning and assessment in the field' in Cooper, L. & Briggs, L. eds The Human Services Practicum. Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Cooper, L. (2000) 'Teaching and learning in human services' in Cooper, L. & Briggs, L. eds The Human Services Practicum. Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Hopkins, J. and Cooper, L. (2000) 'The competency approach' in Cooper, L. & Briggs, L. eds The Human Services Practicum. Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Briggs, L. and Cooper, L. (2000) 'Overview of responsibilities of fieldwork management' in Cooper, L. & Briggs, L. eds The Human Services Practicum. Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Briggs, L. and Cooper, L. (2000) 'Overview of practical suggestions' in Cooper, L. & Briggs, L. eds The Human Services Practicum. Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Cooper, L. & Searston, P. (2002) 'Practice teaching using the case record' in Shardlow, S. and Doel, M. Learning to Practise Social Work: International Approaches. Jessica Kingsley, London.
Cooper, L. (2001) 'Supervision in social work: a social justice perspective' in McMahon, M and Patton, W. Supervision in the Helping Professions: a practical approach. Pearson Educational Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW.
Cooper, L. Rigney, D. (2004) 'Preparing for practice' in Maidment, J. and Egan, R. Learning Practice Skills for Social Work and Welfare. Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Cooper, L. and Rigney, D. Preparing for practice in Maidment, J. and Egan, R. Learning Practice Skills for Social Work and Welfare. Allen and Unwin, Sydney (second edition) submitted.
Morrish, L. et al (1975), The Australian Assistance Plan Discussion Paper No. 2, Australian Council of Social Services, Sydney. ISBN 0 85871 044 7 (pages 1- 14)
Sutherland Shire Community Directory (1975) Cronulla Printing, Cronulla. (pages 107)
Cooper, L. (1988) 'Is prevention a useful concept in the area of child abuse?' Flinders Studies in Policy and Administration, No. 5, The Social Context of Child Abuse, School of Social Sciences, Adelaide. ISSN 0818 299X (Pages 45-72)
Cooper, L. and Anglem, J. (2001) Clinical Supervision in Mental Health. Australian Community Services Research Centre, Adelaide. (Pages 96)
Cooper, L. and Morris, M. (2003) Positioning Paper: Sustainable Tenancy for Indigenous Women, AHURI, Melbourne. (pages 53) http://www.ahuri.edu.au/global/docs/40158_pp_sustaintenancy.pdf
Cooper, L. and Morris, M. (2005) Final Report: Sustainable Tenancy for Indigenous Women,
http://www.ahuri.edu.au/global/docs/doc786.pdf?CFID=139112&CFTOKEN=59367727 (141 pages)
Cooper, L. (2004) Identifying and resolving dilemmas in working with women with complex needs. Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services, Sheltered Accommodation Program. http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/VIA/saap/$File/wdvs_aug04.pdf
Flatau,P. McGrath, N. Tually, S. Cooper, L. Morris, M. Adam, M. Marinova, D. and Beer, A. (2004) Indigenous Access to Mainstream Public and Community Housing: Positioning Paper, AHURI. http://www.ahuri.edu.au/global/docs/doc735.pdf
Cooper, L. and Morris, M. (2005) Issue 56: How to help individuals and families into stable accommodation and sustainable tenancy. Research and Policy Bulletin. AHURI, Melbourne http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?ShowSearch=False&Search=Properties&Keywords=Cooper&Search-Author=True&Sort=Search-Title&Direction=DESC#results
Cooper, L. Verity, F. & Masters, M. (2005) Housing People with Complex Needs, SA Government Department of Families and Communities and Southern AHURI, Adelaide.
Flatau, P. Cooper, L. McGrath, N. Morris, M. Adam, M and Beer, A. (2005) Indigenous Access to Mainstream Housing, Final Report. http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?ShowSearch=False&Direction=DESC&Keywords=Flatau&Search=Properties&Search-Author=True&Sort=Search-Title&CurrentPage=2
Cooper, L. Verity, F. and Bull, M. (2005) Good Practices and Pitfalls in Community-Based Capacity Building and Early Intervention Projects: A toolkit. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
Flatau, P. and Cooper, L. (2005) Issue 65: Indigenous access to mainstream public and community housing. Policy and Research Bulletin. AHURI, Melbourne. http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?ShowSearch=False&Direction=DESC&Keywords=Flatau&Search=Properties&Search-Author=True&Sort=Search-Title&CurrentPage=3
Flatau, P. Martin, R., Zaretsky, K., Haig, Y., Brady, M., Cooper, L., Edwards, D. Goulding, D., (2006). The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of homelessness prevention and assistance programs .Positoning Paper. AHURI, Melbourne. http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?ShowSearch=False&Direction=DESC&Keywords=Flatau&Search=Properties&Search-Author=True&Sort=Search-Title&CurrentPage=3
Refereed Journal Articles and Papers
Cooper, L. (1991) 'Adult Discharge Planning and Nursing Home Placement: A Study of Risk Factors for Quality Assurance', Australian Clinical Review, 11, 95-102.
Cooper, L. (1991) 'Starting in the Middle: Social Work and Quality Assurance', Australian Clinical Review, 11, 82-86.
Cooper, L. (1992) 'Managing to Survive: Competence and Skills in Social Work', Issues in Social Work Education, 12, 2-25.
Cooper, L. (1993) 'Quality Assurance in Australia: Opportunities for Improvement in Social Work Practice', Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 4, 163-174.
Cooper, L. (1993) 'A Word Salad: 'Enterprise Based Competencies in Child Protection' Children Australia, 18, 26-30.
Cooper, L. (1994) 'The Development and Demise of Competency Standards in Australia', Social Work Review, 6, 19-27.
Cooper, L. (1994) 'The "Case" of Field Education: The Need for a Paradigm Shift', Advances in Social Work Education, Heads of Schools of Social Work in Australia & AASWWE, Monash University, Melbourne.
Cooper, L. (1994) 'Improved Assessment Practices in Field Education', in Ife, J. (ed) Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, University of Western Australia, Perth
Cooper, L. (1994) 'Critical Story Telling in Social Work Education', Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, 34, 131-141.
Cooper, L. (1995) 'Social Justice and Rationing in Field Education' Social Work Education, 14:30-45
Cooper, L. & Foward, A. (1996) 'A Code of Conduct for Students and Field Educators' Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, AASWWE, Melbourne.
Cooper, L. & Crisp, B. (1998) 'Field Educator Turnover: A Challenge to the Quality of Field Education', Asia Pacific Journal for Social Work 8: 89-105
Crisp, B. & Cooper, L. (1998) 'Women's Work in a Women's Profession' Women in Welfare Education 3: 3-8
Cooper, L. (1998) 'I'm Scared I'm a Wimp: 'Supervision a Social Critical Approach' Practice, 10:27-36
Crisp, B. R. and Cooper, L. (1998) 'The Content of Supervision Scale: An Instrument to Screen the Suitability of Prospective Supervisors of Social Work Student Practicums' Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 17:201 211
Cooper, L. (1998) 'Field education: who fails: the student, the supervisor or the university?' Social Work Review, X (2)13-19.
Cooper, L. (1999) 'Pedagogical Approaches to Student Supervision in Social Work' in Yarrow, A. and Millwater, J. Research Monograph: No 3. Practical Experiences in Professional Education, QUT, Brisbane.
Delfabbro, P.H., Barber, J., and Cooper, L. L (2000) Placement disruption and dislocation in South Australian substitute care. Children Australia 25(2) 16-21
Barber, J., Delfabbro, P.H., and Cooper, L. L. (2000) Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal 'Children in Out-of-Home Care, Children Australia 25 (3) 5-10
Burford, S. and Cooper, L. (2000) 'Online development using WebCT - A faculty managed process for quality' Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 16 (3) 201-214.
Cooper, L. (2000) 'Disturbing our views of the social work placement' Social Work Review, XII 17-22
Cooper, L. (2001) 'Teaching controversial issues on-line' New Technology in the Human Services 13(3-4):11-21
Barber, J., Delfabbro, P.H., and Cooper, L. L. (2001) The predictors of unsuccessful transition to foster care. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 42: 785-790
Barber, J., Delfabbro, P.H., and Cooper, L. L. (2001) A profile of children entering out-of-home care in South Australia: baseline analyses for a 3 year longitudinal study. Children and Youth Services Review, 23, 865-891
Cooper, L. and Maidment, J. (2001) 'Thinking about difference in student supervision' Australian Social Work 54(1):41-52
Cooper, L. (2002) 'If these values are not understood and accepted: a review of social development curricula' Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work vol 12 41-58
Briggs, L. and Cooper, L. (2001) 'The Old Man: Exploring complex cases' Social Work Review vol XIII (4) 3-8.
Maidment, J and Cooper, L. (2002) Acknowledgement of diversity and oppression in social student student supervision.' Social Work Education, vol 21 (4) 399-407.
Barber, J., Delfabbro, P.H., and Cooper, L. L. (2002) 'The role of parental contact in substitute care', Journal of Social Services Research 28(3):19-39
Cooper, L. and Crisp, B. R. (2002) Gender Differences and Learning Outcomes: Does Gender Matter? Women in Welfare Education, Volume 5, pages 18-27
Barber, J., Delfabbro, P.H., and Cooper, L. L. (2003) 'Predictors of short term reunification in South Australian Substitute Care'. Journal of Policy, Practice and Program 5, 201-212
Cooper, L. (2005) Conformance and performance: board directors accountability to their not-for-profit organisations constituents in the aged care sector the ACH Group experience Third Sector Review, 11 (1) 67-84
Cooper, L (2005) Teaching letters Journal of Practice Teaching in Health and Social Work. 6(2) 61-74.
Cooper, L. (2006) Working with women associated with bikie gangs: practice dilemmas Australian Social Work 59(3) 301-313.
Cooper, L. and Anaf, J. (2006) Contested concepts in violence with women: intimate, domestic or torture. Australian Social Work 59(3) 314-327
Cooper, L., Anaf, J., and Bowden, M. (2006) Intimate partner violence in deviant settings: complex needs of women survivors Australian Family Physician, 35 (8) 791-794
Cooper, L. (2006) Clinical supervision: private arrangement or managed process? Social Work Review, XVIII, 21-30.
Cooper, L. in press Teaching reflective practice Journal of Practice Teaching in Health and Social Work
Cooper, L. (2007) Backing Australias Future: Teaching and Learning in Social Work. Australian Social Work, 60 (1) 94-106.
Un-refereed Papers
Cooper, L. (1989) 'Award Restructuring: Implications for Social Workers', The South Australian Social Worker, 5, 2-3.
Cooper, L. (1991) 'The Future of Social Work and Social Work Education', AASW Victorian Branch Newsletter, 4, 7-11.
Cooper, L. (1995) 'Should I Protest?' The New Social Worker, 2:12-13
Cooper, L. and Orrell, J. (1999) 'The Practicum: the domestic work of the university'. HERDSA News. 21:6-9
Conference Papers Published in Proceedings
Cooper, L. (1989) 'Quality Care in Community Services' in Future Community, Future Resources, Proceedings, 3rd National Local Government & Community Development Conference, Adelaide. (pages 21-34)
Cooper, L. (1992) 'What About Incompetent Practice? The Exploration of Incompetent Practice as a Tool for Examining Competency Standards and Assessment of Standards', The Challenge of Competencies in Social Welfare, AASW, Hawker, ACT. ISBN 0 909255 19 9 (pages 80-94)
Cooper, L. (1993) 'Enterprise Based Competencies in Child Protection; Can they improve the Quality of Child Protection Practice', in Children at Risk: the Politics of Practice, Conference Proceedings, Advisory and Co-ordinating Committee on Child Abuse, Subiaco. (pages 63-74)
Cooper, L. (1996) 'Students as Collaborative Learners: Partnerships between students in field education', Partnerships that Work: Asia Pacific Regional Social Services Conference 1995. University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
Cooper, L. (1996) 'Becoming a learning professional: the university perspective' in Becoming a Learning Professional, Conference Proceedings, 9-10 May 1996, Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching, Adelaide. (pages 9-17)
Cooper, L. (1996) 'Peer Learning in Field Education' in Participating in Change- Social Work Profession in Social Development: Proceedings of the Joint World Congress of the International Federation of Social Workers and the International Association of Schools of Social Work, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (pages 131-133)
Cooper, L. Lawson, M. and Orrell, J. (1998) 'Raising Issues About Teaching: Views of Academic Staff.' Higher Education and Development Society, Annual International Conference, July 1998 Auckland, New Zealand. http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/cpd/HERDSA/HTML/LeadMgmt (8 pages)
Gursansky, D. & Cooper, L. (1999) 'Thinking Aloud About Student Supervision' Changes, Challenges and Chances: Selected Papers from the 3rd National Cross Faculty Practicum Conference, PEPE, Adelaide 1997.
Orrell, J. Cooper, L. and Jones, R. (1999) 'Making the Practicum Visible'. Cornerstones: HERDSA 99 Annual Conference. http://herdsa.org.au/vic/cornerstones/tocauthors.html (13 pages)
Cooper, L. (2000) 'Organisational Changes and Social Work Supervision: Analysis and Reconstruction': Keynote paper presented to Supervision: From Rhetoric to Reality, Auckland College of Education, July 7 to 8 July 2000.
Flatau, P. McGrath, N. Cooper, L. Edwards, D., Lacroix, C. Adam, M. Marinova, D. Beer, A., Hart, A., Morris, Traee C. and Tually, S. (2005) Indigenous access to mainstream public and community housing options http://www.sprc1.sprc.unsw.edu.au/aspc2005/Downloads.asp
Flatau, P. Cooper, L. Edwards, D. Lacroix, C. McGrath, N. and Marinova, D. (2005) Indigenous housing need and mainstream public housing responses in Building For Diversity: National Housing Conference 26-28 October 2005, AHURI and WA Department of Housing and Works, Perth.
Commissioned Papers and Reports
Cooper, L. (1986) A Study of Health & Welfare Needs in the Southern Region of Adelaide (a report commissioned by the James Brown Memorial Trust Adelaide). (40 pages)
Cooper, L. (1988) Ministerial Report into Department for Community Welfare Policies and Procedures With Respect to Children of Under-age Parents, Government Department for Community Welfare, Adelaide. (169 pages)
Cooper, L. (1988) Summary of Report on Policies and Procedures with Respect to the Children of Underage Parents, SA Government, Department for Community Welfare. Typescript. (15 pages)
Burgell, R., Camilleri, P., Cooper, L., Powell, L. & Respini, J. (1990) Education and Training for Public Welfare Practice, Standing Committee of Social Welfare Administrators & the Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education, Adelaide. (60 Pages)
Cooper, L. (1990) 'Social Work and Quality Assurance: Opportunity for Change', in Mineall, L. and Martin, D. (eds), Quality Assurance in Social Work, AASW, Adelaide.
Cooper, L. (1990) 'Peer Review and the Development of Criteria for the Assessment of Practice', in Mineall, L. and Martin, D. (eds), Quality Assurance in Social Work, AASW, Adelaide.
Cooper, L. (1992) 'Competency Based Standards in Social Work and Social Welfare', Occasional Paper No. 1, SA Branch, Australian Association of Social Workers.
Cooper, L. (Chair) (1994) Together with Families: For Children, The Department for Family & Community Services, Family Services Policy, FACS, Adelaide.
Cooper, L. (1995) 'From Crisis to Opportunity', Keynote Paper presented at workshop on Field education: New Zealand Council for Education and Training in the Social Services, NZCETSS, Wellington, New Zealand. ISN 0 478 04554 9 (pages 2-22)
Barber, J.G. Cooper, L. and Delfabbro, P. (1999) Progress Report on Alternative Care for Children in South Australia. Flinders University, Adelaide.
Other Creative Works
Cooper, L. (1991) 'A Grand Old Lady', Australian Journal on Ageing, 10, 13-14.
Cooper, L. (1995) Book Review on Responding to Children in Children Australia, Vol 20
Cooper, L. (1996) Book Review on Social Work in Action in Child and Family Social Work, 1:267-268
Cooper, L. (1996) Book Review on Social Work in Action in Australian Social Work, 49:59-60
Unpublished Papers
Cooper, L. (1985) The Placement of Patients in Nursing Homes, Social Justice, Efficiency and Quality of Care, Uni. of Queensland, Unpublished PhD manuscript.
Cooper, L. (1988) Models of Social Work Practice, School of Social Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park.
Teaching Materials
Cooper, L. (1996) The Work Book and Guidelines on Standards and Attainment Levels for Field Education, Flinders University, Adelaide
Cooper, L and Foward, A. (1998) A code of conduct for students and supervisors in field education, Flinders University, Adelaide.
Cooper, L. Bourne, E. Borbasi, S. Mitchell, T, Gonda, J. & Emden, C. (2004) Effective Discharge Planning for Older People: A learning module for nurses and social workers, Imprint Press, Adelaide.


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Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales", Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 5 - 14, 2014., "
You are not always what we think you eat: selective assimilation across multiple whole-stream isotopic tracer studies", Ecology, vol. 95, no. 10, p. 2757 - 2767, 2014., "
Chemical constituents in clouds and rainwater in the Puerto Rican rainforest: Potential sources and seasonal drivers", Atmospheric Environment, vol. 68, p. 208 - 220, 2013., "
Trends in stream nitrogen concentrations for forested reference catchments across the USA", Environmental Research Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 014039, 2013., "
Global abundance and size distribution of streams and rivers", Inland Waters, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 229-236, 2012., "
Cross-stream comparison of substrate-specific denitrification potential", Biogeochemistry, vol. 104, p. 381-392, 2011., "
Total carbon analysis may overestimate organic carbon content of fresh waters in the presence of high dissolved inorganic carbon", Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, vol. 8, p. 196-201, 2010., "
Plumbing the global carbon cycle: Integrating inland waters into the terrestrial carbon budget", Ecosystems, vol. 10, p. 171-184, 2007., "
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Soil microbial biomass and activity in tropical riparian forests", Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 33, p. 1339-1348, 2001., "
Dissolved organic nitrogen budgets for upland, forested ecosystems in New England", Biogeochemistry, vol. 49, p. 123-142, 2000., "
Organic matter dynamics in Bear Brook, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA", J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., vol. 16, p. 43-46, 1997., "
Cloudwater chemistry from ten sites in North America", Environ. Sci. Technol., vol. 22, p. 1018-1026, 1988., "
Origin, composition, and flux of dissolved organic carbon in the Hubbard Brook Valley", Ecol. Monogr., vol. 58, p. 177-195, 1988., "
Simplified version of the ampoule-persulfate method for the determination of dissolved organic carbon", Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., vol. 44, p. 214-218, 1987., "
Nitrogen transformation in a small mountain stream", Hydrobiologia, vol. 124, p. 129-139, 1985., "
Sources and molecular weight of "dissolved" organic carbon in an oligotrophic lake", Oikos, vol. 42, p. 1-9, 1984., "


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By Tom Lehman 4:10pm, March 22, 2013 - Updated 10:06am, March 23, 2013It's still unclear why a University of Delaware alumna sliced a student's neck with a pocket knife during class Friday.
It happened around 2:00 p.m. during a lecture at Kirkbride Hall, where UD police say Alicja Stawkowski, who lives in Boulder, Colorado and graduated from the university in 2008, used the small knife to inflict a minor laceration to the neck of a 20-year-old woman, sitting in front of her.
UD Police Chief Patrick Ogden says Stawkowski then calmly left the classroom, but didn't exactly leave the scene.
"The suspect actually circled around the building--there's two doors into this particular classroom building--circled back around, walked in the other door and took a seat back in the classroom again. At that point students in the class notified police and she was immediately taken into custody without incident," Ogden says.
Stawkowski faces charges, including assault and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and is at Christiana Hospital undergoing mental health evaluation. Ogden says they're not sure why she was in the classroom at the time of the incident.
The student was treated at Christiana Hospital for a non-life threatening laceration, which did not require stitches.
Ogden says they don't believe there's a connection between the victim and Stawkowski and police haven't been able to determine a motive.
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LAKE WALLENPAUPACK, PA — Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL) will conduct free tours of the dam at Lake Wallenpaupack, on Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tours will include access to the dam itself for a rare view of the lake and the dry riverbed where the Wallenpaupack Creek once flowed, and of the hydroelectric plant on the Lackawaxen River at Kimbles. Hear about the history of how the dam was built, and learn about the increase in energy demand since the power plant began operating in the 1920s.
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- Obama adminstration ramps up call for "comprehensive" immigration reform.
- Labor requirements, unique needs for U.S. agriculture highlighted.
- Downplays usefulness of targeted or incremental reforms.
- Farm Bureau also supports comprehensive approach.
Agriculture labor requirements and the threat of higher food prices and rising imports took center stage when Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pushed immigration reform during a Wednesday morning press conference. Vilsack argued against smaller, incremental reform as inadequate, saying a "comprehensive" approach is needed.
"We need to stop threatening the competitiveness of our agricultural economy with this broken immigration policy. … I've met farmers and ranchers all over this country who are worried about the broken immigration system. They're unable to find the necessary number of farm workers and sometimes they struggle to verify their work authorization papers. All the while, they wonder if they'll have enough help for the next harvest," he said.
Obviously wary of the rancor and divisiveness previous immigration reform efforts exposed across the country, Vilsack also repeatedly called for a "civil" debate.
The Obama administration's agitating for congressional action on immigration will be welcome news for many in agriculture. Farmers say securing migrant labor too often involves needless red tape and prohibitive time and monetary costs.
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has alsocalled for changes in alien worker laws, saying the current system is "untenable in the long-run."
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POPLARVILLE - Registration for Pearl River Community College on-line classes continues through 3 p.m. Friday.
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POPLARVILLE - Singer Jimmy Buffett's voice returns to Pearl River Community College this fall as part of the Spirit of the River marching band's halftime show.
The Spirit of the River marching band at Pearl River Community College practices the 2013 halftime show, which features the music of PRCC alumnus Jimmy Buffett.
Ashtin Harlin of Poplarville, from left, John Garner of Foxworth and Rashawn Johnson of Columbia and other members of the Spirit of the River marching band at Pearl River Community College practice the 2013 halftime show.
Spirit of the River trumpet players and the rest of the band practice the 2013 halftime show for Pearl River Community College football games. They are, from left, Kyle Tynes of Foxworth, Maggie Allen of Purvis, Kaycie Cucurullo of Kiln, Chris Fletcher of Columbia and Robert Hinton of Hattiesburg.