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With new evidence showing how gluten sensitivity in non-celiacs is more or less psychosomatic, this vid is especially funny
Specifically, this paper.
By Jimmy Kimmel, via Business Insider.
Specifically, this paper.
By Jimmy Kimmel, via Business Insider.
From the The New York Times, August 27, 1911.
Read the full story here. Via Futility Closet.
Prepping a genomics 101 workshop as we speak, and I'm just going through some older material of mine. Will use this to explore the issue of correlations in big big data sets. Anyway, this piece written back in 2006 was a fun exercise in this notion, although it was a little freaky how the correlations were for the Bush era folks. One of these days, I should do an update on this – might be interesting to see how those matches come up.
By DAVID NG
Every living thing on this planet adheres to a script, a biological language that is not unlike the ingredient lists on the back of your grocery store products. This script is DNA, composed of a limited alphabet of four building blocks (or letters, if you will): A, T, C and G.
Our human document is just over three-billion letters in length. To offer some perspective, E. coli has just over four-and-a-half million letters, a fly has about 150-million letters and rice has close to 400-million. In all—as of August, 2005—over 100,000,000,000 letters of code have been sequenced from a multitude of earthly delights and made publicly available for research within the life sciences.
DNA orchestrates the production of proteins—the molecules that are responsible for the architecture, mechanics, senses and defenses of each and every cell and tissue in an organism's being. These proteins actually do the work of "living."
And here's where it gets interesting: Proteins are composed of strings of amino acids, pieced together as a direct result of DNA code. There are 20 different amino acids, each one denoted by a single letter. Since amino-acid alphabet is only missing the letters B, J, O, U, X and Z, one can look for relevant words within the huge dataset of genomes—within life's code—and, perhaps, find wisdom for important decisions.
With this in mind, I decided to supercollide genetics and politics—more specifically, to contemplate specific words, built with strings of amino acids, and search all available genetic and protein sequence data for relevant matches.1 And it is these matches or answers that are gleaned—as if from a Magic 8 Ball—to reflect and evaluate our leaders, our options and our future. Whether you buy into this brand of decision making or not, here is what you'll discover when you search genetic code for amino-acid sequence strings such as "BUSH," as well as other names from current events.
1. The query for "BUSH" receives no hits, primarily because it is deemed a "low complexity sequence." This is compounded by the fact that the letters B and U do not exist as specific amino acids.
2. To be fair, I tried the string "GWBUSH." Here, the closest match resulted in the sequence "GWDASH." It was interesting to note that 21 of the top 22 matches were derived from the genomes of "uncultured" organisms—ones that cannot be grown in any laboratory setting
3. Next, I tried "GWBLISH," under the pretense that when you squint, it looks like "GWBUSH." In this case, the best sequence match referred to the Japanese strain of Oryza sativa (paddy rice), a food staple from a country that is justifiably sensitive to past actions of the United States.
4. Because none of the above results sounded particularly encouraging, I figured that a better indicator of Bush's worth might come from querying the names of his top advisors. However, when the sequence strings "ROVE," "RICE" and "ALITO" are queried, all are met with the "low complexity sequence" result. The top hit for "RUMSFELD" was Xylella fastidiosa, a grapevine-decimating pathogen infamous in the wine industry. Interestingly, the top two matches for "CHENEY"are Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium in the same family as those that cause cholera, as well as Vibrio speldidus, a nasty intestinal pathogen known for inducing vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain.
5. Finally, in an effort to further demonstrate my impartiality, I begrudgingly entered "PRESIDENTBUSH." In this case, the best non-hypothetical match—one that can actually be assigned a biological function—was from the genome of Entamoeba histolytica. The organism is a single-celled, parasitic protozoan known for infections that sometimes last for years, which may be accompanied by vague gastrointestinal distress or dysentery—complete with blood and mucus in the stool.
6. For good measure, I considered how 2005 could have been different politically, entering a couple of searches related to Senator John Kerry. A query for "KERRY" received many perfect hits from a wide variety of different organisms, and "PRESIDENTKERRY" results in a best non-hypothetical match to a gene in Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, an organism belonging to the kingdom fungi.
I'm left to make the following conclusions: Simply stated, Bush is of low complexity. Addressing Bush using his first and middle initials suggests that he will run away or act in an uncultured manner. Squint at Bush and he just might make fun of your slanting eyes, call you "sushi lover," or make some other inappropriate comment. His closest advisors are, at best, too simple for the task or busy attacking wine, or, at worst, will make you suffer horribly. At the end of the day, if you don't want the hypothetical, but instead want the truth: President Bush is akin to an extended period of significant discomfort in your gut.
In hindsight, it would appear that these queries reflect accurately on the past year, what with the general mismanagement of the Iraq war, the fallout from Hurricane Katrina, the administration's rebuff of climate change, as well as the President's awkward but accommodating tone with intelligent design.
But, what if John Kerry had been elected president? Well, he would have just been a "fun guy!"
Perhaps there is some merit to this method of divination after all?
As a postscript—and to look forward rather than back, it being a new year—I ran one last query. Given Hillary Clinton's potential candidacy in the 2008 presidential race, I performed one last search, inputting "HILLARY."
Here, the top non-hypothetical hit corresponded to Burkholderia vietnamiensis strain G4, a bacterium known for its prowess in eliminating various hazardous environmental contaminants that are found in groundwater. Could this result possibly foreshadow an interesting campaign ahead? Is HILLARY someone that will bioremediate—literally "clean up" —the polluting mess left by the current administration.
No matter, I think it is best that I leave that act of interpretation to you the reader, since my actual Magic 8 Ball suggests that I "better not tell you now."
1. Anyone can do this with a common bioinformatics tool known as BLAST. Follow the link and click on the "search for short, nearly exact matches" under the PROTEIN subheading. In the new page, enter your query, and then hit the "BLAST" button.
Originally published January 11, 2006 at Seed Magazine.
By DAVID NG
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HAN SOLO: Well, so far, it seems like it's a pretty good thing. Me, I'm not too up on the technology, but Chewie is pretty good at that stuff. Right Chewie?
CHEWBACCA: Uuuhhhggg. Rrrrggghhh. Hhhgg-aaa. Rrrrn.
HAN SOLO: Yeah, that's a good point. Chewie just reminded me that this new system has significantly increased our energy efficiency. This basically means less money spent at the pump, and more money in our pockets.
CHEWBACCA: Rrrrrr! Aaaa-Ghhhuuurr. Uuuuhggg.
HAN SOLO: Right. And lower emissions too. Although I don't get why that would be such a big deal in deep space. Do greenhouse gases do anything out there anyway?
CHEWBACCA: Uuuuhhh-rrrr. Ghhhgggg. Uuugggg. Ggg. Rrrrr-uuuuaa. RRRR! NNHHHUUUR!
HAN SOLO: Alright, alright. Calm down. I'm not saying it's not a problem. I know there's science behind all this stuff. It's not like you haven't told me to be environmentally conscious like a hundred times already. Look, I'm sorry buddy. I didn't mean to sound negative like those Empire bastards.
HAN SOLO: Yeah, I know. That would be pretty funny to watch you pull the arms off a one of those guys. Doing that would be carbon neutral too right?
CHEWBACCA: Gghhnn. Nnnnh.
HAN SOLO: Yeah, sure. But listen Chewie, seriously: How would lower emissions in deep space help? I just don't get it, you know?
CHEWBACCA: Grrrrgh. Uuurhh. RRRggllhh. Hhuu-hhhuu. Auhhh-ghu-gh. RRRRR!. Ggg-rrr, uurrghh. HHGGU! Uuuuhh. Rrr, ggghhu. Huuhhhg. GGGrrr. Uhh?
HAN SOLO: Oh, O.K.. That makes sense. You say you still want fewer emissions because there's still a lot of flying involved when the Falcon leaves or returns to a planet, or just when she does her cool maneuvers close to the surface. These things still directly contribute to increasing greenhouse gas amounts within the confines of the planet's atmosphere. Hence, not helping with the global warming problem.
CHEWBACCA: Ggggrrr. Rrrrh. Uuuhhggr. RRRR! Uhhfuckinggghug.
HAN SOLO: Definitely. And you're right, Tatooine is already too damn hot.
CHEWBACCA: Rrrrrhhg. RRRGGH! Hhhuurrg. Ggrrgh. Huurg. Grrhhg. Guuuaaauu. AAAURRGG! RRRRGGG!
HAN SOLO: Yeah, O.K. I mean I'm basically pretty happy with the modifications. Really, as long as we can still make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs, I really don't care. Plus, I still get to say stuff like "Punch it Chewie," right? Chewie, you love that stuff.
CHEWBACCA: Ggrrrrgghhaarr.
As many of you know, one of my stranger science education projects is a biodiversity themed card game called Phylo. This project has been especially interesting of late, with a variety of new elements being launched via a number of great open collaborations (AMNH, GSA, Muse, Keeling Lab, etc – see the Phylo blog for more details).
But there is also this "Voyage of the Beagle" deck (or just the "Darwin Deck, #darwindeck" as some have been calling it), that was talked about a couple months back. This is still a work in progress, but we have a list of cards (beta deck with commons images can be seen here), and most of the art has already been commissioned. It actually looks like we'll need one more commission* (of about 8 images at $200 each), but I thought it would be cool to show you what the other amazing artists have done so far.
* If you're interested, leave a link of your portfolio in the comments.
Robert Ball: website | instagram | twitter
Robert I actually came across by way of his very cool work on superhero drawings (I actually have his Avengers print on my home office wall). His first two pieces are below, but he's also planing to link his 8 pieces into a final panoramic montage.
(click the below to enlarge)
Golly Bard: website | instagram
Diana (see below) did a great job of referring Golly to the project. These are Golly's first drafts, but you can already tell that they're going to look extraordinary.
Rachel Ignotofsky: website | instagram
Rachel has this great whimsical style (and some of her art has been shown here previously). She's actually completed a couple already as you can see below!
Diana Sudyka: website | instagram | twitter
And finally, we have Diana. I've been a big fan of Diana's work for a while now, especially since she worked on a picture for a piece at the SCQ. In any event, her lovely artworks (which were just finished) are shown below.
Anyway, I hope you are all as excited as I am for this #darwindeck. I'm thinking that it should be ready by late 2014 or early 2015. And don't forget, it looks like we will need one more artist in the mix, so leave a link to your portfolio if you're interested!
I'd also like to point out that all fees go towards our various public outreach programs, so even if you're not interested in attending, it would be totally cool if you could share this with others that may be so inclined.
More details below and also via my lab's website (bioteach.ubc.ca)
July 28th to August 1st, 2014 (CAN$1400) – poster pdf
DESCRIPTION:This intense 5 day workshop will focus on a myriad of different techniques used in the molecular manipulation of DNA, RNA and protein, as well as inclusion of lectures of high throughput genomic techniques. Primarily aimed at researchers who are new to the area, familiar but require a quick updating, or would like more practical bench training.
Hands on techniques covered include: Various nucleic acid purification methodologies (silica bead, organic, and/or pI based), restriction digests, ligations, dephosphorylation assays, agarose gel electrophoresis, transformation (including electroporation), PCR, reverse transcriptase assay, real time qPCR, SDS-PAGE,Western blot analysis, Isoelectric focusing strips, and 2D protein gels. Lectures on next-gen sequencing, SNPs, microarrays, bioinformatic tools.
To register or inquire about the workshop, please contact Dr. David Ng at firstname.lastname@example.com or 604-822-6264. More information can be found at http://www.bioteach.ubc.ca/portfolio/professional-courses/
REVIEWS FROM PREVIOUS SESSION (Feb 2014):
"Really good workshop!! Dave really does an amazing job explaining all different laboratory experiments and the theories behind them. The workshop gives a very good overview from both a theoretical and practical point of view of the main molecular biology protocols and procedures. Very good to refresh general concepts if you have experience, or to gain exposure if you are not familiar with molecular biology."
Jose Damon Urbez Torres, Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
"It is a very informative workshop with balanced theoretical and practical sections. The environment is a great combination of serious/fun/relax which suited me very well. GREAT JOB!"
Silvia Heredia, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia.
"Loved this workshop! I came with very little background and experience with these technologies, and found myself gaining a thorough and comprehensive understanding of key methods that are 100% relevant to my current field of research. The instruction was engaging and digestable. Lectures were provided in an efficient manner. Dave Ng makes molecular methods… magical (I was going for alliteration)!"
Kaylee Byers, Ph.D. Student, Vancouver Rat Project, University of British Columbia
"Good review of the basic chemistries of molecular techniques and why they work. Great enthusiasm and entertaining instruction by Dave. An 'A' Grade for the workshop."
Emily Fuerst, Scientist, Kemin Life Science
More reviews can be found at http://www.bioteach.ubc.ca/reviews-professional/
Things have been very hectic this semester (in a good way), and consequently, a number of things have lagged behind. One of which is my attempt to aggregate all the good discussion and activity around my "What is Science Literacy?" session at this year's scio14 conference.
Anyway, with a bit of pushing from Emily Buehler (courtesy of the folks at scio14), here is what is available. I'm of the opinion that it's worth checking out. Some of the comments are fascinating (you can download the pdf of the online survey responses here). Also, if you feel like leaving your two cents, you can still participate in the survey itself, and I can update this document accordingly.
Facilitator: David Ng
Session type: Discussion
Hashtag: #scioscilit
Session forum: link
This session aimed to explore "scientific literacy," and how this concept can inform science communication efforts. It attempts to survey and address the challenges that come with a term that inherently sounds vague. Part of this is due to the concept itself being always in a state of relentless change – which has a lot to do with differing opinions from academics and on-the-ground experts; as well as the current information ecosystem, with its media challenges, a shifting science culture, and also (unfortunately) because of the subversive activities from the likes of L.P.W.L.T.B.L.'s (loud people who like to be loud), P.W.S.P.O.M.I.'s (people with strong political or monetary interests), and of course, the D.C.D.s (dangerously clueless douchebags). In all, the session will provide a guided outlet for folks to share their opinions and expertise on this topic, and whether such techniques are useful (or not) in a variety of settings (i.e. journalism, education, PR, advocacy, policy). Note that the session began with a 6 minute Pecha Kucha, presentation that provided a summary of common elements in scientific literacy.
Some themes are commonly discussed when considering what it means to be scientifically literate:
1. knowledge of the scientific process.
2. context-driven knowledge of a subset of scientific/technical facts.
3. appreciation of science culture and how it interacts with other cultural perspectives.
In this instance, David made introductory remarks by recounting an interaction he had with an inquisitive elementary school student. Here, the dialogue between David and student focused on three questions on the subject of unicorns.
These questions happen to nicely frame a good framework for the literacy discussion, given the answers provided. These were:
A1: There is currently no strong evidence to support this. This is an answer that pays homage to the scientific method or the process of science. This also leads to discussions with how society generally obtains information (media consideration, as well as elements of biological and social behavior). Basically, public needs to know that you don't have to be a scientist to see merit in thinking like a scientist.
A2: It depends. If we are talking about what is simply a horse with a horn attached, then this arguably could exist. If, instead, we are referring to a unicorn that can make glitter from air and leap (in a single bound) over rainbows, then we would argue that such a unicorn could not exist. This would be very unlikely as such a unicorn would be breaking any number of scientific physical laws (i.e. 1st law of Thermodynamics being a good example). More importantly, this question segues into a facet of scientific literacy that considers the notion that involves knowledge of lists of technical facts.
A3: The frank answer here is that you would probably freak out. In other words, if strong evidence existed for such a fantastic unicorn, then one only has to imagine the historic significance of finding the existence of such a creature. Now try imagining the drama, the personalities involved, and perhaps most importantly, the scientific "creativity" required to make sense of it in existing frameworks of knowledge. All to say that science literacy is not just limited to the "process" or "technical facts," but rather it should include a "science culture" angle, whereby it's evident that science participates in society in a variety of perspectives. For example, other perspectives worth noting include those concerning politics and ethics.
Note that discussion was framed around a set of questions. Below are collected thoughts from the actual discussion, as well as answers recorded via an online survey of contributing scio14 participants. A pdf of the survey can be found here.
Note that interested science communicators can still participate in the survey here.
The majority of the session attendees do, and all survey participants (n=16) also do.
(Hereafter, all online survey responses highlighted with description of commenter)
Yes. (librarian, parent; academic scientist, part-time blogger & writer; multimedia specialist, artist for health organization; science librarian; communications manager for scientific publisher; science communicator; science teacher; diversity in science advocate, science blogger; professor)
Depends. (college instructor, science blogger; physics professor, blogger, book author; higher ed. science teacher; science journalist, past scientist; science writer, designer, public information officer; editor)
No. (science themed artistic curator)
There is a sweet spot of content delivery.
Finding and delivering it is an inherent challenge and a big project.
The journalist increases the reader's interest.
Share your passion in the story.
Find the sweet spot by including things that the readers don't know, finding an angle where the science makes them see something, and teaching them something to think about.
Scientists say that we should not have people in a story about science.
PIO's try to get scientists to talk, but many shy away if the article is about them.
Who is this "general public"? Think about scientific literacy for __________. Think about the "who." The audience changes depending on the content.
How much do you know about your audience at any given time?
Working with a non-profit: it's a moving target with no best practices.
Pop culture influences can interest people. For example, "Finding Nemo" caused aquarium visitors to engage and ask questions. The "Mermaids" documentary/mockumentary: many people believed it was real. Using this video and the public reaction to it could be a strategy to debunk the media and to start a discussion and questioning.
For me, the sweet spot is focusing on process and approach to thinking.
(college instructor, science blogger)
It works well to demystify and explain science as a human endeavor, in such a way that my listeners feel they could possibly have done the work themselves. Also works well to include elements of critical thinking/information literacy in discussions of science news or articles.
(librarian, parent)
I try to leave out the process and focus on the 'facts.' I would like to shift more towards the process but this requires a conscious effort on my part.
(academic scientist, part-time blogger & writer)
Start from introducing science as a way of knowing, equal in weight to other ways of knowing.
(higher ed. science teacher)
I'm sort of stuck on this, as I'm not sure who the target of the "framing" is in the previous questions. Framing for who? The audience for the stories? The people who run ScienceBlogs? My faculty colleagues/ administrative superiors? My publishers? Myself?
I don't really pitch what I do on the blog as "increasing science literacy" in the sense of telling the audience that that's what I'm doing, but if you asked me to justify spending time blogging, I'd probably say something along those lines. My books are a little more explicitly aiming at increased scientific literacy, some more than others.
The "sweet spot" in terms of content is different in different media, and in different subsets of what I'm doing. If I'm writing about a new experiment published in a journal, the target level is different than if I'm writing about something I did myself for the purposes of posting about it on the blog. There's yet another level for history-of-science pieces, and still another for academic-culture stories, and so on.
In other words, this isn't a well-formed question.
(physics professor, blogger, book author)
I'm currently working on story boarding a video series that will hopefully be my sweet spot for this kind of content. I haven't gotten to the point where I can determine if it has worked well or not. But who knows?
(multimedia specialist, artist for health organization)
I see science literacy more as an understanding of the scientific process than necessarily conveying facts. I need to incorporate it into the story, but if there is something unique or revealing about the process that I can incorporate into the existing story. Such as the finding coming about from an unusual collaboration, or an unexpected fortuitous discovery.
(science journalist, past scientist)
The sweet spot from a librarian perspective, is balancing practical lessons on how to use the catalog, how to use scopus, with discussion on why these critical thinking and research skills are more important than for just finding articles for their papers, it's about learning how to evaluate any information they come across, and learn to recognize, analyze and process information (plagiarism, peer review process etc).
(science librarian)
Something that's fun and engaging/interesting is usually what works well.
(science writer, designer, public information officer)
Haven't found it yet.
(communications manager for scientific publisher)
That would all depend on context. The most necessary thing is to make the subject relevant to the audience, and if not relevant, at least interesting to them.
(science communicator)
Presenting real examples that students relate to and giving them the opportunity to identify misconceptions or limitations of their thinking.
(science teacher)
Music. Talk about science using sing lyrics as analogy. (Connecting science to something most people like and defining terms around it).
(diversity in science advocate, science blogger)
Enough background to clarify the topic without unnecessary side discussion, with reminders of things readers may have encountered and pointers to more info as appropriate.
Content delivery is about wrapping the science up in a story or having a personal perspective to draw in the reader(s). It's *never* about dumbing things down, but rather being clear and careful with terminology. I also think science literacy is (or should be?) more about the process of science rather than an end-point.
In our narrative work we explicitly set the line at, "Any exposition must be in service of moving the plot forward." The corollary is that we look for stories where some bit of science is essential to driving the plot.
(science themed artistic curator)
The biggest challenge is conveying thought processes that have become inherently more intuitive to me through science training into a clear explanation that can be understood by someone else.
(college instructor, science blogger)
Audience first needs to be engaged with the topic. It sometimes helps to address the topic through "big questions."
(librarian, parent)
Having to define many terms without it turning into a text book. Losing the story by getting the details straight.
(academic scientist, part-time blogger & writer)
The biggest challenge is time. I have a day job with teaching and administrative responsibilities, and two small kids. Finding the time to refine material to exactly the right level is the biggest challenge.
(physics professor, blogger, book author)
Getting learners to disavow preconceived notions of what science is.
(higher ed. science teacher)
Yes. For me, it's drawing people in with photos, video, graphics or other illustrations without confusing or distracting them.
(multimedia specialist, artist for health organization)
Generally being able to fit it into the story without sacrificing the story. And keeping in mind what a reader is actually going to want to hear and be able to absorb.
(science journalist, past scientist)
I don't teach a semester long class, I usually only get one or two lessons within the context of a semester. I need buy in from faculty to make sure students take my lesson seriously and I also need to make the lesson interesting, which is HARD, I try to convey my passion about it but students often just give me the blank stare response. So I am constantly trying to find relevant pop culture type example,s to get their attentions.
(science librarian)
Translating jargon! It's hard to take an academic paper and make it accessible/understandable to the public & kids
(science writer, designer, public information officer)
Money, changing tech, getting support & buy in from management
(communications manager for scientific publisher)
Working out unexpected or unforeseen relevance.
(science communicator)
The lack of scientific scrutiny in pop culture/media/general public. The misconceptions can be heavily ingrained and reinforced continually.
(science teacher)
Changes with audience. Audience is unpredictable.
(diversity in science advocate, science blogger)
Most notably, providing enough info without providing too much, respecting readers without talking over their heads, and trying to focus on the most relevant context.
Avoiding jargon. That is absolutely key. Also, big challenge in describing/writing about areas of science that don't have an easy 'catch' for an audience. It's easier talking about monarch butterflies because everyone can relate to butterflies. It's much harder to discuss the process of, for example, epigenetics.
Boringness. So much boring.
(science themed artistic curator)
The broad public misses that science is a human endeavor and that it is not infallible. Knowing this allows people to accept conflict without anxiety.
As a journalist, you don't have the space to give the story and all of the information. You must use certain tactics for certain approaches.
The teaching is that science is linear (which starts early in school.) We must help to illustrate that science is messy.
The culture of science interacts with other cultures. But in some ways it can be exclusionary. Do we build a wall that pushes others out?
We want people to think like a scientist (without it being necessary to be a scientist or to be in the scientist culture). Imagine substituting "music" for "science".
Is it getting worse? Undergraduates are entering university lacking a number of skills including science literacy.
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Not understanding the process of building knowledge through the scientific process as a cultural construct distorts how people interpret the information they receive.
It is very problematic as the flaws in critical thinking this reinforces impact decision making in all fields.
(college instructor, science blogger)
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The process and culture aspects are most often missing. General public science discourse has traditionally focused on technical facts. This can make science seem dry to some.
It's very problematic that many citizens lack a basic understanding of what science is and does. Schools and informal science education environments both need greater focus on how we know what we know.
(librarian, parent)
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Terms related to process and science culture. Elements concerning science culture is the least known in my opinion. Mostly because the science world is insular and those who are not science literate have no desire to learn about the culture.
It's a problem because it creates a divide that reinforces a lot of class barriers
(academic scientist, part-time blogger & writer)
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The process is probably the biggest point of confusion.
I think it helps to be explicit about the process, and about the fact that the general process of science is something everybody uses every day, often without really being aware of it. This is the topic of my next book…
(physics professor, blogger, book author)
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That science is more than fact and the difference between fact, theory, and law.
Problematic because we can't converse about science unless we are all using a common vocabulary.
(higher ed. science teacher)
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I'm sure there is, or we wouldn't have people who don't know that the earth revolves around the sun.
Hugely problematic, and I think the solution is catching these folks when they are young and creating an interest in being scientifically literate in elementary school.
(multimedia specialist, artist for health organization)
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The process often is left out. In some ways it's inside the baseball. The general audience doesn't necessarily have to care about this, so the challenge is finding ways to make it a relevant story that people outside of the bubble have some reason to care about.
(science journalist, past scientist)
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Science culture is hard to get into and hard to leave. I grew up in it, it's a privilege I often forget I have. I think it's human nature to be comfortable in their privilege and to move out of it, whether it's inviting others in, or stepping out of your zone. Change is hard!
It's an issue for populations that need the science! And it also means that we are possibly missing chances to gain perspective from the benefit of diverse minds. I think being online and technology are greatly increasing access and spread of information, but we need leaders and groups who are making an effort to be sure globalization of information is not only free but fair.
(science librarian)
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CULTURE and support from government and industry to encourage science learning
Education is the best way, but this has problems of its own – mostly because the US has lots of education.
(science writer, designer, public information officer)
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Disconnect about value, cost , usefulness of research in bigger picture. Loss of meaning in smaller stories. Loss of threads… Connecting to related content.
(communications manager for scientific publisher)
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Yes, there is. Neuroscience and psychiatry tend to be under-reported, since these areas are enormously complex, even for those who consider themselves very scientifically literate.
It is very problematic. Take for example the very widespread public ignorance about dementia, and the myths surrounding it, ignorance shared by many medical professionals.
(science communicator)
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Yes. School curriculums mainly focus on content of science and little on the inquiry of science. Also, the inquiry aspects should be included in most other core subjects, if only as a way of scrutinising knowledge within that subject.
Very problematic. The media should take some responsibility in promoting critical thinking.
(science teacher)
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The process overall. People don't broadly understand why the process lends to credibility. And when the process is misunderstood or undervalued, science can seem unproductive or lacking in credibility.
(diversity in science advocate, science blogger)
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(Side-note: Not sure I'd count science culture as part of literacy. Gut reaction, though, so no well thought out reason.) I think process & culture are more or less completely missing. No one reason — harder to describe, of less practical import to people, less obvious emotional impact (vs. smoke causes cancer, say).
How problematic? Somewhere between very and not at all? Reasons it's a problem are talked about a lot.
Reasons it's not a problem — or rather is maybe unsolvable: there are a *ton* of things you could potentially expect people in society at large to know. What's the culture of art curation? The process in international manufacturing? It seems impossible that everyone could know all of them.
How to get around that? I think normalizing the idea of science within the culture is the way to go. (Of course, I would.) Point being to get across: "Generally competent human people do these things, and other human & competent people know about and check their work. You might know about some of them, the others work more or less the same way." The trick, of course, is to do that without, "trust us."
(science themed artistic curator)
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Perhaps science writers focus to quickly on asserting the findings without identifying the conditional nature of those findings.
Without an understanding of uncertainty, and more specifically, probabilities, the civilian lawmaker or voter will tend to see issues as two sided, yes or no, good or bad, not relative and adjustable.
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Fundamentally, there are just not enough scientists entering discussions with people outside their own area of expertise.
Not sure how problematic this is –> it may just take time as the upcoming generation of scientists have a different approach (and in many ways, a better one)
There is a whole body of literature on "the science of science communication."
You are trying to engage readers, not to promote science literacy.
Reading is the base level. Not every project requires science literacy.
It depends on the goal. Literacy is very important, but it is also important to convey the joy of a scientific approach to questions and the human-ness of scientists. If the goal is one of the latter two, then always placing a focus on literacy may detract from the effectiveness of the piece, potentially in relation to both goals.
(college instructor, science blogger)
It is most important, first and foremost, to engage the reader/viewer/student.
(librarian, parent)
You spend too much time analyzing ill-formed questions and don't do any actual communicating.
(physics professor, blogger, book author)
I don't think that everything I do tries to increase scientific literacy. I think it's easy to give excuses like "not every story is strong" or "as communicators we are being asked to do too much with little resources" but when it comes down to it, we have to make an effort in making this kind of thing a priority.
(multimedia specialist, artist for health organization)
I think there's a danger in trying to make the communication so "perfect" — from an accuracy or literacy point of view — that it eventually becomes something that no one wants to actually read.
(science journalist, past scientist)
I usually think over analyzing can feed into burn out and the loss of 'fun' in what people are passionate about.
(science librarian)
You lose the magic of the science, and the excitement
(science writer, designer, public information officer)
You might be dumbing down the content.
(communications manager for scientific publisher)
Spend too much time explaining or defining rather than telling the story.
(diversity in science advocate, science blogger)
Nobody likes to be talked down to. Treating all writing as "teachable moments" may sound a lot like preaching. Furthermore, arguing a point with straight facts and logic often helps to solidify the listener's point of view as they review their reasons for believing what they do. Rather than simply focusing on "increasing literacy," writers might consider ways to share stories in a way that increases empathy with scientific perspectives.
I always communicate science with a view to increase scientific literacy. I see very few detrimental effects *except* the scientists must have his/her credentials – in other words, the science communicator has to have a program/background that provides real credibility.
It gets in the way of other goals. We're trying to do an exploration of what it means to be human in a scientific world. Putting in literacy goals will distort that.
Of course, that doesn't mean literacy-aimed projects can't be all good.
They might be bad, for exmaple, if the focus is on how stupid people are for not knowing things. I think that approach does a lot of damage.
(science themed artistic curator)
Literacy is how you intellectually access scientific thinking or awareness.
If I encounter information and I question it, where do I go? How do I be a skeptic?
Would it be interesting to discuss scientific literacy in an unconventional format (such as a debate or a guided game)?
Literacy and advocacy can exist separately. Advocacy without literacy is potentially damaging in the long run. Literacy should be paired with material to also present the process as joyous.
(college instructor, science blogger)
Science as a career or hobby isn't for everyone, but everyone should have a basic "science appreciation" — an understanding and appreciation for what science is and does.
(librarian, parent)
It's not a bad thing. Music and sports journalists are allowed to like their topics…
(academic scientist, part-time blogger & writer)
Science absolutely is for everyone, or should be.
(physics professor, blogger, book author)
I say advocacy is good – it means we are passionate about what we say. It should be the basis for communicating science, not the other way around.
(higher ed. science teacher)
I think it's hard to separate the two. But no, I don't think it's a bad thing.
(multimedia specialist, artist for health organization)
It doesn't need to be for everyone. There are many different types of outlets and stories, they don't all need to be doing the same thing.
(science journalist, past scientist)
Everyone plays a part, and it's good to be cognizant and be an ally. But there is also the risk of having too little information, and hindering instead of helping. I also think sometimes it feels like a responsibility which has been placed on you rather than something you volunteered for. It's a personal choice to be an active participant, but I also think if you aren't going to take an active role, you should be willing to be open and help 'spread the word' when asked to be a support.
(science librarian)
Not a bad thing.
(communications manager for scientific publisher)
The problem is not so much science advocacy, as unconscious fallacies in it, such as appealing to a mythical objective morality in the guise of science.
(science communicator)
Scientific literacy in societies in general has been increasing constantly since the dawn of humans. It seems there is no other way and if there was, ironically, it would be a scientifically literate society that finds the other way. Unless, of course, we follow a N Korean model (which we did in some way or another). Therefore, the question of advocacy as a negative thing is only relevant when talking about specific scientific issues (especially politically charged ones).
(science teacher)
It is science policy from the moment it conveys a need for something. Not bad. But not for everyone.
(diversity in science advocate, science blogger)
I suppose it's a bit naive to operate as if a reader must understand the context and background of every point to qualify as understanding anything at all. If using stories can elicit empathy, writers may find it possible to share science without ensuring, or insisting, that the reader will become literate.
It's not for everyone because not everyone has the right skills for all forms of communication, but those willing to enter this discourse should and should be supported in doing so. But too few people do… and that's a problem. E.g., it's ALWAYS the same 2-3 profs in my Department doing this -we need our peers to take part more actively.
Haven't thought much about it. Based on the thoughts above the answer to the last question is probably no..
(science themed artistic curator)
There is a scholarship to teaching and learning.
Talk to your librarians. They are passionate about literacy and can connect you to resources about literacy.
I'm not well familiar with PUS research. In my limited familiarity, I have found discussion of PUS to be very thought provoking about my approach.
(college instructor, science blogger)
I am not familiar with this literature.
(librarian, parent)
Not familiar.
(physics professor, blogger, book author)
I'm not familiar, but I would like to be.
(multimedia specialist, artist for health organization)
Not familiar
(science journalist, past scientist)
The PUS literature can be very helpful indeed – but then so can too a study of rhetoric and the history of rhetoric, or the history of narration..
(science communicator)
Sorry, have to leave this blank.
It doesn't for a very frustrating reason. All the journals are closed access, so I almost never read them.
I honestly think this is the biggest barrier, by far, to the theory-> practice movement. The articles need to be available, or a lot more translational work needs to be done.
(science themed artistic curator)
Storified here by ScienceOnline
The conversation continues.
Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits, The National Academies Press, 2009. link
"Science for All Americans," Project 2061, AAAS. link
Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education. http://informalscience.org/
Science Festival Alliance. link
"Can Doctors Be Taught How to Talk to Patients?" Well (a New York Times blog), by Timothy D. Gillian, M.D. and Mikkael A. Sekeres, M.D., 2014. link/
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It might look like this…
Otherwise known as the Surfph-o-Morph. There's three designs by Giulio Iacchetti which you can check out here.
That would be a literal description…
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The best kind of firearm. That is, the plantae kind…
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By Sanjay Kulkarni (at least that is how it traces)
This is breathtaking in a steam punk kind of way…
"Using the bodies of tarantulas, crabs, winged insects, and more, she adds gears, springs, and other mechanics to their fragile forms."
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Here is the trailer for Scarlet and Luke for the story Back To December.
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The day Scarlet Parker found herself looking down at a positive pregnancy test, she knew her life would never be the same. Still in high school, she and her long time friend-turned-boyfriend had to figure out what to do. Their decision to keep and raise their baby would change their lives immeasurably. Samuel David Owens "Sam" was born and shortly after, Scarlet Parker became Scarlet Owens. Sure they were young, but they had a family now and they had to learn how to raise it. Years later, life isn't exactly the way Scarlet always dreamed it would be. She works hard to give her son a good life and tries to keep her fights with his father, Luke, a secret from him. Things just seem to keep repeating and after going on a bender one night, Luke makes a mistake that threatens to tear their family apart for good. You can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTUlXllnP0
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Audible Design Idea
Hello everyone,
Ever since I tried the redesign of the chase app I've been thinking about other apps that look dated. Audible is an obvious one. I honestly don't like this redesign as much as the Chase idea I had but let me know what you think and how I should improve.
audible redesign for Android.


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What are effective ways to get to know my students and create a positive learning environment from the very beginning of the term? How can I pique students' curiosity about the subject matter? How can I set student expectations for active engagement in the course?
These are common questions as teachers prepare for the first days of class, an important time for setting the tone for what is to come in the term. CRLT offers many resources to help faculty and GSIs think carefully about getting the most out of the first days. These include tips for learning student names, activities for building community, and suggestions for ways to introduce course material and communicate expectations.
Other resources about inclusive teaching provide specific strategies for ensuring that you foster learning environments that include and enable all of your students, from the very beginning of the term. Inclusive teaching can begin before you ever walk into a classroom, as emphasized by these resources on course design and syllabus design.
As always, CRLT consultants are also available to work one-on-one with instructors. We're here to help you get your classes off to a great start.
At this point in the semester, many courses are building toward a midterm examination. As a teacher, how can you best design such tests to motivate and assess student learning? How can you be sure that your classroom instruction adequately prepares students for the exam? How, in short, can you make the most of exam time as a learning opportunity for your students?
The process of designing an exam can offer a great opportunity to ensure that your learning goals, instructional practices, and assessment techniques are all well aligned. Our website features several resources to help you thoughtfully design exams that reliably measure whether students have learned what you've been trying to teach them--and evaluate those exams fairly. These emphasize that effective exams Read more »
It's a common challenge: A student answers a question in class. But the answer is wrong. How do you respond?
When there are definite right and wrong answers, it's important that instructors provide clear feedback on student responses so that the class knows which answers are right, which are wrong, and which are somewhere in between. Often, a wrong answer gives some insight into how students are thinking about the question, and provides an opportunity to lead the students to a better answer. Of course, you also want to communicate that the student's answer is appreciated, and maintain a safe space for students to contribute answers in the future.
We've located some resources from teaching centers around the country with suggestions for how to handle wrong answers. Some of the best suggestions include: Read more »
With the beginning of the semester just around the corner, many instructors are strategizing about how best to start productive classroom conversations. Students who speak even briefly at the beginning of a class meeting are more likely to participate in discussions going forward, and a well-chosen icebreaker can help everyone join in. As quick, low-stakes, and often fun activities that involve students at the beginning of a session, icebreakers can be a good way to learn about who's in the classroom, reduce anxiety, and engage all students in thinking together about course content.
CRLT provides examples of icebreakers and guidance for using them in the Handbook on Departmental GSI Development. We also recently polled our Graduate Teaching Consultants (GTCs) to gather a list of their favorites. Here are some good ideas we received when we asked the GTCs to "tweet" us a particularly effective icebreaker they have used, seen, or heard about: Read more »
End-of-term student course evaluations are important for a range of reasons, but they only provide useful information if a significant number of students contribute responses. How can you ensure a high rate of return from your students?
Theresa Tinkle, Associate Chair of the U-M English department, recently gathered data from her colleagues that helps answer that question. She polled instructors in her department who regularly get a response rate of at least 80 percent on standardized student ratings to find out what their secrets might be. As it turns out, there's not much of a secret. The best practices she's compiled are relatively simple:
In short, if you let students know that you value their feedback and provide easy ways for them to complete course evaluations, they're very likely to respond.
For additional ideas and information about student course evaluations, check out our resources on this page.
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Counting Numbers 150-200
Topics : Second Grade, Place Value
Is your second grader up for a counting challenge? This colorful worksheet asks her to number each pretty pink flower that is empty with numbers from 150 to 200. It's a pleasant way to boost her number writing and counting skills as she creates a spring-themed masterpiece.
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Jeebus, you really do have to wonder what they boogeyma version of President Obama looks like. Via.
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Shreveport Police say they are looking for a dissatisfied drug buyer who returned to the home of the seller and assaulted him.
Authorities became involved when they were called to an alleged home invasion that happened about 8:30 Wednesday morning in the 4200 block of Luther Court.
That's where police found the victim suffering from "obvious trauma to the face." The man was taken to LSU Health with non-life threatening injuries.
Police say the victim told them that he had been assaulted after selling counterfeit narcotics to a male buyer but passing them off as authentic.
Later, the buyer returned, kicked in the front door and began to assault the seller once inside the home. The beating victim also allegedly told authorities that he couldn't identify the male buyer.
Robbery investigators along with narcotics agents were called to the scene, where police say they found "several items consistent with the sale of illegal narcotics" around the outside of the home.
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Lake Shelbyville also hosts balloon fest every year during Columbus Day weekend. The lake is currently looking at other locations to host the festival, in case there is no quick resolutions within the government.
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The BlogPoll for week 4 is out. SET YOUR GAZE UPON IT!
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I escaped the Wack Ballot Watch once again (here's my ballot).
Meanwhile, Syracuse, which still plays football in the Big East, is tied for sixth in this week's Big East rankings. Apparently everyone else would have had an easy time beating USC in the Coliseum.. Then again, I'm guessing the Cincy blog and USF blog dropped us into last place more over the ACC news than actual gameplay. We should get used to that.


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Cardinals' John Skelton: 'I would have been ready'
Why wasn't John Skelton put in the game?
The third-year quarterback sat on the sideline and watched rookie Ryan Lindley and the rest of the Cardinals' offense put up two field goals, five first downs and go 0-for-15 on third down opportunities.
Skelton said Monday he was good to go had head coach Ken Whisenhunt called his number.
"I was ready," Skelton said. "If it had come to it, I would have been ready."
Skelton, who started five games this season and has 16 starts in his career, said it was difficult to watch the offensive difficulty and not be able to aid the cause.
"Whenever you're struggling as an offense and you're not able to help and you're not able to contribute, it's frustrating," he said. "That's part of the game; you're going to have your ups and downs, you're going to have times when the defense plays lights out, just like they did and you're going to be helpless to do anything about it."
Whisenhunt said after the loss that he did think about making a change at quarterback, but stayed with Lindley.
"We talked about it during the course of the game," Whisenhunt said at his Monday press conference. "But when you're playing a defense like that, that's giving you a number of different looks, and how it's being communicated at the point that you have to make that change, you have to understand is it because the guy in there is not playing well? Because you're going to lose a lot of what you've gone through in the first parts of the game as far as understanding the protections and where their sights are and what the checks are."
Lindley completed just 10-of-31 passes for 72 yards and an interception in the contest. In the process, according to ESPN Stats and Info, he became just the second quarterback since the AFL merger to attempt more than 30 passes and end up with under 75 yards passing.
More evidence that a change should have been made?
"Whatever the coach feels is the best direction to take the team -- I don't think he's throwing arrows and then drawing a target around it, I think he's got his reason behind everything he's doing, so all you can do is prepare and see what happens."
Skelton has struggled in his time on the field this season as well, but hopes that his prior performance hasn't eliminated the possibility of future playing time.
"I'd hope not," he said. "I understand that we'd lost six or seven in a row and he went with a change, I understand that.
"But I hope there's nothing I did to deter him from coming back to me."
Whisenhunt was asked if he's lost faith in his one-time starter.
"I wouldn't say that I've lost confidence in John's ability," he responded.
The head coach did not name a starting quarterback for Sunday's road game at Seattle.
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I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Samuel was found as a stray and is very thankful to be in good hands. He is good with cats, dogs, and kids. He loves his other furry friends and loves to play. He is house and crate trained. He is the sweetest boy with the cutest spots. He is safe, happy, and healthy, now all he needs is a home to call his own!
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Methuen — Eleanor (Camasso) Vittorioso, 80, of Methuen passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Halcyon House in Methuen surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Lawrence and was the daughter of the late Vincenzo and Assunta (DiZazzo) Camasso.
Eleanor was raised and educated in Lawrence and was a graduate of Lawrence High School class of 1951. She married her high school sweetheart Andrew Vittorioso who passed away in 2008 and shared 54 years of marriage.
Eleanor was a lifelong parishioner of Corpus Christi Parish at Holy Rosary Church and was a member of the St. Rita's Sodality for many years. She worked for many years for Paul Sullivan Sportswear as a seamstress and later worked and retired from Raytheon, West Andover.
Eleanor was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She enjoyed painting, bowling, dancing and listening to Frank Sinatra.
Eleanor is survived by her daughters, Gail Laviolette, Audrey Michaud and her husband Philip, and Lisa Fowler and her husband Michael all of Plaistow, NH; her son, Guy Vittorioso and his wife Susan (Guzuski) of Salem, NH; her sisters, Jenny D'Agustino of Salem, NH, Celia Parisi of Lawrence, and Sylvia Leone of Methuen; her brother, John Camasso and his wife Loretta of Lawrence; her brother in law, David Vittorioso of Lawrence and her sister in law, Lyra Camasso of Methuen. She also leaves 9 grandchildren, 1great- grandchild, and many nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend visiting hours on Thursday, February 21, 2013 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at the Cataudella Funeral Home 126 Pleasant Valley St. Methuen. Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM on Friday at St. Monica's Church 214 Lawrence St. Methuen. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Methuen. Those who wish to remember Eleanor by making a memorial contribution in her memory are kindly asked to consider Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts Chapter 264 Cottage St. Springfield, MA 01104. For direction or to send the family an online condolence please visit www.cataudellafh.com.


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Live coverage from Birmingham, where SB Nation is taking in the spectacle of SEC Media Days.
Steve Spurrier mounts the dais, fit and preening in a pink tie nobody else on earth with that ruddy a complexion could pull off, and sporting hair that will not look so magnificently chestnut come November. He's noticeably more jocular than the Spurrier the White we saw last July, with the sheen of a recent division championship still apparent, despite everything that happened on a scoreboard in December. Highlights from a rollicking Q&A session follow:
• Spurrier thinks this is the best group of players he's ever had at South Carolina, and that there's still "plenty more out there for us to go after. Time will tell." In typical Spurrier fashion, he dispenses with his opening marks in perfunctory fashion, and with a twinkle in his eye, asks, "Any questions?" like there's a chance every hand in the room isn't about to bolt up.
• Spurrier thinks he has the best running back and wide receiver in the country in Marcus Lattimore and Alshon Jeffery. Lattimore will shortly become the toast of the day for refusing to entertain stupid questions about Stephen Garcia.
• And speaking of Stephen Garcia, here comes the "I don't openly loathe my starting quarterback ... much" song and dance we all know so well. Spurrier's tone of voice is impossible to replicate here, but the closest comparison would be a consistently misbehaving pet he can't get rid of because his wife loves the damn thing. "Stephen has some guidelines he must follow to be reinstated in August," but he's been doing everything asked of him and going to his workouts. Oh, and he might not be the starter, of course. Sure, Coach. "He and Connor Shaw will battle it out a little bit. He may be our best quarterback, but we're gonna have a little competition this year." A reporter: Can you talk about your unlimited patience with Garcia?" Spurrier: "Well, I guess we don't wanna kick him out for stupidity." Another reporter: "How sure are you Stephen Garcia will--" Spurrier interrupts this sentence with what is either a cough, a snarl, or a harrumph. I'm going with all three. "--keep his nose clean this time?" Spurrier fires right back, "Well first of all, he may get beat out by Connor Shaw." Coach, are you sorry you don't have a clear and undeniable leader on this team? "Yeah, that would be nice," like he's ordering fish.
• On the ever-expanding coffers of the SEC: "Dan Mullen's got a jet airplaine out there." I have to assume Dan Mullen piloted this in himself, parachuted out over the convention center, and allowed the plane to smash unmanned into a nearby hillside.
• Were there any factors besides the threat of Lattimore that led to last year's division title? The conventional wisdom is also Spurrier's opinion: Down years for Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.
• On Mike Slive's earlier proposition that college scholarships for NCAA athletes be expanded into multi-year awards: "No, it's a terrible idea, Commissioner. You sportswriters get a two-year deal? You go bad, you don't show up for work, your butt's gonna be out on the street." A pause. "Luckily, coaches have four- or five-year contracts."
• On how much longer he intends to keep at this before retiring to Augusta National: It may be time to reduce his standard answer from four or five more years to three or four, but "If it was going bad and we were getting beat, I'd be gone."


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Throwback Thursday: Born to Be a Model
I was looking through old family pics and found this adorable pic of Kendall as a baby!! She is such a natural born model, always posing even from an early age. It's so amazing to watch her grow and develop as a model and I am so incredibly proud of her!
See her gorgeous shoot from Miss Vogue magazine in Australia here. Xo
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It's not very often the concept of restorative justice gets much play outside scholarly publications or reformist criminal justice circles, so first, some credit for Max Fisher at The Atlantic for giving it an earnest look last week. In seeking to explain Norway's seemingly measly twenty-one-year sentence for remorseless, mass-murdering white supremacist Anders Breivik—a sentence that is certain to be extended to last the rest of his life—Fisher casts a critical eye on the underlying philosophy that animates that country's sentencing practices, finding it to be "radically different" from what we're used to in the United States.The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices: A Meta-Analysis [more inside]
"When legal teams need to prove or disprove the authorship of key texts, they call in the forensic linguists. Scholars in the field have tackled the disputed origins of some prestigious works, from Shakespearean sonnets to the Federalist Papers."Decoding Your E-Mail Personality Ben Zimmer, of Language Log discusses the Facebook case and forensic linguistics in the NY Times. [more inside]


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With financial giants gobbling up competitors and a wave of technological advances continuing to transform the industry, financial professionals hitting the job market should be prepared for a challenging environment. Jobs in the financial industry grew just 2.9 percent from 2000 to 2003, and the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show little significant improvement.
Calixto J. Garcia-Velez President, Citibank Florida Business Manager, Citibank North America, South Division
Today's financial executives are multi-tasking marketing gurus who can motivate employees as well as sell the myriad services of 21st century financial centers. Case in point: Calixto Garcia-Velez. Mr. Garcia-Velez handles Citigroup's community banking business. But you won't find him at a computer all day. "The majority of my time is spent on the people side, interviewing, coaching, and mentoring," says Mr. Garcia-Velez. "What drives me, what keeps me excited is seeing people achieve success." The challenge, he says, is incorporating Citigroup products and services into one business. It's a challenge he views as critical for future financial leaders. "I think management and executives will have to evolve," says Mr. Garcia-Velez. "The key to that is ... to stay current and up to date with all the changes in our industry."
Ana Duarte McCarthy Director, Global Workforce Diversity and College Relations, Citigroup
When it comes to diversity recruitment and retention, Citigroup has it by the numbers: The multinational financial institution employs 275,000 representatives in more than 100 countries, with 98 percent of its workers hired locally. At the helm of diversity initiatives is Ana Duarte McCarthy. Ms. McCarthy also manages a system of employee networks to help new recruits access senior management positions and navigate corporate culture. "We look for top talent from diverse pools," says Ms. McCarthy. "For people who can execute [and] that can also show us some results and innovation." Citigroup's multinational presence complements talented Hispanic employees. "We have products and services targeted at the Hispanic marketplace. Hispanic employees reflect this focus."
Industry experts say the current economic and job climate in the sector is due largely to the consolidation of behemoths including Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, and Bank of America, as well as corporate moves to streamline staffing in favor of online banking services. Still, financial institutions are expanding by looking to tap new and emerging markets, so there are pockets of strong growth.
"Banks are in an era of expansion right now," says Heather McElrath, spokeswoman for the American Banking Association. "[But] technology has improved the way the industry communicates and reduced the number of people needed to do it."
While consolidation and a growing shift to online services may be dampening job growth, they're also creating some high-paying opportunities in upper-management positions for candidates with graduate educations and technical expertise. A recent ABA survey of CEOs revealed the most difficult jobs currently to fill in the industry are those requiring professional credentials and a strong technology background, including compliance, trust, and information-technology officers. These positions, according to the Association of Financial Professionals, saw an average salary increase of 3.6 percent in 2004, compared with an average of 3.5 percent for all professional workers.
New employment opportunities are also benefiting Hispanic job candidates about 8 percent of the financial workforce in 2003 as multinational financial corporations such as Citigroup extend operations into Latin America and other countries and seek to recruit candidates who can deliver products to diverse markets.
"There are more people in the industry today than 15 years ago because there are so many more products and services being offered in the banking industry," says Calixto Garcia-Velez, president of Citibank Florida. "Having a culturally diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business."


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In a matter of 48 hours, 45,000 runners will hit our city's streets for the Chicago Marathon.
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I'm not usually so enamoured of the wholly virtous (in real-life perhaps at times, though there's usually an issue or two lurking somewhere because no-one is that good ALL the time) for TV characters so much anyway nor am I remotely one myself, and I think that H has some points.
Maybe there has been a repositioning of some things in terms of the percieved drivers of the characters origins and directions from TOS. Warning - The following isn't entirely focused yet and may involve some rambling as I try to put across what I'm thinking..............I should probably wait before typing but nevermind, it's like a stream of consciousness.
I think there may be an element of what perhaps individuals want or need their characters to be in
Star Trek
at play in certain responses to the perception of the characters. I'm not going to dismiss H's lament to what was lost, but I'm wondering whether it's not so much an intentional loss as a restructuring of some of the necessities of dealing with characters and settings coming up on 50 years since the franchise began.
Since I wasn't around in the 60s I hope I'm not speaking out of turn too much, but in terms of TV characterisation the 60s were a less complex time for creating characters and there was a tendency for TV shows to be very clear cut over who was good and who was bad. The 'good' guys were almost routinely without significant vices, always made the right call, always wanted to do what they were doing for some important reasons - or put another way 'good people doing good things for good reasons'. TOS absolutely fulfils this structure with it's trio. Even if, they themselves had their moments. Kirk was a user. He usually did it for some good reason, but he was a user when he wanted to be.
And doing so never remotely hurt it at the time, but the relative simplicity of it is there still.
Nowadays the audience is often less prepared to accept necessarily these simpler constructs in favour of something they can more easily relate to and understand. We know now the 60s were not simpler in reality, they were just presented that way by umpteen TV shows. That doesn't play for audiences in the 2000s so much anymore because the audience is I think less receptive. It doesn't mean the character can't be someone to look and and in some way look to, but I think possibly that in a larger sense people don't want characters of completely unadulterated virtue. Humans have foibles, different motivations, many, many things. I think that they find that doesn't translate to something that they can erhaps always engage with because in the post-modern, post-deconstruction era of just about everything they want to see people who have a variety of motivations and reasons for doing what they do. And they don't need to be perfect, selfless individuals to accomplish that.
Or maybe that's solely me. Answers on a postcard.................
However, it's also the case that some people do want and prefer that more cleanly defined state of, well, the word we're using is virtue so may as well stick with it. I don't think preferring one or the other is wrong, it's simply what said person needs from the characters. And I don't pretend to be consistent any more than I pretend to be virtous. I like the TOS goodness, and I also like the slightly different reasons/motivations contained within the reboot. For me, they work within the context of the underlying story in
Star Trek 2009
, in as much as the TOS ones did
In essence what we may have with the reboot is the equivalent of 'good people doing good things...........for a multitude of reasons that don't damage them, but have their own origins'. The important parts (for me, I'm not saying anyone else should agree) are that they are and remain basically good people doing.......or
to do good things. Will they always succeed, or make the right choices? Well, certainly I hope not. There's little mileage in characters who never err, or do something the audience can be divided over sometimes.
- Spock's reaction to the offer of help on Nero. Should he have acted the way he did? Would he come to regret thinking that way? Should he regret thinking that way? Discuss away..........at least it's provoking a discussion and not leaving the viewers passively watching something perhaps obviously right.
The fact that Kirk in this new universe was for a while lost and aimless because of a lack of inspiration provided by his father in this universe doesn't prevent him from finding his way back around to the life that best suits him. And he will likely do good things in the future. His experiences to this point are different, but he gets on track. In becoming a Captain he undergoes the journey from aimless to having true purpose.
That perhaps at this point McCoy is still hurting from his divorce is one thing. Of course, we know that the theoretical character history of TOS his story was much the same. He was driven to Starfleet in the wake of a divorce and since we saw him in the show long after that we don't really know he wasn't hurting in much the same way when he signed up to Starfleet in the 'original' timeline. Divorce hurts people. It causes them to at times make great changes in his life. He makes a transformative move in the wake of his pain, to do something which will help and heal others. He'll keep his phobias, his grouchiness and his charm. But in time, he'll also move on from his pain and serve his ship well.
That Spock is more emotional has always intuitively made sense since even in the film he's much younger than when we first saw him in the series TOS. Is it or is it not a coincidence that in some ways he even at times feels a bit like Spock from
'The Cage'
. A much more emotional performance and character. And also a younger one. His struggles haven't even reached the level of balance they have by TOS Season 1 - and we all know he never really balanced them that well anyway. His pretense simply became 'better' until many years later he was able to indulge himself in it and not be caught in the struggle to even try and balance it. To be himself. As it may also unfold in this timeline.
I'm at the end of my thoughts at present. I may have more later.
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