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This is an attempt at an informal essay on fan fiction, by a middle-aged woman who reads and enjoys fan fiction. It won't really be a balanced argument—I will be concentrating more on what I see as the positive aspects of the genre. I'll be using mainly examples from the Sherlock fandom, that being the fandom I'm most familiar with. (There will be some spoilers, especially for series 3, so if you haven't seen the series yet and you intend to, it might be wise to give this essay a miss.)
Why do I read fan fiction? The basic reason is exactly the same reason I read anything—some of it is of astounding quality. I think fan fiction is often saddled with the image of being written solely by beginners and being uniformly terrible. But it's like any other kind of fiction. You have beginners, you have the competent, you have the talented and experienced. The very best fan fiction writers write at a professional standard; the very best stories surpass their source material. When I first started digging a little deeper into fan fiction I was taken aback at the quality of work that people were generously making available for free. That they were writing just for the fun of it.
What is fan fiction? I'll start with what it's not. The BBC series Sherlock is, obviously, based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. The creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have also acknowledged being influenced by Billy Wilder's film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Moffat and Gatiss are huge fans of Sherlock Holmes and were inspired to make this new version out of love for the character. Is Sherlock fan fiction? I would say no. Not because the writers are being paid and the finished production is being shown on national television, but because there is a complete separation between Conan Doyle's stories and Sherlock. Yes, the series is based on Conan Doyle's work and that has to be acknowledged, but someone who has never heard of Sherlock Holmes before can sit down with episode one and completely follow it. There is no extra information that they need.
Fan fiction doesn't have this complete separation—you have to be familiar with the source material to get the most out of it. But this lack of separation is deliberate. The very best fan fiction writers are not people incapable of coming up with their own characters—they write fan fiction because it is fun. Because it is pleasurable to see characters that you already love in new stories.
Is fan fiction about writing fantasies? I think fan fiction is about being indulgent without, hopefully, being self-indulgent. And in fan fiction, this very often does mean sex. (Sex and romance certainly aren't an essential part of fanfics. They're just very, very, very popular.) But reading a wide variety of fan fiction has brought home to me exactly what is the difference between writing literature and merely indulging a fantasy. A lot of fan fiction writers cheerfully refer to stories with sex in them as "porn", which makes me flinch. It's an entirely negative term for me, and I think in a lot of cases it isn't an accurate one. Having a mature or explicit sex scene in a story doesn't make it inherently pornographic. Pornography is about taking a fantasy and imposing it on the characters—making them act it out. In an erotic story, the sex comes out of the plot and is appropriate for the characters.
This does lead into whether it's appropriate to write about sexual relationships between characters who aren't in that kind of relationship in canon. This is a personal preference I suppose. All I can say is that it doesn't offend me—in fact, I see it is a positive and enjoyable thing. Stories are occasionally labelled "alternate universe" (AU) if the setting of the story is significantly different from canon. I just consider all fanfics to be AUs of canon. And to be honest, "altering" people's sexuality does irritate me, but extending people's sexuality doesn't. I'm not a great one for labels in real life either—sometimes "heterosexual" people fall in love with members of their own sex, sometimes "homosexual" people fall in love with members of the opposite sex. (And, yes, I know it's more complicated than this. This is why I don't like labels: people's sexuality and gender identity is more of an essay answer.)
Writing a romance between characters who aren't in a romance in canon illustrates an important skill in fan fiction. The writer must rewrite the characters slightly to make them suitable for the story. Get the characters right on the nose and it can be an uncomfortable read: "But they wouldn't do that." Move the characters too far away from their canon personas and they become grotesque—you recognise them but there's something slightly off about them. Whatever the story, all fan fiction writers do this to some extent: rewrite the characters and make them their own.
In the novel Some of Our Thursdays are Missing by Jasper Fforde, there is a place called Fan Fiction, which is visited by the official written version of the series' main character Thursday Next. She meets some of the fanfic Thursdays:
"Why is everyone so flat?" I asked.
"It's a natural consequence of being borrowed from somewhere else," explained the Thursday, who was, I noted, less than half an inch thick but apparently normal in every other way. "It doesn't make us any less real or lacking in quality. But being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness."
This is a little bit patronising and not, I think, accurate. If you were to meet all the fanfic Sherlock Holmeses from Sherlock, some of them would be flat because they've been written by beginners who don't yet have the experience to make a character three dimensional. But there would be an awful lot of Sherlocks that would be rounded and have depth. And none of the Sherlocks would look exactly like one another. It would be like looking at cousins, not clones. You would see the family resemblance but there would be subtle differences.
What about originality? The formal term for fan works is "transformative works". Originally I completely rejected that—it seemed that the one thing fan works didn't do was transform the original. As I've said, you don't have a complete separation between the source and the fan work. But I've changed my mind now. A good piece of fan fiction should give you something you can't get from the original. A fresh view, a new angle.
This is my brief review for my favourite Sherlock fanfic:
Leaves me breathless with laughter. My absolute favourite Sherlock story.
It's perhaps ironic that the author begins with the disclaimer that they don't own this world, because they really, really do. This version of Sherlock allows us access to a childlike view of a world in which, though terrible things can and do happen, there is always colour, hope and love. (And quite a lot of grown-up sex.)
The BBC series has humour in it but doesn't concentrate on it in the same way this story does. But the fanfic isn't a one note story—it has darkness and poignancy. The author is unbelievably talented, able to move from one aspect to another while always keeping an even tone. But the emphasis is on bringing out the ridiculousness of life. The basic characters are borrowed but it is an entirely original outlook and writing style. Every talented fan fiction writer brings something new and original to their work. Sherlock itself is based on another man's work but I think it can still be described as original. It's fresh and exciting. It's more than just another dramatization of Sherlock Holmes. It's just that fan fiction, unlike Sherlock, always deliberately keeps itself connected to its source.
Fan fiction can be used as a type of literary analysis, a way of commenting on the canon material. After I watched the first episode of series 3 of Sherlock, I was left bewildered by a lot of Sherlock's behaviour. In between the showing of the first episode and the showing of the second, a writer I greatly admire wrote a story based on the first episode, in third person but from Sherlock's point of view. It took a step back and looked at the bigger picture. The author gave their interpretation of what was going on in Sherlock's head during The Empty Hearse—they pulled everything together and gave a satisfying explanation for his behaviour.
Fan fiction can be used as a way of examining possibilities: what if this happened? Or: what if this had happened? It can be used as a way of magnifying certain aspects—looking more closely at a character. For example: Sherlock declares himself to be a sociopath. What if he really were an evil man, with no conscience? Or the writer can concentrate on his naughty little boy aspect. Or the way he can be calm, detached and in control, or the way he can sometimes be vulnerable and unsure of his place in the world.
You can go into the past and have Sherlock as a child, or as a young man. Or just before he met John Watson. Or go into the future and have Sherlock in middle-age or in old age. You can put the emphasis on humour, or on drama. When the source material is a TV programme or a film, the demands of the plot keep things zooming along. It can be nice in a fanfic to be able to just spend some time with the characters and listen to them talk to one other.
Fan fiction can expand a world. Harry Watson is a character who is mentioned but never appears in Sherlock. We know very little about her in canon. However, she appears in fan fiction in many different and rounded forms.
Fan fiction can sometimes give depth to the original work. Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories are, on the whole, simply adventure stories. (There are some that go a little deeper perhaps: The Cardboard Box for example.) There have been discussions about what is Holmes' sexuality within these stories but personally I would argue that looking for any kind of sexuality for anyone (even though Watson gets married) is looking for a depth that simply isn't there. There is a famous fan fiction writer who writes Sherlock Holmes stories that take a closer look at society and at homosexuality in Victorian times. Their Sherlock Holmes isn't Conan Doyle's Holmes—their characters are recognisable but original. If these stories were published in the physical world the writer would be getting rave reviews in all the literary sections of the broadsheets.
Can fan fiction be literature? Again, it's like any other genre: some of it is; some of it isn't. But what's important is that it can be. Being literature is always a possibility for fan fiction. The stories I've mentioned so far I consider literature. I'll mention another one here. At the end of Sherlock series 3, Sherlock is being sent off on a mission to his probable death but at the last minute he's called back. This particular story asks: what if he hadn't been told to return? What if he had gone?
I have absolutely no hesitation in describing this story as literature. It's loosely based on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. The writing is beautiful and masterly, and it's a heartbreaking exploration of grief, the confusion and hope that's associated with it. The story is fan fiction because it doesn't have a complete separation from the source material and it's literature because of what it does with that source material.
I have said that you have to be familiar with the source material to get the most out of fan fiction—in fact, it's the necessity to be familiar with the source material that makes it fan fiction. But the lines can get a bit blurred with AU stories. I have read and enjoyed fanfics where I know very little about the source material. And there are Sherlock fanfics that are close to breaking away from being fan fiction. There is a well-known story in the fandom which is set in America, it's set in the '50s, John and Sherlock are 17 and 18 and they are still at high school. They are still recognisable as Sherlock and John but a couple more steps and this wouldn't be fan fiction any more.
Another story that I love is set in the next century. It uses a lot of Conan Doyle's stories as basic material but what it does with them, and the fanfic's overarching plot, are entirely original. My brief review:
The author has taken Sherlock's otherworldliness and run with it - creating this AU where everything is familiar but paradoxically entirely new.
We're constantly being surprised and I have no idea where the mystery is going.
Again, a few more steps, this wouldn't be fan fiction, just something inspired by Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. It would be perfectly respectable in the literary world.
Looking at things the other way round: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard. The play is based on Hamlet—though the play is not really "about" Hamlet. You have to be familiar with the source material to get the most out of the play. Is this fan fiction? No, I wouldn't say so. Because the "source material" is something that has become an integral part of British culture, and probably the world's culture. Hamlet is something that the average Briton could be expected to be familiar with. (You could perhaps argue that stories using the character of Sherlock Holmes wouldn't be fan fiction then. This might be true for stories using the original Conan Doyle version but isn't true for stories written about the Sherlock version. Sherlock is popular but isn't an integral part of British culture.)
I suppose I should as my final point at least touch on what the writers of the canon might feel about fan fiction. If they don't approve, it would be pompous to say to them: "You're wrong, you don't understand, you should be flattered". I suppose the only thing I could say is that when a writer gets it right and brings their characters to life, people will automatically start writing "fan fiction" in their heads: they will carry the characters around with them. Characters ultimately belong to the reader. But it is understandable that the writers might feel uncomfortable that people are writing and posting stories using their characters without permission. I do have mixed feelings in this area—I don't want anyone to be upset. However, I don't believe that any disapproval takes anything away from the literary worth and originality of fan fiction.


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Athlete: Samantha Briggs
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- Gender:
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- Age:
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- Height:
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- Weight:
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Workouts | |
Fran | 2:35 |
Helen | 0:00 |
Grace | 1:35 |
Filthy 50 | 0:00 |
Fight Gone Bad | -- |
Sprint 400m | 0:00 |
Run 5k | 0:00 |
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Clean & Jerk | 90 kg |
Snatch | 72 kg |
Deadlift | 170 kg |
Back Squat | 125 kg |
Max Pull-ups | 49 |
How I Eat
I eat quality foods but don't measure the amount
I just try to eat as natural as possible most of the time - if I fancy a treat I'll have it I don't have a specific cheat day or routine.
How I Train
I workout mostly at a CrossFit Affiliate
I workout mostly at home, work, or a traditional gym
I have a coach who determines my programming
I incorporate CrossFit.com workouts
I write my own programming
I record my workouts
Being a Fire Fighter I work 4 days on 4 days off. So when I'm on shift I do my CrossFit training in our work gym and often force some of the guys to train with me! I am now working with a coach to try and train smarter!?!? But I also add bits in and check the internet like the main site for inspiration. I record all my training so I can look back and make sure that I am making improvements or that I have not neglected any area's for a while.
My Athletic Background
Footballing (soccer) background Amateur level Triathlons & Duathlons
My Experience With CrossFit
I began CrossFit with a coach (e.g. at an affiliate)
I have completed the CrossFit Level 1 certificate course
I have attended one or more specialty courses
I train other people
Started CrossFitting in May 2009 Last year I completed my Level 1, Gymnastics & Olympic Lifting certs This year I have just opened my own box!!!
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I typically rest fewer than 4 days per month
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Tyrone Hayes
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Born | Tyrone B. Hayes July 29, 1967 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
Nationality | USA |
Education | PhD (1993, Berkeley), BA (1989, Harvard) |
Occupation | Professor |
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Tyrone B. Hayes (born July 29, 1967) is an American biologist and professor of Integrative Biology at University of California, Berkeley known for his research findings that the herbicide atrazine is an endocrine disruptor that demasculinizes and feminizes male frogs. He is also an advocate for critical review and regulation of pesticides and other chemicals that may cause adverse health effects. He has presented hundreds of papers, talks, and seminars on the role of environmental chemical contaminants in global amphibian declines and in the health disparities that occur in minority and low income populations. His work has been contested by Syngenta, the Swiss manufacturer of atrazine, and was used as the basis for the settlement of a multi-million dollar class-action lawsuit against them.
Education and career[edit]
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Hayes spent his childhood studying frogs and lizards and won a state science fair with research that showed anole lizards had to be awake to change color.[1] After graduating from Harvard University, Hayes was a technician and freelance consultant from 1990–1992 for Tiburon, California based Biosystems, Inc.[2] Hayes has held an academic appointment (professorship) at the University of California, Berkeley since completing his doctoral research there in 1992;[1] He was hired as a graduate student instructor in 1992, became an assistant professor in 1994, associate professor in 2000, and professor in 2003 in the Department of Integrative Biology, Molecular Toxicology, Group in Endocrinology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley.[2]
Atrazine research[edit]
In 1997, the consulting firm EcoRisk, Inc. paid Hayes to join a panel of experts conducting studies for Novartis (later Syngenta) on the herbicide atrazine.[1][3] When Hayes' research found unexpected toxicities for atrazine, he reported them to the panel, however the panel and company were resistant to his findings. He wanted to repeat his work to validate it but Novartis refused funding for further research; he resigned from the panel and obtained other funding to repeat the experiments.[1][3]
In 2002 Hayes published findings that he says replicate what he found while he was working for EcoRisk,[1] that developing male African clawed frogs and leopard frogs exhibited female characteristics after exposure to atrazine, first in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)[4] and then in Nature.[5][6]
In 2007, Hayes was a co-author on a paper that detailed atrazine inducing mammary and prostate cancer in laboratory rodents and highlighted atrazine as a potential cause of reproductive cancers in humans.[7] At a presentation to the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in 2007, Hayes presented results of his studies that showed chemical castration in frogs; individuals of both sexes had developed bisexual reproductive organs.[8]
In 2010, Hayes published research in PNAS[9] describing laboratory work showing how exposure to atrazine turned male tadpoles into females — albeit with impaired fertility.[3]
The US EPA conducted literature reviews of atrazine toxicity in 2007[10] and 2012 and disregarded Hayes' studies because they were deemed too restrictive, or did not meet the standards set by the agency.[3]
Based on his research findings, Hayes has become an advocate for banning atrazine.[11]
According to Hayes, the link between atrazine and altered "aromatase and estrogen production has been demonstrated... in fish, frogs, alligators, birds, turtles, rats and human cells", and, "I believe that the preponderance of the evidence shows atrazine to be a risk to wildlife and humans. I would not want to be exposed to it, nor do I think it should be released into the environment."[11][12] He travels and lectures extensively, and uses the language of rap to convey his message to lay people: "I see a ruse / intentionally constructed to confuse the news / well, I've taken it upon myself to defuse the clues / so that you can choose / and to demonstrate the objectivity of the methods I use."[3] He also has raised issues of environmental racism, "warning that the consequences of atrazine use were disproportionately felt by people of color. 'If you're black or Hispanic, you're more likely to live or work in areas where you're exposed to crap,' he has said."[3]
Research published by Hayes and other scientists was used as evidence in a class action lawsuit against Syngenta by 15 water providers in Illinois that was settled for 105 million dollars in May 2012,[6][13][14] which reimbursed more than 1,000 water systems for the costs of filtering atrazine from drinking water, although the company denies any wrongdoing.[3][15]
Syngenta's responses to Hayes' research[edit]
In 2014, New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv reported that Syngenta might have been orchestrating an attack not only on Hayes' scientific credibility, but on other scientists as well whose studies have shown atrazine to have adverse effects on the environment and/or human and animal health.[3]
Aviv reported that Syngenta has criticized Hayes' science and conduct in press releases, letters to the editor, and through a formal ethics complaint filed at University of California-Berkeley.[3] Internal Syngenta documents from 2005 released by a class-action lawsuit in 2014 show ways that Syngenta considered to discredit Hayes, including attempting to get journals to retract his work, and investigating his funding and private life.[3][16][17]
In one of the 2005 e-mails obtained by class-action lawsuit plaintiffs, the company's communications consultants had written about plans to track Hayes' speaking engagements and prepare audiences with Syngenta's counterpoints to Hayes's message on atrazine. Syngenta subsequently stated that many of the documents unsealed in the lawsuits refer to "ideas that were never implemented."[3]
In 2010 Syngenta forwarded an ethics complaint to the University of California Berkeley, complaining that Hayes had been sending sexually explicit and harrassing e-mails to Syngenta scientists. Legal counsel from the university responded that Hayes had acknowledged sending letters having "unprofessional and offensive" content, and that he had agreed not to use similar language in future communications.[18][19]
Popular culture[edit]
Hayes' work was featured in the 2008 documentary film Flow: For Love of Water.[20] He appeared in the 2012 documentary film Last Call at the Oasis.[21][22]
Hayes is the subject of The Frog Hunter, a biographical book for children, first published in 2009.[23]
Hayes was a biologist on the Public Broadcasting Service, National Geographic program Strange Days, where he expressed his concerns for human health, particularly that of minority and low-paid workers exposure to agricultural chemicals.[24] He is a National Geographic Society Explorer.[25]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Slater, Dashka (January–February 2012). "The Frog of War". Mother Jones.
- ^ a b "Tyrone Hayes Curriculum Vita". Atrazine Lovers Website. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Aviv, Rachel (February 10, 2014). "A Valuable Reputation: After Tyrone Hayes said that a chemical was harmful, its maker pursued him". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- ^ Hayes TB, Collins A, Lee M, et al. (April 2002). "Hermaphroditic, demasculinized frogs after exposure to the herbicide atrazine at low ecologically relevant doses". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (8): 5476–80. doi:10.1073/pnas.082121499. PMC 122794. PMID 11960004.
- ^ Hayes T, Haston K, Tsui M, Hoang A, Haeffele C, Vonk A (October 2002). "Herbicides: feminization of male frogs in the wild". Nature 419 (6910): 895–6. doi:10.1038/419895a. PMID 12410298.
- ^ a b Dalton R (August 2010). "E-mails spark ethics row". Nature 466 (7309): 913. doi:10.1038/466913a. PMID 20725013.
- ^ Fan, W.; T. Yanase, H. Morinaga, S. Gondo, T. Okabe, M. Nomura, T. Komatsu, K.I. Morohashi, T.B. Hayes (2007). "Atrazine-Induced Aromatase Expression is SF-1 Dependent: Implications for Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife and Reproductive Cancers in Humans". Environmental Health Perspectives 115 (5): 720–7. doi:10.1289/ehp.9758. PMC 1867956. PMID 17520059.
- ^ Ball, Eddy (April 2007). "Amphibian Specialist Challenges EPA and Pesticide Manufacturers". Environmental Factor NIEHS News. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
I could take tap water that is regulated by the U.S. EPA," Hayes noted, "and I could chemically castrate frogs.
- ^ Hayes TB, Khoury V, Narayan A, et al. (March 2010). "Atrazine induces complete feminization and chemical castration in male African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis)". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107 (10): 4612–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0909519107. PMC 2842049. PMID 20194757.
- ^ Staff (January 2013), Atrazine Updates: Amphibians Status Update, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, retrieved August 23, 2013
- ^ a b "Hormone Disruptors Linked To Genital Changes and Sexual Preference", Living on Earth (National Public Radio), January 7, 2011, retrieved February 7, 2014
- ^ Randall Amster (March 19, 2010). "Silent Spring Has Sprung". Truthout. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- ^ "City of Greenville v. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., and Syngenta AG Case No. 3:10-cv-00188-JPG-PMF". City of Greenville. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ Staff (June 19, 2013). "Tillery planning to file new litigation involving atrazine". Madison County Record. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ Berry, Ian (25 May 2012). "Syngenta Settles Weedkiller Lawsuit". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Court-released documents: Exhibit 19, part1". Source Watch. Center for Media and Democracy. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- ^ Howard, Clare (June 17, 2013). "Special Report: Syngenta's campaign to protect atrazine, discredit critics". Environmental Health News. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100818/full/466913a.html
- ^ "www.atrazine.com".
- ^ Collins, Cyn (July 31, 2008). "Film note: All dried up". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved August 23, 201. Check date values in:
(help) - ^ "Tyrone Hayes". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
- ^ Scott, A.O. (May 3, 2012). "When There Really Is Not a Drop to Drink 'Last Call at the Oasis,' a Documentary About Water Supplies". New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
Tyrone Hayes, a biologist, shows us mutant frogs, their endocrine systems scrambled by pesticide-borne chemicals.
- ^ Pamela S. Turner (2009). The Frog Scientist. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. ISBN 978-0-618-71716-3.
- ^ "Tyrone Hayes, PhD.". Strange Days, Biographies. Public Broadcasting System. 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
I am concerned about the adverse impacts of Atrazine on endangered species and on racial/ethnic minorities. Prostate and breast cancer are two of the top causes of death in Americans age 25-40, but in particular Black and Hispanic Americans are several times more likely to die from these diseases. Ethnic minorities and people of low income are also more likely to hold the "unskilled" laborer positions in agriculture and pesticide production that would put them at higher risk of exposure and are least likely to have access to the emerging science demonstrating the dangers of exposure. Thus, this environmental and public health issue is also a racial/social justice issue because minority and working class people are the primary targets of pesticide exposure.
- ^ "Tyrone Hayes Biologist/Herpetologist". August 23, 2013. National Geographic.
External links[edit]
- "The Atrazine Rap" — part of a scientific lecture by Hayes in rhyme
- Agriculture's Effect on Frogs— video excerpt from: "Frogs: The Thin Green Line" (Nature) featuring Hayes' research
- Democracy Now! - video interview with Hayes
For additional reading[edit]
- Elliott, John E.; Bishop, Christine A.; Morrissey, Christy (2011). Wildlife Ecotoxicology: Forensic Approaches. Springer. pp. 301–. ISBN 978-0-387-89432-4.
- McGarity, Thomas O.; Wagner, Wendy Elizabeth (2008). Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research. Harvard University Press. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-0-674-02815-9.
- Mooney, Chris (2007). The Republican War on Science. Basic Books. pp. 297–. ISBN 978-0-465-00386-0.
- Starr, Cecie; Evers, Christine; Starr, Lisa (2010). Biology: Concepts and Applications. Cengage Learning. pp. 503–. ISBN 1-4390-4673-5.
- Wagner, Wendy Elizabeth; Steinzor, Rena (2006). Rescuing Science from Politics: Regulation and the Distortion of Scientific Research. Cambridge University Press. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-0-521-85520-4.


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This simple recipe makes a tasty party snack. Use your favorite nuts, and add a bit of heat with a dash of ground red pepper, if you like.
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2. Combine the first 8 ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH for 30 seconds; stir until blended. Add nuts to sugar mixture; toss to coat.
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Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 7 minutes. Sprinkle with the curry powder and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the yogurt and cream and simmer gently for 3 minutes. Stir in the salt, pepper, and tomatoes (if using). Remove from heat.
Slice or shred the chicken, discarding the skin and bones. Divide the rice (if using) and chicken among individual bowls, spoon the sauce over the top, and sprinkle with the cilantro.
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Tandoori chicken is an Indian classic in which the chicken is coated in a spiced yogurt mixture and traditionally baked at a high temperature in a rounded-top tandoor oven. This recipe, however, calls for using a foil-lined baking pan.
Stir together first 12 ingredients and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large bowl until blended.
Skin chicken breasts. Remove breast bones by inserting a sharp knife tip between bone and meat, cutting gently to remove as much meat as possible. Cut breast halves into thirds. Cut deep slits, 1-inch apart, into remaining chicken pieces. (Do not skin pieces.) Place chicken in a large bowl with spice mixture. Thoroughly rub spice mixture into slits. Cover and chill 8 hours.
Drizzle remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large aluminum foil-lined roasting pan. Arrange chicken in a single layer in pan.
Bake chicken at 450° for 35 minutes or until done.
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Naan, one of the daily breads of India, is dense and chewy, almost like focaccia but thinner. If you don't have a pizza peel, use the back of a baking sheet to transfer the dough to a hot pizza stone. You can also bake naan on a heavy baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in yogurt. Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Add 1/2 cup bread flour and whole wheat flour to yeast mixture; stir with a whisk until smooth. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 2 hours (batter will be bubbly, lacy, and weblike).
Stir in salt and oil. Add 1 1/2 cups bread flour (1/2 cup at a time); stir with a wooden spoon (dough will become very difficult to stir).
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic (about 10 minutes); add enough of remaining bread flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking to hands (dough will feel tacky). Place dough in a large bowl coated with cooking spray, turning to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 2 hours or until doubled in size. (Press 2 fingers into dough. If indentation remains, the dough has risen enough.)
Place pizza stone on the bottom rack in oven. Preheat oven to 500°.
Punch dough down; turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Cover and let rest 5 minutes.
Divide dough into 8 equal portions. Working with 1 portion at a time, (cover remaining dough to keep from drying), stretch each portion into a 6-inch oval. Cover and let rest 5 minutes.
Make indentations in top of dough portions using the handle of a wooden spoon or your fingertips; cover and let rise 20 minutes.
Place 2 dough portions on the back of a pizza peel dusted with 1 tablespoon cornmeal. Slide onto preheated pizza stone or baking sheet lined with parchment. Bake at 500° for 6 minutes or until lightly browned. Repeat with remaining dough and cornmeal. Serve immediately.
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Traditional Indian rice pudding inspired this simple, rich dessert. Prep and Cook Time: about 30 minutes, plus 2 hours to cool and chill. Notes: Aromatic rose water is available in specialty food stores.
1. In a 2- to 3-quart pan over high heat, bring rice, cardamom, salt, and 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Lower heat to maintain a simmer, cover, and cook until water is absorbed and rice is tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Fluff with a fork, cover, and let cool to room temperature. Discard cardamom pods.
2. In a bowl, combine cream, sugar, mascarpone, and rose water (if using). Whip mixture with an electric mixer at medium speed, until thickened.
3. Stir in rice. Spoon into eight bowls or dessert glasses. Cover and chill until cold, at least 1 hour. Just before serving, sprinkle with chopped pistachios.
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A frothy South Indian yogurt-based beverage, lassi often contains seasonal fruit and spices. This recipe yields a drink that's a bit thinner than the average smoothie.
1. Combine all ingredients in a blender; process until well blended. Serve immediately.
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22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Botzrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. | 22 Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor. |
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3 Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Miryam, and brother of Ya`akov, Yosi, Yehudah, and Shim`on? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended by him. | 3 Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him. |
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Serve as a meal for 4 or as part of a banquet for 4-6
Editor's note: The recipe and introductory text below are from Simple Chinese Cooking by Kylie Kwong.
Because pork is rather rich, I like to add a touch of hoisin saucethe pork can stand up to it. The malt vinegar balances out the flavors, cutting through the richness and sweetness.
- 400 g (13 oz) pork fillets
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 4 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 small red onion, finely diced
- 1 tablespoon finely diced ginger
- 2 teaspoons white sugar
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon malt vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- 4 cups steamed rice
- 2/3 cup finely sliced spring onions (scallions)
Using a sharp knife, cut pork fillets into 5 mm (1/4 inch) slices, then cut into 5 mm (1/4 inch) strips and set aside.
Heat half the oil in a hot wok until surface seems to shimmer slightly. Pour beaten eggs into wok and leave to cook on the base of the wok for 10 seconds before folding egg mixture over onto itself with a spatula and lightly scrambling for about 1 minute or until almost cooked through. Carefully remove omelette from wok with a spatula and drain on kitchen paper. Set aside.
Heat remaining oil in hot wok and stir-fry onion and ginger for 30 seconds. Add sugar and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add pork and stir-fry for a further 30 seconds. Stir in hoisin sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Toss in rice and reserved omelette and stir-fry, using a spatula to break up the egg into smaller pieces, for 1 minute. Lastly, add spring onions and stir-fry for a further 30 seconds or until well combined and rice is heated through.
Transfer rice to a platter and serve.
my notes
- Calories346
- Carbohydrates28 g (9%)
- Fat18 g (28%)
- Protein16 g (32%)
- Saturated Fat4 g (18%)
- Sodium354 mg (15%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber1 g (4%)
- Monounsaturated Fat11 g
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I WANT TO be sure and recognize the event, but I'm just not quite sure what to do about it. As we all know, next week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Quite frankly, Rosie, the family dog, and I celebrate this virtually every week of the year.
We quietly raise a Milk-Bone and say to each other, "Another week and we haven't bitten each other." At least that's what I say, I can't quite determine what Rosie is specifically saying, it's either the former or "This guy is too stupid for me to bite, doesn't he know the only thing I understood in that sentence was my name. And I'm not even quite certain of that."
Rosie is one of 69,926,000 dogs in our country — but please don't tell her. She believes she is the only one. And I'm pretty sure the thought of biting someone has never crossed her mind. In fact, very little has ever crossed her mind. Rosie's day generally consists of five parts:
I hope they get up soon, or I'll poop on the IJ.
Feed me.
Take me to the dog park.
You may now brush me and scratch me and if you must — kiss me on the nose.
I'm tired; let's go to bed.
Biting has never crossed her mind. She thinks only in one-syllable words.
I vowed after mourning the passing of our ex-dog Bill, that I would never again have a dog that was smarter than me. Bill was borderline. He had a higher GPA than I did but not having those damned opposable thumbs slowed his typing to a veritable crawl. I got him there.
When you looked into Bill's eyes there was always somebody home — scheming. "How can I get him to give me the car keys?" Or, "I wonder if I can get the locks changed the next time they go out." When you look into Rosie's eyes you see rainbows and rose petals. Bill looked like a salami with legs and thought every other dog was weird but him. Rosie looks like a border collie on steroids. Her other half is Great Pyrenees. She leads the league in cute. If she were to enter the Miss Dog America contest she'd be all about world peace. She'd probably win Miss Congeniality but her only talent is tush sniffing. Judges, I believe, would frown on that.
So the bottom line really, as I try and prepare myself for National Dog Bite Prevention Week, is what do I prepare for. I think I'm pretty safe at home — although every time I think Rosie might be considering a little chomp just to keep me in line, she sees me come out of the shower and thinks to herself, "On the other hand how about a cup of kibble?"
I did have an incident a couple of years ago with a very cute border collie named Shadow who decided while I was scratching his tummy watching the Super Bowl at his mom and dad's place, that it would be most amusing to take a little chunk out of ol' Bar's face. We've since become friends.
In retrospect, I think Shadow had bet on the 49ers that day and was taking it out on me — the scratcher. I empathize. My wife bites me every time the Giants lose.
So that's my plan. I'm buying Shadow a Happy Dog Bite Prevention Week card that reads something like: "Wishing you a dog bowl full of good wishes, and please accept this bill for my stitches. Your friend, Barry."
In fact I'm getting one for my wife, too.
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On June 9th, 2014, Hartford Police Patrol Officers and Shooting Task Force Units responded to 1048 Capitol Avenue for an assault with a firearm and a shot fired. On arrival officers located a crime scene consisting of blood in front of the Villa Brava Grocery. Closed circuit video showed a Hispanic male suspect confront another unidentified male apparently conducting a street level drug transaction. The Hispanic male suspect is observed removing a firearm from his waistband and pistol whips the unidentified male in the face. The Hispanic male suspect then fires one shot towards the victims feet and motions the victim to leave the area. During the course of the investigation Shooting Task Force investigators identified the Hispanic male suspect as Ruben Reyes. As Detectives were conducting the on-going investigation, information was received that on July 18th, 2014, Ruben Reyes went back to the Villa Brava Grocery, brandished a firearm, and threatened the store workers regarding the original incident. HPD Patrol Officers responded to the call, however Reyes had left the area and was not located. Investigators submitted two arrest warrants to GA14 which were granted July 23, 2014.On July 24th, 2014, at approximately 8pm, Reyes was apprehended in front of 75 James Street without incident.
Accused: Ruben Reyes, 28, Hartford, CT.
1. Assault with a Firearm 2nd Degree
2. Carrying a Pistol w/o a Permit
3. Criminal Possession of a Firearm
4. Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm
5. Reckless Endangerment 1st Degree
6. Threatening 1st Degree
7. Breach of Peace 2nd Degree
Court set $250,000 bond.
On July 12th, 2014 at 3:23am, Hartford Police Patrol Units responded to 831 Maple Avenue for multiple calls for shots fired. On arrival officers located an abandoned vehicle across the street from the Citgo Station with heavy front end damage from striking a utility pole. The vehicle had numerous bullet holes in the front windshield. A short time later an intended victim arrived at Hartford Hospital with facial injuries, determined by doctors to have been caused by the accident. The intended victim stated he crashed while fleeing gunshots directed at his vehicle from a Hispanic male suspect. This incident was assigned to the Hartford Police Shooting Task Force. Video was obtained capturing the incident. Investigators identified the shooter as Accused Jerry Duncan and also located a suspect vehicle. An arrest warrant was submitted to GA14 and granted on July 16th, 2014, with a Judge set bond of $2,000,000.00. STF members had been actively seeking Duncan. On July 25th, 2014 at approximately 5:30pm, Duncan was apprehended without incident at 74 Yale Street. The firearm used in the incident was recovered.
Accused: Jerry Duncan, 18/yo of Hartford, CT.
1. Carrying a Pistol w/o a Permit
2. Criminal Attempt Murder
3. Criminal Attempt Assault 1st
4. Weapon in a Motor Vehicle
On June 14th, 2014 at 5:03pm, Hartford Police Patrol Officers and Shooting Task Force Units responded to the area of Albany Avenue at Oakland Terrace for reported shots fired. A scene was located and secured. A shooting victim arrived via private vehicle at St. Francis Hospital suffering a gun shot wound to the neck. The victim was listed in critical condition and went into emergency surgery. Investigators from the Shooting Task Force conducted the investigation. Investigators identified the accused shooter as James Dudley. An accomplice/operator of a suspect vehicle was identified as Tyvonne Gooden. On July 21st, 2014, warrants were granted at GA14 charging Dudley and Gooden with the firearm assault. The victim is recovering from injuries sustained from the assault.
Accused Dudley is currently in Federal custody on unrelated charges and will be habeas to GA14 for arraignment.
Accused Gooden was apprehended by members of the STF on July 22nd, 2014, at 507 Garden Street.
Accused #1: James Dudley, 28 (07/10/1986), of 7 Great Hill Road, East Hartford, CT. Convicted Felon with previous Hartford Arrests
1. Assault 1st Degree
2. Carrying a Pistol w/o a Permit
3. Criminal Use of a Firearm
4. Criminal Possession of a Firearm
5. Reckless Endangerment 1st Degree.
Accused #2: Tyvonne Gooden, 23 (09/08/1990), of 176 South Main Street, Manchester, CT. Convicted Felon with previous Hartford Arrests
1. Conspiracy / Assault 1st Degree
2. Criminal Liability / Assault 1st Degree.
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Today, we're getting the chance to look at another Digital Storm system. This system is an upgrade from a previous model that we've looked at in a prior review. This is one of our favorite things to do, as it allows us to show a direct comparison on how it has been improved--or hurt--by the changes.
Digital Storm is a custom PC builder based out of the California Bay Area. Many of Digital Storm's PCs make use of custom cases that are designed and manufactured in the United States. This is the case (pun intended) for the Bolt 2.
One of the most interesting improvements from the original Bolt comes in the case. It has seen a bit of a remake and now has better fit and finish. We noted in the prior review that the custom case of the Bolt had a few small issues. We are happy to report this isn't the case for the Bolt 2.
But enough about that. We'll be interested to see all of the improvements Digital Storm has packed into the Bolt 2. So, without further ado, let's dive into the meat of this review.
Specifications, Configurations and Pricing
We've got a ton of computing performance stuffed into a tiny package. The heart of the system is Intel's latest Core i7-4790K. This 4GHz CPU can boost all the way up to 4.4GHz when thermals and power consumption allow. It features four cores and four threads and is the successor to the i7-4770K, a favorite for gaming.
Cooling the CPU is a custom watercooling setup. This compact system makes use of a 240mm radiator, allowing for plenty of cooling potential for massive overclocks.
One of the most important components, the motherboard, in this system is the very capable ASUS Z97I-PLUS. This mini-ITX motherboard makes use of Intel's latest Z97 chipset. It features just one PCIe x16 slot for expansion, along with four SATA III 6Gbps ports, six USB 3.0 ports, four of which are on the back I/O panel, and six USB 2.0 ports, again with four on the back I/O.
Digital Storm has slotted two 8GB sticks of Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 RAM into the motherboard. These sticks come with a rated speed of 1866MHz and timings of 9-10-9-27, or an SPD speed and timings of 1,333MHz and 9-9-9-24, respectively.
Graphics are provided by an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB GPU. This is one of NVIDIA's best GPUs and is a very capable video card. We have a feeling it will do quite well in our charts, which is incredible based upon the size of the overall system.
Windows 8.1 64-bit is installed upon the 500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD. Mass storage is provided by a 2TB Western Digital 7,200RPM Black drive. Digital Storm has overclocked the 4790K with a "Stage 2" overclock, which sees the speed being boosted to between 4.5GHz and 4.8GHz. Our specific unit comes clocked at 4.6GHz.
This configuration is available from Digital Storm for $3,489. A wide range of customization is available through Digital Storm's online tool. You can choose from different GPUs, including both AMD and NVIDIA offerings, different motherboards, and different processors.


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There is an increasing interest in information on the effectiveness of cognitive training interventions to improve memory in normal and mildly cognitively impaired older adults (60 years and older). We analyzed all cognitive interventions between 1970 and 2007 to determine their effectiveness. The results suggest that cognitive interventions do lead to performance improvements and that the size of the effects differs for different kinds of memory skills in healthy older adults and people with mild cognitive impairment. In particular, immediate and delayed verbal recall improved significantly through training compared to a no-treatment control condition but the improvements observed did not exceed the improvement in the active control conditions.
Effects of memory training in healthy older adults and older adults with mild cognitive impairment
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