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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2016 Oregon State hires expert to ¿ght slXg menace By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press Oregon State University has hired a new invertebrate pest scientist to help farmers ¿ght the slXg menace threaten- ing their crops. In 2015, farmers com- plained that damage from the slimy mollXsNs has grown worse in recent years dXring a ³slXg sXmmit´ organi]ed by OSU, prompting the Xniversity to seeN additional resoXrces to battle the problem. :hile slXgs have long been a pest for Oregon growers, some believe their popXlations have grown more nXmeroXs in recent years dXe to the popX- larity of no-till farming and diminished ¿eld bXrning. 7he slXg researcher Mob was among several new positions Courtesy of Rory McDonnell Courtesy of Robin Rosetta, OSU Rory McDonnell, hunts for slugs in Ireland in this undated photo. McDon- nell has been selected as OSU’s new slug expert. European red slugs are quite common in gardens and landscapes. created at OSU thanNs to an additional 1 million in fXnd- ing allocated for agricXltXral research and e[tension dXring the 2015 legislative session. 7he search for OSU¶s slXg expert was recently com- pleted with the hiring of 5ory 0c'onnell, who¶s cXr- rently a research specialist at the University of Califor- nia—Riverside and will start his new position in Oregon in mid--Xly. A native of Ireland, McDonnell obtained a doctor- ate in environmental science from the National Univer- sity of Ireland in 2004 and has since stXdied biological con- trol of slXgs, inclXding a nema- tode that parasiti]es them. OSU was initially con- cerned that few people with sXf¿cient expertise in slXgs woXld apply for the Mob, bXt was Xltimately able to choose from a good pool of candi- dates, said SXMaya Rao, an entomology professor at the Xniversity who headed the hir- ing committee. It was important for OSU to ¿nd a researcher who¶s famil- iar with applied science — managing slXg pests — rather than simply stXdying slXg biol- ogy, she said. McDonnell’s experience with Xsing biological con- trol agents and essential oils to combat the mollXsNs was impressive, as was his ability to win grant fXnding and train gradXate and post-doctoral stX- dents, Rao said. Novel methods of con- trolling slXgs are increas- ingly important becaXse the baits that are commonly Xsed to attract and Nill them aren’t always economical, she said. ³3eople are looNing oXtside the box for slXg management,´ Rao said. :hile recrXiting for the position, OSU consXlted farm- ers as well as representatives of the USDA, Oregon Depart- ment of AgricXltXre and local soil and water conservation districts, she said. ³:e got inpXt from every- one,´ Rao said. Humorist Garry Shandling dies at 66; fellow comedians laud his genius Coroner’s Lt. David Smith said it appeared Shandling died of natXral caXses bXt an of¿- cial caXse of death determina- tion had not yet been made. No aXtopsy was planned, bXt of¿- cials woXld determine Shan- dling’s caXse of death based on medical records and his medi- cal history. +is death prompted an oXt- poXring of respect and affection from the comedy commXnity. “Garry Shandling was one of the most brilliant peo- ple I have ever Nnown,´ Billy Crystal tweeted. Steve Martin laXded Shandling’s “beaXtifXlly Xnpredictable mind´ in a Twit- ter post. Shandling had a face and voice made for comedy, with pillowy lips that delivered pXnchlines in a tone that verged on whining. In a 2009 interview with The Associated Press, he explained his perspective on his art. “The answer isn’t gonna be in the facts,´ he said. “It’s gonna be in intXition. That’s how I worN creatively. I’m always teaching people that the answer By ANTHONY MCCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — While Garry Shandling’s fellow comedians foXght to host a late- night show, he brXshed away the prospect. ³I woXld not do a show where yoX MXst sit and talN to somebody,´ the hXmorist said in 1 when he was coXrted by N%C to sXcceed David Let- terman on ³Late Night.´ +e’d blown Xp the for- mat with “The Larry Sanders Show,´ the +%O series aboXt the maNing of a ¿ctional talN show that drew on his own neX- rotic self-absorption — and that of +ollywood — for exTXisite satire. Doctors said that Shan- dling, , died ThXrsday of an apparent heart attacN, accord- ing to Alan Nierob, his spoNes- man. Shandling, who was taNen to a hospital after para- medics were dispatched to his Brentwood home, had no his- tory of heart troXble, Nierob said. 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On arriv- actors in this other- ing in Los Angeles as a yoXng wise standard domestic com- adXlt, it was a short hop from edy roXtinely broNe the foXrth a brief stint in the advertising wall to comment on what they bXsiness to comedy writing and were Xp to. Even the theme stand-Xp. song began with the explana- tory lyrics, “The theme to Gar- ry’s show....´ Then, in AXgXst 1992, Shandling created for HBO his comic masterpiece with “The Larry Sanders Show,´ which starred him as an egomani- acal late-night TV host with an angst-ridden show-bi] life behind the scenes. It was MXst three months after Johnny Carson had retired from “The Tonight Show,´ where Shandling had appeared as a stand-Xp and occasional Carson stand-in. It seemed a wry bXt deeply felt homage to the King of Late Night. BXt it was more. “Larry Sanders´ proved to be an act of coXrage, a brave effort led by someone portraying a character dangeroXsly close to himself. 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