[Taxacom] Beetle-naming contest

[Fred Schueler]

On 2/17/2016 1:14 PM, Isa Van de Velde wrote:

> This is really a pity: "To enter, you must be a legal resident of the (50) United States (U.S.), U.S. territories, the District of Columbia or Peru and at least 18 years of age. Entry ends February 26, 2016."

* maybe this has a more universal application:

Subject: Re: an inordinate fondness for Beetles
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 09:58:55 -0400
From: Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb at istar.ca>
To: Aleta Karstad <karstad at pinicola.ca>

On 5/20/2012 3:44 PM, Aleta Karstad wrote:

 > Very sweet, but has some serious issues with metre...

* you mean "inordinately" isn't a 3-syllable word? - f.

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On 2012-05-20, at 2:03 PM, Frederick W. Schueler wrote:  JBS Haldane: 
“If one could conclude anything about the nature of the Creator from a 
study of creation, it would appear that He has an inordinate fondness 
for stars and beetles.”

O Beetle God, O Beetle God,
We worship, though it may seem odd
To worldly wonks that thy area
Shouldst be the Coleoptera.

O Beetle horde, O Beetle horde,
Your many ways will show the Lord's
Dedication that there be
Selection for diversity.

O coleopterist divine,
Search woods and fields that you may find
The many lives of bough and pond
Of which God's inordinately fond.




> -----Original message-----
> From:Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu>
> Sent:Wed 17-02-2016 17:17
> Subject:[Taxacom] Beetle-naming contest
> To:taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu;
> My friend and colleague Caroline Chaboo (a fellow Jayhawk, at KU) is
> holding a public competition to name a new beetle species from Peru -
> the competition is open now, and open to everyone, for a chance at
> taxonomic immortality (as it were). *This is a non-profit event, to
> raise public awareness*. This is NOT a name auction, for those among you
> who have concerns about the latter practice. She asks for people to pass
> the link along as widely as possible, to encourage broad participation
> by members of the public:
>
> http://www.amazonconservation.org/beetlecomp/index.html
>
> Peace,
>

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