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Guest Post: Make Me Feel Something, Please
By Soren Wheeler | June 5, 2012 | 29 Comments
A couple of days ago I was sitting at work when my wife emailed me an article by Adam Ruben. He's a scientist who writes a humor column for Science. This one was about science journalism. I thought: Hey, I'm a science journalist, I like funny things, should be good. But a few paragraphs in, after a snicker or two, something odd happened: a slow creeping bile of righteous indignation worked its way out of my stomach and into my chest. By the end of the piece, I was in a huff. I was still fuming four hours later on the train ride home, I ranted about it over dinner, over dishes, and that night I fell asleep imagining myself delivering scathing, witty, and well-worded responses to Adam (whom I've never met) in a crowded room of his scientist friends.
I'm prone to the occasional self-aggrandizing fantasy, but not usually to anger. So maybe I should back up and try to explain.
While Adam had some mildly entertaining paragraphs about inaccuracy in science coverage up front, he quickly got to the meat of the article: his "unwritten rules of science journalism." This was basically a list of the things he doesn't like about mainstream science writing (which have nothing to do with accuracy). Just to give you a taste, here are a couple of items:
"Start your article with a personal anecdote, even if it's narcissistic or tangential to the rest of the piece. For example, talk about the tabloid headlines in your childhood supermarket or your daughter's sippy cup."
"All stories benefit from the human element, and the human of interest in your story is the scientist. So be sure to describe the scientist physically in vivid detail. Scientists love that."
"Don't think of what you're doing as 'dumbing down' science. It is, but don't think of it that way."
"Finally, the best ending for your article is always—always—a cutesy ending. If you're writing about a new species of dinosaur, for example, end by saying, 'Just don't invite him to dinner!' This allows you to demonstrate common cause with the reader, showing him or her that you realize that you both slogged through a boring science article, but now that you're through it you can wink at each other on the other side. Remember, they hated reading the article as much as you hated writing it, so by the end, you each deserve a little chuckle. Imagine inviting a dinosaur to dinner! Ha! But it's a dinosaur!"
Of course, I've read countless articles about science that sound like this. I've even chuckled at their expense. But these are all things that good science writers do — tell a story, be visual and concrete, connect to the reader's everyday life, use clear, simple language. We all worry about being wrong, or being too cutesy, or choosing an anecdote that doesn't quite make the point, and snarky scientists sneering at you in Science doesn't help.
Now, maybe this is all in good fun. It is, after all, a humor column. But it's a little hard to take lightly given the sometimes fraught relationship between scientists and science journalists. And while I don't know Adam at all, I think there's something deeper going on here. The underlying message, intended or not, is this: Stop sullying science by pandering to the stupid people in the world.
In an interview that accompanies the article, Adam says, with pretty obvious disdain, "Whenever science is put into the mainstream media and there are units involved, some sort of measurement involved, the reporter always feels the need to put the units in terms of something that we can understand."
Um … well, yeah. Those exact words are probably in my job description. Really, Adam is just bored with the formulaic use of football fields and the numbers of something that could fit in the period at the end of this sentence. But still, that's like me being sick of small sample fMRI studies and whining to my friends that scientists "always feel the need to understand the world around them."
And here's the real rub: this smells elitist to me, even if it wasn't meant that way. It's the same feeling I get whenever someone uses the phrase "dumbing down." The implication is that if you need those things to get it, you don't really deserve to get it. And it's a few short steps from there to a very dangerous thought: Some people can understand science and others simply can't.
One of my deepest held beliefs is that science as a way of seeing the world is open to anyone and everyone. We are all capable of thinking scientifically, or — given the fact most people have other jobs, other interests, other loves — at least joining in the conversation. The people I want to reach are not dumb, they just don't think about these things all day long. So putting things in terms of something people can understand? Nothing could be closer to the core of what I do, what I love doing.
Maybe that's why, after reading Adam's piece, I was lying in bed making a list of rules for scientists who don't care if normal people understand what they are doing and assume they are too stupid to understand anyway.
But what I really want to do is offer my own message to science writers: Please don't stop doing all those stupid things. I'm not calling for more irrelevant anecdotes or cutesy endings, but I know this: If science journalists don't go beyond covering the facts and actually make people feel something, we have failed.
You can cover the collapse of a building or a jailbreak without worrying about coaxing your reader in, but science coverage challenges people's ideas about how the world works. An enormous body of scientific research tells us that learning is an emotional process. Emotion is the lubrication that lets a new idea slip into your mind, mingle with other ideas, give birth to new ones, and maybe down the road lead to a new way of seeing the world. We need anecdotes and concrete examples and (not too) cutesy endings not because we're stupid, but because we are human.
Are there sloppy examples of this? Of course. There's good work and bad work in any profession. And I know that for journalism, this is the dangerous border of the forbidden land of overhyped fear-mongering entertainment-news. But science has to compete with worldviews that scare us, excite us, and pull on our heartstrings. Yes, we have to be fair and accurate, but if we don't make people feel something, science coverage becomes a list of facts that most people will ignore.
In addition to being a scientist, Adam is also a stand-up comedian. In the interview, he says that he keeps his science and comedy separate. And unfortunately, in this article, we only get the comedy half. It's clever, sure. Adam is clearly a good writer (he certainly made me feel something). But the other side of the equation is missing. There's no thoughtful idea, and the spirit of science — curiosity, humbleness, an authentic attempt to explain something — is nowhere to be found. In the end, the piece amounts to little more than a cheap thrill for smug scientists, an empty chuckle for the less smug ones, and a righteous anger trip for at least one science writer.
As a result, Adam missed the real problem of good science writing: the difficult work of making anecdotes and jokes and metaphors and images all join in a dance with the ideas to help the reader change the way they see the world.
So here's my plea to the science writer: Make me feel something, please. Fight to find the right anecdote, risk derision in the pages of Science, and keep making science dance with emotions in brave and innovative ways.
Soren is the Senior Producer for WNYC's Radiolab
Image courtesy of Flickr/doctorlizardo
29 Responses to "Guest Post: Make Me Feel Something, Please"
Derek Kane
June 5th, 2012 @ 8:41 amI suspect that you and Dr. Ruben agree more than you disagree. Although his list of rules are often flippant, his basic issue of over-selling a scientist's work is a serious and not uncommon flaw in reporting.
I wholeheartedly agree that scientific thinking is accessible to anyone. It is important that journalists make people aware of progress, but a great deal of work is required to go from awareness of a topic to understanding. Understanding is often required before a person can truly participate, much less contribute to the conversation.
Having said that, journalists also serve a valuable watchdog function. Often scientists don't understand a subject as deeply as we believe. We don't appreciate the impact our work will have on the lives of people who aren't part of the conversation. Beyond inspiration, a journalist's most important function is providing the public a voice when it comes time to defend their interests.
June 5th, 2012 @ 9:43 amCovering the facts? I think we need more uncovering of the facts.
(channeling Miss Emily Latella) -
Soren Wheeler
June 5th, 2012 @ 9:43 amDerek,
Thanks for your comment. You're probably right that we agree more than my tone above suggests. Truthfully, I have no idea what Adam himself thinks. But I also think the tone and impact of the piece (especially given where it appeared) matter and are worthy of some discussion regardless.
And I think the gap you mention between just awareness and the understanding that real participation requires is exactly the point. Science coverage that stops at the facts leads to awareness, if you're lucky, but that isn't good enough. While no article is going to make someone understand science deeply, the only way to make any progress down that road is by skillfully engaging people's emotions, getting them to see how science matters in their lives, and inspiring them to engage the topics further themselves.
Jill U Adams
June 5th, 2012 @ 10:48 amUnlike the Ruben article, yours made me laugh out loud:
— "that's like me being sick of small sample fMRI studies."Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, your anger, your defense, and your humor. I couldn't agree more.
Sean Treacy
June 5th, 2012 @ 1:00 pmHear hear! Fantastic rebuttal. Thank you!
Megan Sever
June 5th, 2012 @ 1:18 pmWell said Soren! Thanks for standing up for our profession.
Derek Kane
June 5th, 2012 @ 1:47 pmI feel compelled to speak up for scientists:
Among the worst scientific sins is claiming credit for other people's work or making claims for your own work that cannot be supported. A poorly written article can give the impression that a scientist is committing both of these sins.
Many of the techniques available to a journalist to make a scientist's work compelling to the non-specialist necessarily forego the nuanced and layered meaning that a scientist spends years understanding and developing. Journalism that makes a scientist's work appropriately intriguing to the public often appears to the scientist as trivializing their work.
On top of that, many scientists are uncomfortable with publicity or sudden popularity. While it is vital that science be accessible to anybody and that interest in science be cultivated, not every scientist is comfortable with performing that mission. It seems unfair to demand that every scientist act as an advocate for their field, even if it is necessary that someone take on this role.
Soren Wheeler
June 5th, 2012 @ 2:10 pmDerek,
Again, you make some good points. Clearly, my post was not comprehensive, and didn't explore the real problems in science journalism (of which there are plenty). So I'm glad you're chiming in.
Your first point about credit and claims is well taken. On your second point, however, I have to say that this was Adam's mistake too: it is NOT the techniques that cause this problem, it is poor use of those techniques (or just straight poor reporting, or poor writing). The techniques, done right, are what I was trying to defend because I believe they are essential. It's a baby bath water thing, sort of.
I also think we should keep in mind that your final point (and really all of them) is an issue for ANYONE in the news (excepting politicians, who asked for it). And while I'm sympathetic, I don't know that scientists necessarily deserve special treatment because they are scientists.
Derek Kane
June 5th, 2012 @ 2:28 pmIt seems like several professions actually receive special treatment. Without a compelling need, a journalist won't compromise the ability of a policeman, a doctor, a lawyer or a military officer from doing their job, and they will respect the ethics of these professions. Equally, a journalist wouldn't needlessly embarrass the subject of an article, particularly if that person is inexperienced with interacting with the public.
It is not that scientists should be treated differently than any other person, but to the extent consistent with journalistic ethics, individual's sensitivities and standards should be respected.
Sean Treacy
June 5th, 2012 @ 2:56 pmHi Derek. News reporter turned science writer here.
For what it's worth, I think journalists with other beats often defer too readily to authority figures such as police officers and lawyers. Sure they won't tamper with evidence or anything like that, but they can fall into a black-and-white way of thinking, painting the authority figures as heroes to fit their writing into an easy narrative, or worse, because they're afraid reporting the truth will embarrass an authority figure who did something wrong.
If you want an example of awful, sensationalized crime media, tune into Nancy Grace. My God she's terrible.
But my point is, the problem with drawing comparisons like these is that the problems may lie moreso with mainstream reporting of other beats, rather than science reporting. Best to let beat comparisons go and focus on what's good and what's not.
Niki Wilson
June 5th, 2012 @ 3:17 pmSoren, thank you for writing this article. I had a similar reaction to Adam's piece. On more than one occasion it crossed the line from funny to smug, and on over to mean-spirited.
While over-simplification or choosing the wrong metaphors are pit falls for all writers, we DO need good writers to tell the story of science, and the scientists behind them. If you look at the work of the Yale Law School Cultural Cognition Project (http://www.culturalcognition.net/browse-papers/cultural-cognition-of-scientific-consensus.html) and others, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests a lack scientific literacy is not necessarily the reason people choose not to believe science, even when there is general consensus amongst credible scientists in a given field. Human beings are a strange combination of feelings and fact, and despite being told what the science is, will often make decisions based on values. Nothing new to this crowd. I only raise it to say that I agree Soren, we need writers to get people to FEEL something, because it appears that is the main vehicle to change. Should we be careful how we do that? Sure. But that shouldn't stop us from trying.
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Joe Hanson
June 5th, 2012 @ 3:47 pmI found Ruben's column to be funny. Funny in the type of way that you're willing to spend a maximum of a full minute reading it, but no more. It isn't humor of the highest order, and no one would have remembered it next week. It's Science freakin' Careers for crying out loud. It's not exactly widely and religiously read.
But it was still funny. It calls out many, many commonly used writing techniques in a playful poke at things we see often in journalism about science that isn't done by very good science writers (or likely not by science writers at all!). Sure, he makes some ham-handed comments about "dumbing down" and whatever the hell an "ordinary person" is supposed to be. But it's not made-up.
What I see are several very talented, if not near-genius science writers who may happen to do some of these things from time-to-time treating this humor column like it's a personal affront to their craft. Which it is not. It is a joke with a big dumb ego attached.
Most people don't read you, or Ed Yong, or Deborah Blum, or Maryn McKenna or the others who have come out against this. And that sucks, a lot. A damned tragedy, actually. They read ScienceDaily and whatever an intern at MotherNatureNetwork or HuffPo or the local paper turns that ScienceDaily press release into. And those people are being called out by this, a HUMOR piece, and well.
But now it will be talked about for at least several days instead of forgotten, and lots of people will point out things that need no pointing out, and good writers will still be good writers in the end, and a bunch of crappy science material will still get put online tomorrow. Probably next to mid-grade humor columns.
Soren Wheeler
June 5th, 2012 @ 4:53 pmJoe,
I'm sensitive to the idea that I am taking this too seriously. But many of the things on Adam's list (stripped of the caricature and worst-case examples) are indeed things that good science writers do, and should do. More than that, they are things that young science writers should be trying to do, and it's going to take guts to do them well. Playfulness and experimentation is easily squashed by fear. I really just want to say to someone out there trying to get good at this: forget the serious smarty-pants scientists lurking in your nightmares, be fearlessly playful whenever you can. -
Joe Hanson
June 5th, 2012 @ 5:04 pmSoren,
I sincerely hope that no aspiring science writer or communicator could be swayed by a column that is bested in humor by the worst of The Onion's weekly horoscopes. That's good advice you included there at the end. I hope many use that quote; I surely will. Luckily I am not easily intimidated, but perhaps you're right that someone else could be.
One thing I did notice: If a science writer were to avoid doing everything that Ruben makes fun of, then we would end up just publishing the press release, or worse, just publishing the paper itself. OH GOD NO PLEASE NO…
Derek Kane
June 5th, 2012 @ 5:19 pmThe paper is where the science is.
Granted, accessibility is important. Certainly, everyone deserves to have the chance to participate in the conversation, particularly when they are impacted by the science. However, science aspires to finding measurable truths, and the compelling personal story of the scientist, while inspiring, does not matter to the science.
I will, however, also grant that scientists are human, so the dispassionate weighing of evidence is purely an aspiration.
Do you worry that journalism is too close to entertainment? Does the belief that something needs to be entertaining to be accessible mimic the scientist's belief that some people can't do science?
Sandra Chung
June 5th, 2012 @ 5:23 pmSoren, thanks for sharing your reaction to Adam Ruben's piece. I have such a knee-jerk reaction to the phrase "dumb down" that it once motivated me to dust off my crusty blog and write a rare new post (http://sandrachung.com/2012/05/how-do-you-respond-to-the-charge-that-something-is-dumbed-down/). So I am inclined to think that Ruben's piece bugs me merely because I take it personally. But then I remember that Martin Robbins did a fabulous job skewering science writing with "This is a news website article about a scientific paper" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1). Satire is an effective way to mate unapologetic criticism and hilarity. But Ruben's piece doesn't come across as satirical; it reads as pure and unbalanced criticism. Furthermore, as you note in one of your comments, much of the criticism is unfair to the extent that it is potentially damaging to the tenuous relationship between many scientists and the public/media. As many writers have already established with responses to Ed Rybicki's "Womanspace," humorous intent is a poor excuse for perpetuating damaging stereotypes in an influential publication.
Michelle Fay Cortez
June 5th, 2012 @ 6:00 pmI read scientific papers and write about them for a living. I worry every day that entertainment is overtaking journalism. I worry more that the vast, vast, VAST majority of people in the world could care less about science and don't want their (tax and other) money going toward it. I doubt attitudes like this help. Heads up, scientists. Your problems are much bigger than the way a journalist decides to lead a story – whether it's entertainment or news.
David Andrews
June 6th, 2012 @ 7:45 amLewis Thomas made you feel something (awe, epiphany, beauty, revulsion), and he didn't use cutesy tricks. Same with Stephen Gould. I'd like to see more of that.
Derek Kane
June 6th, 2012 @ 8:30 amI was sent this link, which I believe argues the same point that the journalists here are making:
I find this article to be extremely annoying. There is great value and moral necessity in ensuring that all people realize that science is done by people and that anyone is fully capable of understanding and contributing to science; however, science is work.
Science is not entertainment.
The duty of science is to try to understand the world. The duty of society is to decide what kind of world is desirable. Society needs to choose whether it wants to be entertained or whether it wants to work to achieve its desires.
Cassandra Willyard
June 6th, 2012 @ 10:54 amThe GOAL of science isn't entertainment, but that doesn't mean that science doesn't contain all the elements that make a good story: humor, drama, tension, vivid characters. A science journalist's job is to tell good stories about science. Do we need to get our facts straight? Of course! But, Derek, why would you be against us writing about science in a way that makes people want to read about it?? Why can't science journalism be informative, accurate, and entertaining?
Derek Kane
June 6th, 2012 @ 11:26 amI don't object to people presenting the story of science as a human story, so that it is obvious that none of this is magic.
I object to people seeing that the primary mission of scientists is to create an engaging and entertaining justification of their work.
I worry that we will most value the scientific work which is the most entertaining, or which happens to represented by a particularly charismatic scientist or skilled journalist.
I worry that we will stop evaluating the relative truth and goodness of a proposal and only be concerned with the appeal of the words used to put it forward.
Sandra Chung
June 6th, 2012 @ 3:41 pmThe bridge between the public and science burns at both ends with flames ignited by mismatched priorities. As a bridge mender, it pains me to see people setting fires where I've just put one out. Both scientists and science journalists could do more to make science outreach/communication as rewarding as possible for all parties involved, and to behave in ways that make you all want to work together more. For starters, we might take into account the fact that our ultimate goals may be utterly opposite. There's a mismatch between what the public thinks should motivate science and what actually motivates many scientists. I believe (and many science communicators and scientists would agree with me) that science is a public resource, and that scientists have a duty to justify their work and relate it to the needs and interests of the tax payers who support our education and research. But not all scientists see themselves as servants of society or humanitarians. They may complain about having to couch their work in terms of its benefits to human society in yet another grant proposal that may or may not land the funds that make it possible for them to do what they really want to do – which is NOT to 'waste' time and energy on futile efforts to get non-scientists to appreciate their work. If you associate societal justification of your work with begging for money, it's no surprise that you take a dim view of the closely related "why should I care?" element that appears at the top of a classic science news story. But you, as a scientist, hardly ever get past the title or abstract of a journal article before deciding to read more or move on. So why should we assume that a non-scientist reading a non-scientific publication would patiently read through all the details of your work in order to get to the point?
Eight Crayon Science
June 8th, 2012 @ 5:55 pmI caught more than a whiff of elitism with Ruben's post, too, and soured the piece for me. It could've been good satire with a few tweaks and changes, but the bit about dumbing it down threw the whole piece in a new, very poor, light to me.
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June 9th, 2012 @ 4:03 amThe underlying message, intended or not, is this: Stop sullying science by pandering to the stupid people in the world.
This is the opposite of what I took Ruben's to mean. It's pretty plain he was mocking science writers into stop imagining their readers are dumb, hence the dumbing down of science by science writers. The inadequacy when faced with a Nature paper whose abstract you couldn't grasp comes out in the writing may also play a role. Is this why we find mainstream outlets lifting lines from university press releases?
FWIW, I'm a research scientist with a degree in science writing and recognized much of what we were taught about science writing in Ruben's bullets. And then like here we're told that they're actually positives, despite what the scientists say.
In my experience most scientists often find gross inadequacies and fundamental inaccuracies in articles about their work. Under the always present pressure of deadlines and the downsizing plaguing traditional journalism, science writers, more than most, have another hurdle to overcome: the hyper-specialization of scientific fields, especially fast-paced ones like human genetics. To write engagingly about their topic they have to actually know it with something like an undergraduate level of understanding. So what is a science writer to do with deadlines on a piece about the multiverse and another on cloning mammoths? Go formulaic (Star Trek and the Flintstones) because the background knowledge isn't there on all the fields you want or are expected to cover with novel perspectives. I can sympathize but I think the easiest solution in an era of hyper-specialization is to train scientists to be more effective communicators, not communicators to be polymaths.
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June 19th, 2012 @ 7:20 amTotally agree,
i dont put my words down in paper for the public to read, instead i have the public in my face.. i know some people that tell the facts and the facts alone, and that gets them an audience bored to death waiting to get away..
If you want people to care and be insterested in science, you have to envolve them in it! (not sacrificing the facts to do it)
After all, all scientists became one because they saw a documentary or read a book that first cought their imagination and curiosity to know more.
Anyone that talks about "dumbing down" has a pretty arrogant attitude, and should not be writing to the general public. -
Jonathan Jarrett
June 24th, 2012 @ 4:57 pmThere's often a scope for pieces like this that point out the form people don't know they're using, but they're usually targeted at stupider writing than science journalism. (Though I did like this one.) That said, there is a kind of lazy form some writers in the field use. I agree that science writing, as with any writing about complex subjects, must give people a reason to read more (something LWON's format makes very apparent), and that indeed it, as with surely any writing intended to do more than bloviate, needs to make people feel something, but does it have to be humour? I think that's the thing he does hit; the closing joke. Surely we're talking science here and the emotional pay-off you want is not, "Ha ha, good one!" but a fifty/fifty split between, "That's really cool" and "Wow. That's pretty heavy. I ought to think about that."
One of the (many) things I like about LWON is how rarely the writers here resort to these tricks but still get those results.


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In one of the most exciting wildlife and biology stories to come down the pike in a long time, genetic testing has decisively concluded an adult mountain lion hit and killed on a Connecticut highway in June originated in the Black Hills of South Dakota, some 1,500 miles from where it died.
Officials with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced last week that DNA from a road-killed cougar's hair and droppings also revealed the same animal that originated in western South Dakota passed through Minnesota and Wisconsin in 2009 and 2010. The distance traveled by the animal was twice that ever recorded for the species, and one of the farthest for any mammal.
Genetic tests also indicated the lion was the same one that had been seen earlier that month in Greenwich, Connecticut, only 30 miles from New York City. It died when hit by a car June 11, 2011, on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Milford, Connecticut.
It was the first confirmed wild mountain lion in Connecticut in more than 100 years.
"The journey of this mountain lion is a testament to the wonders of nature and the tenacity and adaptability of this species," said Daniel Esty, head of the state's environmental protection agency. "This mountain lion traveled a distance of more than 1,500 miles from its original home in South Dakota—representing one of the longest movements ever recorded for a land mammal, and nearly double the distance ever recorded for a dispersing mountain lion."
The genetic tests were conducted by the USDA Forest Service Wildlife Genetics Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. DNA tests indicated that tissue from the Milford mountain lion matched the genetic structure of the mountain lion population in the Black Hills region of South Dakota.
In 2008, a sub-adult mountain lion wearing a tracking collar originating from the same region in South Dakota was killed nearly 600 miles away near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Four years earlier, a collared lion from the Black Hills traveled 666 miles to Oklahoma, where it was hit and killed by a train.
Commissioner Esty stressed that despite the confirmation, there is no evidence to indicate a native breeding population of cougars in Connecticut.


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Kids jump and fall and run and climb and play – and it's not unusual for me to get called when one of their tongues happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, caught between chomping teeth. Ouch! A tongue bite can bleed a lot and look terrible, but still heal on […]
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How much does your family spend on groceries? Could you live on $3 a person each day? For many Americans, that's what you might spend on a coffee. But, for the nearly 50 million Americans on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, $3 a day is all they have for food. Yes, in the wealthiest country […]
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The Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby inhabits rugged, rocky areas of south-east Australia. They are agile macropods that seek refuge in rocky escarpments during the day and emerge at dusk to feed on native grasses and other vegetation. Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby populations are sporadically distributed from south-eastern Queensland to eastern New South Wales and Victoria and currently are recognised as three genetically distinct populations known as Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESU).
The southern form of this species only exists in two small isolated populations in Victoria, with less than 30 animals in each. Habitat modification and impacts from feral introduced species such as cats, foxes and goats has led to the isolation of these populations over time. This in turn has lead to a lack of genetic diversity within localised populations and poses a significant threat to the ongoing survival of the species.
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- The Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby can bound great distances, up and across rocky terrain
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"Limitless in its possibilities." Rolling Stone "Post digital, post industrial psychedelia." The Wire "A modern approach to Brazil's tropicalia, that takes into account advances in sound manipulation and engineering. It is street music from the Brazilian subterranean avant-garde and it is confusingly wonderful." - All About Jazz "Rob Mazurek returns to Brazil and floats his cool blue cornet over a spellbinding collage of saturated textures, syncopated rhythms and sundry electronics." - Time Out Chicago Voted one of the Top 10 jazz albums of the year 2011 "...the results are a mix of electric jazz, minimalism, and Brazilian samba, bossa nova, and street sounds. Percolating textures, crackling cornet (smacking of Miles Davis and Don Cherry), and surreal electronica process local riffs and rhythms for music that dances and frolics with all the joy and cheery chaos of a São Paulo street fair." Icon "São Paulo Underground are one mind blowing group and the trio's stature has risen yet another level with the release of their latest full length... This album is huge and one that I think will grab the ears of many different types of people. Tropicalia never sounded this modern and alive post 70s." Sound Colour Vibration Tres Cabeças Loucuras is the third album by Sao Paulo Underground. It's a very catchy, jazz + electronics album filled with sunny melodies, beats, noise, sounds and songs. The group formed around Rob Mazurek (cornet and electronics), a key player in the Chicago post rock/modern jazz scene, who has played with everyone from his own Exploding Star Orchestra and Chicago Underground projects to performing and/or recording with Tortoise, Jim O'Rourke, Pharoah Sanders, and many more and whose work reflects a keen interest in modern, interesting music, both from the jazz and rock traditions. He spent several years living in the Brazil and developing a music that reflected those experiences. While in Brazil he met the co-founder of the group, Mauricio Takara (drums, percussion, cavaquinho (the 'miniature guitar' of Brazil), electronics). Performing and recording their first album as a duo, the gravity of the ensemble pulled in two other musicians: Guilherme Granado (keyboards, electronics, samplers) and Richard Ribeiro (drums). Each of the musicians is an example of the new vanguard in music; Rob in contemporary jazz and forward-looking rock and the 3 Brazilian musicians in updating and modernizing Brazilian musical forms. São Paulo Underground embodies a fascinating musical mixture of Sun Ra-esque cosmic noise and rhythms and phrasing from samba, maracatu, rock and free jazz traditions. The album has a huge, modern, laptop-laden, psychedelic sound which launches Brazil's "Tropicalia' into a new, heavily electronic millennia. One of it's charms is that it is very clear and direct and accessible, but it's also utterly filled with sound! This is the rare, ground-breaking effort that can be absorbed and enjoyed effortlessly; it's just a corker! This album is also available in a very high-quality vinyl lp version that includes a download coupon for the digital version of the music. Limited edition, one time-only pressing of 500 copies! |


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Help to reconcile individual rights and criminal charges as a result of causing another's death unintentionally due to their own failure to take safety precautions, as would be their right.
If you instigated the crash that killed someone in another car who was not wearing their seatbelt (this is your question, right?) then you are at fault. Their lack of a safety harness certainly contributed to their death in the grand scheme of things, but not when it comes to the justice of the situation. A counter scenerio: Several people are at the firing range. The range is declared to be cold (ie. no shooting). One shooter is not paying attention and through a negligent discharge kills another man walking down range to collect his target. Is he not at fault because the victim failed to wear a bulletproof vest? Absolutely not.
Those who advocate for the government will argue that certainly more deaths will occur if there is no law that one must wear a seatbelt. Further, they say a law for wearing a seatbelt will be in everyone's best interest since it may protect someone from dying, in the even that you crash into them, thereby preventing you from being charged with vehicular manslaughter.
It is hard to argue (with a friend of mine in this case) that when one decides to drive one should assume the risk of potentially killing someone due to another person not wearing a seatbelt since certainly the chances are greater (without a law) that you could kill someone. They argue that if there had just been a law, the chances of death and of you getting charged with manslaughter would be less. A win-win. (of course we all know this is actually a Win-Win-Lose since it comes at the expense of the people due to requisite taxation to enforce a seatbelt policy)
On a slightly separate side of this:
Could we reply by saying that a privatetly owned road could enact similar rules as would be the case for a government to implement (if they found that it did indeed benefit consumer confidence and demand for usage of the road) and by doing so could we avoid delegating responsibility to the government to "care for our safety"? Essentially, transferring the interest of the rule from that of government watching over us, to a private enterprise doing what is in their best interest to guarantee ultimate profitability as an economic solution to avoid giving power to the government...?
Also, with such a government law of wearing a seatbelt comes our current day police system. AT LEAST ( if not for impacting safety in any way ) privitization of roads would make policing more efficient so that we will not get taxed for government inefficiently enforcing seatbelt regulations...?
You don't assume the legal risk of potentially killing some just because they don't wear a seatbelt though. In order for it to be considered manslaughter, there has to be some hint of recklessness or negligence on the part of the offending driver. If the goal is to reduce the risk of manslaughter, then the most effective laws would be those that reduce reckless or negligent driving (speed limits, no texting laws, etc.). Of course, the costs of those laws are generally much higher than their benefits.
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Sealt belts are safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. Between May 21 and June 3, 2012, Michigan police seat belt crackdown gets results. Over 8,000 tickets were printed, more than 1,000 above last year's total. Will you be looking to purchase or sell a used or new auto?


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I was wondering if there is such a supplement that actually down-regulates the estrogen receptor. I have heard that proviron has a slight effect of down-regulating the estro receptor but are there any others? The use of aromatase inhibitors and serms can upregulate the estro receptor because of the body's attempt to maintain homeostasis and restore balance. I feel that whenever i come off of an anti estrogen, i am more sensitive to estrogen than before i started the anti-e...Tapering down can reduce estrogen rebound from my personal experience but are there any down-regulators? Thanks
So you are saying that the B. Diffusa extract will permanently deactivate the estrogen receptor? Wouldn't the body eventually up regulate the estrogen receptor in order to compensate for this? Same thing with suicidal ai's...although there wouldn't be any rebound, wouldn't the body still upregulate the e receptor?
The only way the body would upregulate e receptors if if one is overweight. Read up on DHT, fat and estrogen and you shall see the correlation. Suicidal AI's will raise both testosterone and DHT which will prevent estrogen from keeping up even after using it. Now if you stop exercising and eating out of wack, then you shall see that. You are trying to compare this effect as what cocaine does to dopamine receptors of the brain, and its NOT the same. Its complex I know, but that is why the science community is always changing its answers to all these different original questions.
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NO, some people on this board might say other but I have read studies done on young teens and it only optimized their hormones, and help prevented gynecomastia. Am I telling you that I recommend young people to take it no, LOL. I don't want no liabilities on my hand but anti-e's should not have a negative effect on the HPTA unless they are of a precursor to androgen such as formestane, 6-bromo.
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Would exemestane be considered a precursor to androgen as well? I've heard people refer to it as a "steroidal" aromatase inhibitor. Sorry if these sound like newb questions...Originally Posted by andrew732
Steroidal typically refers to an AI that bind to aromatase the same as an androgenic substance, initiating a permanent sequence of hydroxylation on the aromatase enzyme, deactivating it entirely. Exemestane is technically androgenic, however the human data out there shows it significantly increases total & free testosterone.
For your original question, I would certainly look into Erase Pro. The suicidal aromatase inhibitor included will also permanently deactivate aromatase (like exemestane), while the B. Diffusa will actively bind to the ER in the same manner a SERM would (clomid, nolvadex). Ultimately it is the best anti-estrogenic product you can get over the counter.
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So I can take ERASE Pro and for many months after I will still be less estrogenic and more androgenic than I was before?
Assuming I am not fat and very lean year round, could this effect last for years?
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Perhaps bloodwork showing use of erase pro instead of a SERM? it would be great to see it because then I can use some of the 4 bottles I have as future pct instead of getting more product. Either way I can use it for natty cycles to get a dryer look
Any thoughts on Faslodex? From what I've read, it's fairly new and is available in the form of an injection. I'm guessing this would be a difficult chemical to find on any chemical research websites. And if I were to find it, I would be very hesitant to use it as I could not find any studies on males. My concern would be if it could cause a permanent decrease in libido.
The problem with Faslodex is that is a pure anatagonist of ER, which can cause some crappy sides, kill libido, destroy motivation, and technically not be as effective at restoring the HPTA, as estradiol is needed for testosterone formation.
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-And where is my iMac? It's been like 2 hours. Come on guys. Glen, what's up man? -What? -Have you seen my iMac. -No, I haven't seen it. -I've been messaging you all day. I haven't seen it. Where is it? -I don't, I don't have it. -You don't have it? Well, look. According to this, you signed for it. -I didn't sign for anything today. -Are you sure about that? -I'm very sure about that. -You sure about that? -No, I didn't sign for anything. -Okay. We'll see. -And I gotta deliver this and when I'm done, we'll check it out. Okay? We'll see what's up. -Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock. Jingle-- -I know it's in here somewhere. It's here-- no. These are big boxes here. What the heck? Wait-- Glen. -Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock. Jingle bell chime and jingle time-- -I did sign for it. -Guys. -Oh, it's not here, I'll have to take it back to them. -It's the bright time, it's the right time to rock the night away. 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By saying via transit, they'll be able to select the location you want then you'll see a list of your transit apps appear and Google Maps is one of the options. Just press "Route" and it will take you directly into the Google Maps App or any transit app of your choice that you have installed and voila, there you go. See guys, I know it's an extra step but it makes using Google Maps easier without having to jailbreak your phone. And trust me, you'll impress your friends with this. -Thanks Brian, you're the best. -Thanks, I know. Now, according to the Wall Street Journal, the big A is said to be in talks with Foursquare, the social check-in application and is looking to add the company's data to its maps application. Any cue, even use the app to check-in to a Lakers Knicks game but unfortunately, they also showed us that it's pretty bad at taking pictures with this iPhone. Now the hope is to give users more detailed information and tips about locations from users to compete with the recent release of Google Maps. Apple also just released an over the air update for iOS 6.0.2. It's only for iPhone 5 and iPad Mini users and addresses a wifi bug issue. Now also sticking with iOS, the Cupertino kids have also released the 4th Beta seed of iOS 6.1 to developers. Updates will be minimal but up to this point, we played and seen it improved Apple Passbook, some tweaks to Safari, re-worked to music controls on the lock screen and ticket purchases through Fandango and Siri. All right guys, let's take a look at what Apple is thinking about in the future. And here's an interesting one that Apple might include in iDevices that involves their cameras having a combination of a pre-installed database, a new recognition software that will be able to recognize famous objects like iconic paintings or famous landmarks like this spectacular Golden Gate Bridge or even better famous people like Honey Booboo. Now obviously wouldn't be a killer feature but a bonus that could propel you into a career as paparazzi. See, look at that job. It's a dream come true. And guys, the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has awarded Apple a pen for the design of the first generation iPhone that was released in 2007 and created in part by Steve Jobs and Jony Ive. It was a design that truly changed the smartphone industry moving forward with its two-tone back mostly made of aluminum and its finger-driven touch screen. All right guys, let's take a quick break to show you a pretty accessory from Logitech that's worth checking out. -Hi. I'm Rich Brown for CNET. Today, we're gonna take a look at the Logitech Bluetooth illuminated keyboard K810. So as its name and prices is a wireless keyboard that connects to your various devices via Bluetooth. It has some unique features to it, it also pretty expensive. So one of its biggest selling point is a series of buttons here at the top and function row. You'll see they're labeled 1, 2, 3 and what they do is actually swap between devices you've already paired to the keyboard. That means you can take the keyboard use it with a computer but then grab a tablet, grab the keyboard, go and get some coffee somewhere and just hit the button and swap over the pairing and then you can just type away. So you can pair the keyboard with up to 3 devices and it works with Android, iOS, OS 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, even connected with the PS3 all which had no problems. Now there's actually a Windows specific keyboard in it and has a Windows button down here but it will work with those other devices, no problem. Along with those other buttons on the top, there's also a home key that get you back to the home screen on whatever tablet or smartphone you might be using. That's it does. It does very well and it looks great doing it. So I'm Rich Brown. This is the Logitech Bluetooth illuminated keyboard K810. -Thanks Rich. And did he say luxury? Cause, you know, I'm all about the bling-bling. On to the quick bites and then some quick Apple versus Samsung news. Apple has lost their bid for a band on 26 Samsung devices in the U.S. They were still pushing for it but U.S. District judge Lucy Koh said in a statement, Samsun may have cut into Apple's customer based somewhat but there's no suggestion that Samsung will wipe out Apple's customer base or force Apple out of the business of making smartphones. And we can all agree on that point for sure. 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"We felt emboldened to move more quickly, to accelerate our plan for an Internet presence," says Perry Reynolds, director of marketing and trade development for National Housewares Manufacturers Association in Chicago.
NHMA produces the wildly successful International Housewares Show, which draws some 1,600 exhibitors and 60,000 attendees to Chicago every year and is the major revenue producer for the association. But just as more and more businesses are discovering that it's not enough to have a "bricks and mortar" presence without an equally sophisticated online one, so are associations. And NHMA is one of a handful jumping head-first and fast into building highly profitable virtual marketplace communities.
The group will launch a revamped Web site this March, one that positions the association as the Internet portal for its segment of the manufacturing industry.
But what exactly is a portal?
The Three C's "Portal" is a loosely used term, but essentially it is a Web site that offers a broad array of resources and services for members, such as e-mail, forums, search engines, chat groups, and online shopping malls. The first generation of Web portals were consumer-oriented ones that are now household names: Amazon.com, eBay, AOL, and Yahoo! These sites are constantly adding reasons for consumers to visit and to buy products and services.
But it is the business-to-business portals, rather than the consumer-oriented ones, that analysts say are going to really hit the jackpot: According to Fortune magazine, more than 90 percent of the predicted $1.4 trillion in Internet commerce will be conducted between businesses. The Gartner Group, a technology consultancy, predicts the 2,500 Web portals of 1999 will balloon to 25,000 in 2001.
Leading the pack is Horsham, Pa.based VerticalNet (www.verticalnet.com), which pioneered online portals for specific (i.e., "vertical") market segments four years ago with the creation of commercial hubs such as WaterOnline.com and Nurses.com. Now worth well over $2 billion, VerticalNet has quickly evolved into a cybermediary syndicate with 55 business-to-business portal sites.
Each VerticalNet site focuses on providing the three C's: community, content (information), and commerce opportunities for a specific industry or profession--which sounds an awful lot like the purpose and function of many associations.
This new kind of for-profit competition suddenly has a lot of associations revisiting their Web sites and asking: How can we use the Internet better to capitalize our knowledge base and our position in the marketplace?
In the Fast Lane In many ways, NHMA was already ahead of the game. The group's nearly three-year-old Web site (www.housewares.org) was, from the start, viewed as an alternative distribution channel for members' goods, Reynolds says. Of NHMA's 2,000 members, 70 percent are small companies with sales under $20 million, and the NHMA Web site became an integral sales channel for them. NHMA also had a robust virtual trade show component on its Web site. But the changing landscape has pushed NHMA to reach for the next rung: to become the Web community its members will always consult first.
"We had decided our association's Web site is a marketing opportunity," Reynolds says, "and from our members we get to the community concept. The NHMA found itself in a position last spring to be more of a trusted third-party presence on the Web for the housewares industry rather than just a distribution channel for members, Reynolds explains, and in his mind, the concept of community inevitably became interchangeable with the concept of portal." It all led the housewares association to hire eSociety.com, Bellevue, Wash., an Internet portal builder that targets associations. (See sidebar, page 38.)
Reynolds says he expects NHMA's Web traffic to rocket in the spring after the new site launches on March 8. The latest features are classic community-builders and a good example of the "Three C's" at work. The site will
* have a "Newsstand" where members and anyone else will access up-to-date industry news,
* rev up the capabilities of a housewares industry job bank,
* add a fully portable manufacturer rep directory,
* add a supply price quotation through an online RFP service, and direct commerce tools for buying and selling on the site, and
* host both a new products showcase as well as a "Hot Products" showcase, as defined by NHMA members.
Anne Gordon, eSociety.com president and CEO, adds some general tips for forward-thinking associations when designing a Web portal site for their group:
* Exploit the Web's potential for networking.
* Seize the potential for online commerce for members by offering transaction models that not only match sellers with buyers, but facilitate the exchange with auctions, catalogues, and marketplaces.
* Use the Web for lobbying. For example, with an active online community, getting the word out on legal and regulatory issues can be done in minutes with a rapid-response electronic campaign.
* Deliver education and professional development via a Web site that can save members time and money.
Revenue Op? Regarding revenue for the association from these Web site activities, Reynolds says that NHMA looked at the community concept "altruistically at the outset, with the association's new Web portal having only a tangential bearing on nondues revenue."
Reynolds declines to talk about specific figures, but there are revenue-generating mechanisms built into eSociety.com's Web model for its clients. A fee is built into each transaction made on the site, which is split 50-50 between eSociety.com and NHMA. Transactions include any subscription-based services offered on the Web site, such as advertising and sponsorships. The sale of goods and services on the site also carry a small fee, again split 50-50 between eSociety.com and clients.
NMHA is strong and successful, so why the portal push?
"We have looked at the rationale of other associations as they move on to the Internet, and we see our venture on the Internet as an added value," Reynolds says. "We are an authority on the [housewares] business, and we already create in real time mutual self-help groups and peer group interaction.
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Caffeine is a compound revered by many and vilified by some. It is a natural substance that occurs in varying amounts in different plant varieties, stages of growth and parts of the plant. It's the magical substance that awakens us and keeps us alert throughout the day. Because of this, people want to quantify and manage its intake.
Caffeine is water soluble, so when the water temperature used is lowered, less caffeine will be released. For those needing a powerful lift in the morning, some of our black teas, brewed appropriately, can have as much caffeine as a cup coffee! Because caffeine from tea does not take effect for 10-15 minutes, it provides more of a subtle lift - not the rapid jolt in a cup of coffee. As we like to say "Tea makes you happy; coffee makes you nervous".
The typical cup of coffee has approximately 125-185 milligrams of caffeine. The tea industry generally publishes a range of about 45-60 milligrams of caffeine for black and white teas, 35-45 milligrams for oolong teas, and 15-20 milligrams for green teas. Please remember that these are very general levels. Depending upon the type of tea and how it is prepared, caffeine levels can be significantly greater or lower than outlined here. Some caffeine levels vary depending on how tea was processed and when it was grown . Factors such as type of tea plant, when it is picked, and how it is picked, all have a great influence. For example, some Japanese green teas have more caffeine than Chinese green teas due to factors such as nitrogen fertilizer levels, specific varietals and plant shading. White teas tend to have the highest level of caffeine because the tea is derived from buds and young first leaf tips. Assamica varietals (Indian teas) have higher levels of caffeine than most China black teas. Spring teas tend to contain 1-5% more caffeine than autumnal/winter teas. These differences can range from 5-30 milligrams per serving, and it is difficult to get precise information from tea producers, who are not in the business of scientifically measuring caffeine levels in their tea. Also, controlled studies need to be done in order to make accurate comparisons. Finally, we must consider that with all the array of factors involved, the variance level of caffeine is still relatively small compared to how much is typically in a cup of coffee.
Two processes are used today for decaffeinating tea. One, which makes use of the solvent ethyl acetate, retains only 30% of the polyphenols. The other is a preferable, natural process that uses only water and carbon dioxide and is called effervescence. It retains 95% of the polyphenols. Be sure to check labels to see which process was used. If it isnt specified, youll have to contact the manufacturer to find out.
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We find that current decaffeinating methods produce a final product that is bland; the flavor and subtleties are gone. We would prefer those who are affected strongly by caffeine to have an herbal infusion when they feel that they would be adversely affected by caffeine.
We were once influenced by the ever popular adage about removing caffeine from any tea by a quick infusion in hot water. The idea was that because caffeine is water soluble, a quick rinse in boiling water would remove up to 80% of the caffeine.
To adequately address the issue we invite you to read a piece by Nigel Melican, founder of Teacraft and one of the most knowledgeable people on the subject of tea. This was initially published in the CHA DAO blog and parts of it are reprinted here with permission from the author and CHA DAO. We encourage you to follow the discussion on the blog via this link ...