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How Do You Refuel a Plane in Antarctica? This Woman Knows
May 3, 2017 by Genevieve Walker
Images courtesy of Hannah Jane Valian
Wo/men's Work | Fuels Operator, Antarctica
In this series, we explore the lives of women who use their hands—to drive, break, crank, construct and create. Working in fields typically dominated by men, these jobs dictate a lifestyle as much as a workday.
Hannah Jane Valian, 30, has spent three seasons working as a fuels operator at McMurdo Station, the largest of the Antarctic research facilities managed by the National Science Foundation, whose site-based activities include observation and monitoring of that far away and unique terrain. During the southern hemisphere summer, October through February, Valian wakes up at 6:20 a.m. to prepare for her day bringing fuel to the station: the buildings and vehicles that support the scientists and government contractors that are the bulk of the population.
Pressure Ridges and a Skua Bird
Hannah Jane Valian
Tanker offload of over 4 million gallons of fuel for supply, 2017
Her job is always changing. Sometimes she's at the airfield or the heliport, and sometimes she's driving fuel trucks. If she's fueling a helicopter, or an aircraft like an LC-130, then she's hauling a single point nozzle to Air National Guard members, communicating using a variety of hand signals and converting measurements; clenching deadman handles (whose quick-release function stops fuel flow, in the case of emergency), and radioing in to Fuels Control the amount added to an aircraft—the gallons per minute and the differential pressure. When we talked to her, Valian was working the airfield, which meant she had to be ready for a 5:00 a.m. shuttle. It was nearing the end of the season and the temperature was starting to drop—the climate fluctuates between -30 F to 30—so after the long underwear and T-shirt, Valian might add a second sweatshirt beneath insulated Carhartt overalls. Or an extra neck gaiter under the down vest and jacket, topped off with a hat and a headband. Then it's just goggles or sunglasses, glove liners inside her mittens, and her Cabela's boots. After breakfast in the galley, and a 20-minute briefing on current weather conditions and safety concerns in the Fuels Barn, Valian along with her team members do 15 minutes of stretching—working in extreme conditions makes recovering from an injury doubly difficult, so keeping limber is important—and exercises—planks and pushups. Finally, in a burrito of layers, they're ready for work.
"I wanted to know what it was like to live in a remote community at the bottom of the world."
McMurdo Station, constructed on bare volcanic rock in 1955, is located on the Hut Point Peninsula, on Ross Island—"2,415 miles south of Christchurch, New Zealand, and 850 miles north of the South Pole," according to the U.S. Antarctic Program. McMurdo's population fluctuates greatly, reaching something like 1,000 in the summer and dropping to around 150 in winter (an increase over past years, when fewer flights were available during the colder months). A website managed by Bill Spindler, a field engineer, tracks "winterover" statistics for Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (not McMurdo): How many people stay for an entire Antarctic winter at the station. In 2016—Spindler says—there were 48, nine women and 39 men. Unlike the Pole, whose population is static because of its isolation during the austral winter, flights still go to McMurdo once every month, and no winterover stats are tracked. That said, a general or typical gender divide at the U.S. Antarctic Program is about 60 to 65 percent men and 40 to 35 percent women.
McMurdo is the main and largest research base in the Antarctic, so it supplies others that are farther inland or harder to access with fuel. "Fuelies" like Valian are tasked with gassing up the stations' myriad aircraft—helicopters, Bell 212 and A-Stars; airplanes, C-17, LC-130s, Baslers, Twin Otters—as well as machines, heavy equipment, and residential generators. "We help the town stay heated," says Valian.
Valian and her teammates are trained to closely monitor the process, gauges, and meters that chart the fuel's course. "We're taught to be afraid of fuel. Before we do anything we try to assess how it can go wrong," says Valian. "Our fuelie mantra is, 'where is it coming from, where is it going, how is getting there, and where else can it go.'"
The hours are long, the weather is brutal and the work itself is physically taxing—"there are always hoses to drag, equipment to move, things to climb up or over. There are sticky valves to open, bolts to tighten"—and the pay is only decent. But Valian loves it. Three years in, and the extreme natural beauty of the location hasn't gotten old. "Our last sunset was in October, the next will be February 20th—just a quick dip below the horizon. The sky in Antarctica is absolutely unreal."
"The question 'where are you from?' is never easy for people to answer here. 'Where is your stuff?' is more appropriate."
In 2014, Valian was working as a barista in Portland, Oregon. "I was unsure of where I wanted to be or what I wanted to be doing," she says. Then she ran into a friend who had spent a couple seasons working as a janitor in Antarctica. "She couldn't say enough about it, great things."
Together they went to the premier for "Antarctica: A Year on Ice," a documentary about living and working in Antarctica. "It wasn't the movie itself that really captured my attention (although it did)," said Valian, "but the audience, which was largely made up of Antarcticans—other people who had worked and lived there. I could tell they were a part of something amazing that I couldn't understand as an outsider. I wanted to know what it was like to live in a remote community at the bottom of the world."
Valian applied for a steward position—part dining attendant, part janitor. She got the job and left for her first season in October of that year.
"I immediately fell in love with McMurdo," she said. "The people who find themselves working in Antarctica are usually those attracted to an unconventional lifestyle. Most of us are travelers. The question 'where are you from?' is never easy for people to answer here. 'Where is your stuff?' is more appropriate."
While she was a steward, Valian got a rare opportunity to fly 40 minutes to a fuel cache—"essentially a pile of drums with fuel inside"—that vehicles (and more often, aircrafts) can access if they're between stations. "Our mission was to unload two drums from the plane. That was it. I was the only passenger. We flew through Antarctica and I could not believe how beautiful it was—big mountains, gaping crevasses. Glaciers, canyons. We unloaded our drums and the pilots told me to walk a hundred yards out and enjoy the silence. So I did. Pure silence. I couldn't remember the last time I'd experienced that. When we flew back, the pilots took me out over the edge of the ice, we flew up the channel that an Icebreaker had made several weeks before. We saw penguins and even two minke whales."
Fuel Operators Crew
Two years later, Valian returned to that same fuel cache she'd visited as a steward, now as a fuels operator. She's learned the skills required of a fuelie mostly on the job: how to open the Williams Airfield (a skiway, as opposed to a runway, which can support wheeled aircraft); she'll warm up pumps, open the active tank (one of twelve is active at a time), and sample fuel, or, depending on her day, she might be testing the sample sent to a lab in town, checking for water, sediment, conductivity, and temperature. She'll haul lines to and from an aircraft, and recoil hoses near the pump house, ready for the following day.
Valian's day ends around 5:30. After dinner, she takes advantage of McMurdo's small but thriving social scene. "There's a lot to fill your non-work time with," says Valian. Yoga classes, volleyball, basketball, soccer; dance parties; "recreational trips that you can win via lottery, to Cape Evans, or a snowmobile trip to the base of Mount Erabus. You can sign up to go on a pressure ridge tour, where you can wander around giant ice formations created by the ice shelf crashing into Ross Island." At night, after work, residents can go to one of two bars (or coffee houses that serves wine) to hang out, play bingo, or drop in for an open mic.
But many nights she goes right home to the dorm she shares with one other person. "Everybody works nine to ten hour days (six days a week), so it can be exhausting," says Valian. Her home is "cozy" thanks to the Skua booty they've picked up. Skua boxes are full of the discarded goods residents have left behind— anything from clothes to fake plants and curtains—that are sorted by "wasties," or trash collectors, and left for the next takers.
For Valian, the best part of the job is getting to be with her coworkers. "My coworkers are amazing. There are people here who love solitude and being alone. And there are people here who love to be around others, and thrive in social situations. Being far away from my own family back home it was important for me to build this new family, in Antarctica. I look forward to seeing them every day."
On her one day off, Sunday, Valian goes for brunch. "There's always good food on Sundays," she says. "Generally the food is pretty basic because the cooks are feeding so many people. We have 'freshies' (fresh fruits and veggies) at the beginning and end of the season when the C-17 planes are flying, bringing a lot of people in and out. Otherwise it's frozen vegetables for days. Frozen everything."
Fuel Cache Trip
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Publish Date May 10, 2021
Jury Finds Physician Negligent for Failing to Realize Drug Contraindication
Ann W. Latner, JD
Three weeks after taking the antibiotic, Mrs B began experiencing pain and weakness in her legs. (Credit: Getty Images.)
Doctor F was a primary care physician who shared a small practice with 2 other physicians. He saw patients of all ages; many of his patients had been with him for years. One such patient was Mrs B. The 65-year-old had been Dr F's patient for the past 8 years. Her husband was also a patient. Mrs B had high cholesterol, which was being treated with simvastatin, and suffered from seasonal allergies, for which she was occasionally prescribed a nasal steroid.
One afternoon Mrs B came in for an appointment with the physician. She had been feeling under the weather and described her symptoms to the physician, which included a sore throat lasting almost a week, as well as a cough.
Doctor F questioned her about the nature of the cough, and she described it as productive. The physician suspected an infection and prescribed clarithromycin.
Three weeks later, Mrs B began experiencing pain and weakness in her legs. At first, she thought that maybe she had overdone it. She and her husband were athletic and had just returned from a ski trip. But the pain and weakness did not feel like the usual after-exertion tiredness, and resting did not help.
Within days Mrs B became bed-ridden and unable to walk. Her husband took her to the local hospital. At the hospital a nurse took a full history of Mrs B's prescription medications and noted that the patient took simvastatin for hypercholesterolemia. When the hospital's physician asked Mrs B about recent illnesses, she mentioned that she'd had a sore throat and cough a few weeks ago for which she'd taken clarithromycin.
Mrs B was subsequently diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis and statin toxicity. She was admitted to the hospital and treated with IV fluids. There was concern about her kidney function being impacted, but her lab results improved over the next few days. She was released from the hospital, but the rhabdomyolysis had permanently affected the muscles of her legs.
Formerly an avid skier and hiker, Mrs B had been looking forward to enjoying an active retirement with her husband. Now she was largely confined to a chair or walking with a cane. She remembered someone in the hospital talking about a poor choice of antibiotic made by her PCP, Dr F. Mrs B decided to consult with a plaintiff's attorney to see if Dr F might be liable for her harm.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Researchers discovered the remains of a San Francisco-based U.S. Coast Guard cutter that first set out to sea during the Spanish American War and sank off the coast of Southern California 100 years ago, officials announced.
On Tuesday, officials will host a news conference to highlight the ship's history and to pay tribute to the ship and its crews — including two crewmen who died in the line of duty.
Researchers with the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will also tell the story of the joint underwater exploration that led to the shipwreck's discovery.
The USCGC McCulloch began its career as part of Commodore George Dewey's Asiatic Squadron in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War.
Cutters based in San Francisco in the late 1800s and early 1900s represented American interests throughout the Pacific. They also played important roles in the development of the western United States.
After the war, the cutter patrolled the West Coast and later was dispatched to enforce fur seal regulations in the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska, where it also served as a floating courtroom in remote areas.
The USCGC McCulloch sank on June 13, 1917, 3 miles (5 kilometers) northwest of Point Conception, California, after colliding with a civilian steamship. One crewman, Acting Water Tender John Arvid Johansson, lost his life but all other hands were saved.


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Q: Fetch coredate record where boolean column value is NO or nil I want to fetch data from my entity where the value of specific column(isDelete) is nil or NO . I use below code:
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    NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"NumberStorage" inManagedObjectContext:managedObjectContext];
    NSFetchRequest *fetch = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    [fetch setEntity:entity];

        NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(type = %d) and isDelete != YES",type];
        [fetch setPredicate:predicate];

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but it is not working.
How should I query this request?

A: This should work,
NSManagedObjectContext *managedObjectContext = [LIUtility sharedUtility].managedObjectContext;
NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"NumberStorage" inManagedObjectContext:managedObjectContext];
NSFetchRequest *fetch = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
[fetch setEntity:entity];

NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(type = %d) and isDelete != %@",type, @YES];
[fetch setPredicate:predicate];

allCardNumber = [managedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:fetch error:nil];

It is nice if you set default value for the boolean properties in model editor instead of having it as a nil.

A: From the Predicate Programming Guide, you must explicitly test for nil:

Testing for Null
  If you want to match null values, you must include a specific test in addition to other comparisons

So, amend your predicate to:
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(type = %d) AND (isDelete == NO OR isDelete == nil)",type];

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"RBG" Documentary Nominated for Academy Award as Supreme Court Justice Recovers from Lung Surgery
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently missed oral arguments as she continues to recover after having two tumors removed from her lung last month. But the Supreme Court has said she is cancer-free and that the 85-year-old, now three-time cancer-surviving justice, has been reviewing arguments and weighing in on cases from home. Meanwhile, the documentary "RBG" about her life has been nominated for an Academy Award. At the Sundance Film Festival, we speak with Julie Cohen, one of the film's directors.
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JULIE COHEN: I'm Julie Cohen, and I'm one of the directors and producers of the Academy Award-nominated documentary RBG.
AMY GOODMAN: So, congratulations on the Academy Award. You broke the news to RBG, to Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
JULIE COHEN: Yes, that's correct. The justice's office patched myself and my directing partner Betsy West into Justice Ginsburg's home, where she's recovering from her surgery from two cancerous nodules being removed on her lung, on the morning that the Oscar nominations were announced. The justice's office patched us through to her home, and we got to break the news to her. It was terrific. She was quite enthusiastic. It's hard to not seem—to be immodest, but she did say she felt that the nomination was eminently well deserved.
But really, the better news than that, for us personally, was just hearing her voice for the first time since her surgery. She sounded really chipper and cheerful and really strong. When we told her how nice it was to hear her voice sounding great, she, you know, said she's very eager to get back to work. And I think, you know, she's been working from home, as has been reported, on—you know, a lot of what the court does is reading briefs and reading transcripts of oral arguments and, you know, sort of starting to make thoughts about rulings on various cases. So, she's been doing all of that from her home in Washington.
AMY GOODMAN: As you so profoundly illustrated in your film about RBG's life, about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life, she has not missed an oral argument in more than a quarter of a century. So, she is doing this from her recovery bed. Word was, the White House, that Trump was already entertaining names to replace her. But what's the next time the Supreme Court comes together? And do you expect her to be there?
JULIE COHEN: Well, I should say, as a result of her surgery, she did miss two weeks of oral argument for the first time, for the first time ever, in January, as her doctors wisely advised her. She needs to take care of recovering from the surgery and getting back to work. The great news was that both scans and pathology showed no further evidence of cancer, so it's a question of recovering from the surgery at this point. And the court hears oral arguments again on February 19th. So, that's a few more weeks away, and that's why she's trying to—as she works from home, also trying to rest and recover, to hopefully be back on the bench for those arguments.
AMY GOODMAN: So, what about that news that President Trump was already entertaining names to nominate for her seat?
JULIE COHEN: Yeah, well, you know, I mean, I think it would be—on the one hand, it certainly makes sense for a White House to be prepared for who their Supreme Court picks would be, whatever the circumstances are on the court. I think as far as anyone trying to get that out in the world, or, you know, the pretty massive rumors going on online and the Fox News mistake of putting up a graphic suggesting that she had died last week—
AMY GOODMAN: Can you explain that?
JULIE COHEN: As far as all that stuff—well, last Monday, just as part of a story that they were doing, when the on-air talent was talking about Justice Ginsburg, they just put up a graphic slate that said her name and said the years as if she died. They immediately apologized. It was a mistake in the control room. I take Fox News at their word for that. But what then happened on the crazy, you know, online Twittersphere is that everyone started to spread that around as rumors. And, you know, I'm extremely happy to say, having spoken to Justice Ginsburg the day after that, that she's alive and well and sounding strong.
AMY GOODMAN: And that news of her demise was greatly exaggerated?
JULIE COHEN: Exactly.
AMY GOODMAN: So, talk about RBG for a moment. We've had you on the show discussing this film. But what she represents on the court and what she has worked so hard on, why she's so important.
JULIE COHEN: You know, I think RBG has represented a number of things throughout her life. She's represented the obstacles that women face in getting their footing in the professional world, and all of the forces that work against them and how important it is to fight those forces.
She has represented, as a lawyer, the importance of fighting for equal rights under the U.S. Constitution for men and women. And she herself became really the prime voice making that argument in the U.S. Supreme Court. And the beauty of that fight is that it's a fight that she made huge progress on.
In more modern days, she's come to represent—in certain cases, as the court has become more conservative, she often represents a voice of dissent on the court, writing dissenting opinions on a number of issues, including reproductive rights, women's rights and voting rights, for that matter, that have really, I'd say, resonated around the country, not just with lawyers and judges, but also with activists and with regular people who are concerned about those issues.
AMY GOODMAN: Julie Cohen, let's talk, though, about the Oscar nomination for RBG. You are breaking ground in so many ways—this obviously trailblazing woman, Supreme Court justice, the film is about, but also you, as a women-led team. How unusual is this, both in the documentary section and overall?
JULIE COHEN: Well, we are certainly very proud that the—all of the lead faces and voices and brains on the RBG documentary team were women: myself and Betsy, the directors and producers of the film, as well as our executives at CNN Films and our director of photography, our editor, our composer—and I could go on—you know, just a women-led creative and executive team. That's pretty unusual either in docs or narratives.
There's been a fair amount of talk in the movie business in recent years about the underrepresentation of women behind the camera. That's been particularly true in the narrative sphere, and it's true again this year in the best picture nominees, that some of the great women directorial voices, such as Debra Granik, who did Leave No Trace, that actually premiered here at Sundance last year; Chloé Zhao, the director of The Rider, a really beautiful film; Marielle Heller from Can You Ever Forgive Me?, that they didn't get director nominations. Often, even in the case of Marielle Heller, her film had, I believe, two acting nominations, and the best supporting actor nominee Richard E. Grant made the great point, like, you know, "My great performance in that film didn't just drop from the sky; there was a great director behind it. And it happened to be a woman." Hopefully, you know, as women become more common in all works—on all walks of the film business, you'll see more women's work getting recognized.
AMY GOODMAN: Julie Cohen, co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary RBG. From the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, I'm Amy Goodman. Thanks so much for joining us.
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Market Wrap: A Muddled Start for the New Year
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NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks closed little changed on Friday in the first trading session of 2015, finishing well off session highs as economic data short-circuited early gains.
In a sign of tepid economic conditions, construction spending unexpectedly fell 0.3 percent in November, while the pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector slipped to a six-month low in December, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
"The data we got out today basically dampened early enthusiasm," said Peter Cardillo, chief marketeconomist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York. "It's just a little bit of softness but I don't think it changes the outlook for a stronger economy."
Markets had opened higher in a broad rally, but indexes later lost ground. Volume was light in the wake of the New Year's holiday, which often exacerbates market volatility. About 5.29 billion shares traded on U.S. exchanges, well below the 6.87 billion average last month, according to BATS Global Markets. For the week, the Dow (^DJI) closed down 1.2 percent, the S&P 500 (^GPSC)off 1.5 percent and the Nasdaq off 1.7 percent.
Energy Shares Up; Oil Prices Down
Energy shares gained 0.4 percent, alternating between gains and losses alongside choppy trading in crude oil. Exxon Mobil (XOM) rose 0.4 percent to $92.83, and Kinder Morgan (KMP) gained 1.2 percent to $42.81 to lead the sector higher. U.S. crude settled down 58 cents at $52.69 for its 13th negative week out of the past 14, and is at levels not seen since 2009. Brent crude settled down 91 cents at $56.42 a barrel.
General Motors (GM) shed 0.2 percent to $34.84 after the automaker announced three new vehicle recalls, the biggest involving the ignition-switch design of several SUV and pickup truck models.
Weight Watchers International (WTW) fell more than 13 percent on Friday, continuing a string of losses as the company tries to boost sales, which in October hit a four-year low. The stock has lost almost a quarter of its value in the last eight trading sessions.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.92 points, or 0.06 percent, to 17,832.99, the S&P 500 lost 0.7 points, or 0.03 percent, to 2,058.2 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 9.24 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,726.81. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE 1,696 to 1,376, for a 1.23-to-1 ratio; on the Nasdaq, 1,555 issues fell and 1,185 advanced for a 1.31-to-1 ratio favoring decliners.
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Integration Methods
Submit a Pull Request
Yearn's partnership program allows developers to easily integrate yield into their own services.
In an effort to make yVaults accessible from virtually anywhere, any protocol that integrates yVaults can earn up to a 50% profit share from their contributed TVL. The Partnership program is being tested, audited, and we'll commence a gradual release with selected Partners over the coming months.
If you are interested in partnering with us, we'd love to hear from you! Please reach out to us through this Yearn Partners form.
Yearn's Partnership Program is focused on protocols which want to build on top of Yearn's products. We firmly believe that the value a protocol brings to the community, and the ecosystem, is more than just funds parked in a vault. To this end, we work closely with our partners to integrate and form a mutually beneficial relationship to add value to both protocols.
Profit Share Model
We offer profit shares based on yield generated across all vaults. For now, we are paying out profit shares manually, retroactively, but we want to move it on-chain as the program matures.
Profit-sharing is paid out in the native token of the vaults that partners are utilizing.
Yearn partner's profit works like this:
Yearn charges a 2% yearly management fee over the vault TVL
10% of the yield generated by the vault is sent directly to the vault's strategist
10% of the yield generated by the vault is split as:
35% is operational costs and goes to Yearn
65% is profit which is then shared with our partner according to the Profit-Sharing Tier Table
Tiers are what determine the percentage of profit-sharing with the partner. They are calculated based on the total TVL provided across all vaults:
Profit-Sharing Tier Table
TVL contributed
Profit Share
1 $1m-5m 10%
2 $5m-$10m 15%
3 $10-50m 20%
4 $50-$100m 25%
5 $100-$200m 30%
6 $200-400m 35%
8 $700-1bn 45%
9 >$1bn 50%
Example Partner Profit Sharing Case
Here is an example case on how yearn would share profits with a partner, the values won't match production ones but it helps to understand the entire flow:
Let's say a partner protocol contributes to Yearn during a year with:
$10.000.000 Total Locked Value
which generated a total yield of
$1.000.000 Anual Yield
Here is how we calculate and distribute fees then:
2% of the vaults TVL ($200,000) goes to Yearn every year (management fee)
10% of yield ($100,000) goes to Yearn (performance fee)
10% of yield ($100,000) goes to the strategist vault (performance fee)
Let's breakdown on the management and performance fees that yearn took in the process at the moment (which sums $300,000)
35% ($105,000) goes to Yearn as operational costs
65% ($195,000) is shared with the partner according to the tier table
Since the partner contributed with $10.000.000 TVL it fits in tier 3 in the Profit-Sharing Tier Table
So the partner would receive in this case 20% of $195,000, so $39,000 of profit-sharing
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University of Washington Press, PO Box 50096, Seattle, Washington, 98145-5096, or Amazon.com. Information on habitat needs, water quality, and salmonids. Learn about biology, ecology, and economics and incorporate school and community groups in restoring a creek.
A children's book introducing fish, what makes them unique and their characteristics. All types of fish are shown. Shapes, colors, what fish eat and how they hunt and hide. The salmon life cycle is pictured. This book may be available at the public library, also available on Barnes & Noble.com.
This binder was designed to supplement classroom education on aquatic ecosystems. It provides worksheets and background information on several grade levels so the classroom teacher can expand on topics they present without having to make up the worksheets themselves. This binder provides information on basic aquatic habitats, fish and insects but no fly fishing information.
5430 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-493-5447. Activities to promote awareness and appreciation of water, diversity of wildlife, ecological principles, management and conservation of water and wildlife and the human prospective. Set up for formal education settings but the activities can be easily adapted for camps or outdoor education. Learn more online.
Order Department, Kendall Hunt Publishing Co., Box 539, Dubuque,Iowa 52001, 1-800-338-5578 or from Future Fisherman Foundation, 1033 N. Fairfax, Suite 200, Alexandria VA 22314, 1-703-519-9691. Information on water safety and aquatic life, Units include A Fishing Primer; Becoming a Better Angler, Understanding Fish and Their Environment, and Water Resources and Our Future.
Diane Higgins, 4649 Aster Road, McKinleyville, CA 95519. Teacher's Guide and Student Activities, Grades K - 8. No aquarium set up information. Use Salmon and Trout Go to School (a related guide by Diane Higgins) for aquarium set up. Fish anatomy, physiology, and adaptations, fish life cycles, habitats and people and fish. This curriculum contains games, projects and worksheets. Used by the Southern California Trout in the Classroom Project. A video is available reviewing the program.
Dog Eared Publications, PO Box 814, Corallis, Oregon 97339. Covers life cycles and different types of salmon, river geography, and predators. For elementary education.
The basics of good hand position to the complexities of fly presentation and the double haul.
For intermediate and advanced casters, distance casting biomechanics of good form, fly rod action, distance roll casting, and beginning spey casting.
Federation of Fly Fishers, Publication available from the Federation Office, 5237 U. S. Highway 89 S, Suite 11, Livingston, MT 59047 (406) 222-9369 ext 0. The five essentials of fly casting are given, along with basic casting, false casting, shooting cast, off shoulder casting, double haul, and roll cast in diagrams and photos.
Essential Fly Fishing - an all-color handbook - presents the fundamentals of this great sport quickly and effectively. Proven teaching techniques and bright, helpful color illustrations will enable new fly fishers to: find fish in streams, lakes, and salt water; select and assemble proper, balanced tackle; cast a fly line with authority - with rhythm, not strength; recognize and learn to simulate natural fish foods; learn techniques that really work; tie effective knots that have maximum strength; and begin the endlessly interesting process of tying your own flies. This book concisely explains fishing ethics, offers helpful safety precautions, and defines basic angling terms. Get this book through your local library or fly shop.
William B. Stapp, 2050 Delaware Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103. Help high school classes establish a water monitoring program. Methods for measuring and evaluating physical and biological parameters for stream conditions.
Fish Gallimard Jeunesse Scholastics Inc.
A children's book introducing the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of various fish. Get this one from your local library. Also available on Amazon.com.
PO Box 59,Portland, OR, 503-229-5400, or www.dfw.state.or.us. How to set up an aquarium, get fish eggs and raise them with help from you state DNR and FFF club. No teaching curriculum. How to set up an aquarium and raise eggs to fish, trouble shooting, do-it-yourself cooling units, pop-machine incubators, trout and salmon life cycles, related curricula and reference sources.
The Ohio State University Extension, Aquatic Maestro Publications, Inc., 1993, Ohio 4-H Youth Development, Ohio State University, RM 25 Agriculture Administration Building, 2120 Fytte Road, Columbus Ohio, 43210. A hands on approach to learning about fish suitable for third to fifth graders. Learn how fish swim, breathe, sensory features and special adaptations fish use to survive. This is set up for classroom study but provides good basic background for youth camps.
A children's book introducing fly fishing. Available on Amazon.com.
A photo ready copy to reproduce for your camp. Contact Joe Swam, VP Education, MAC, 2421 Rocks Road, Forest Hills, MD 21050. A handbook plus all related paperwork, press releases, letters, etc. to run a three day youth camp. Equipment, knots, fly casting basics, fly tying basics with diagrams, entomology, conservation, etiquette, and where fish live.
Fly Fishing Basics - A Beginner's Guide video 60 minutes, Bennett/Watt Inc.
Discusses equipment, knots, and casting basics.
Learn to pick the right equipment and put it together, fly casting, and how to fish for bluegills, trout and largemouth bass.
Cowles Magazines, Inc., PO Box 248, Eugene, OR, 97440. Includes tackle and rod selection and assembly; casting basics; leaders; what fish eat including life cycles of mayflies, caddisflies, midges, stoneflies and how to fish them; and knots with diagrams for tying the trilene knot, the Duncan loop, the improved clinch knot, the triple surgeon's knot, the needle knot, the blood knot. Bass and Panfish fishing are explored. Next is a crash course in selecting flies including a guide to dry flies and nymphs and the hatches they match, fishing streamers and a guide to the hatches they match. Fishing requires finding fish and the guide shows how to find panfish, bass and pickerel, trout and saltwater fish. Also subsurface and surface fishing. Catching and handling fish for release, wind casting and types of lines are discussed.
Shows 7 knots on waterproof cards to be carried in your vest. Printed by Creative Publishing International and available through your local fly shop.
Gives information on teaching a basic course just for women.
Basics of fly tying, tools and materials, hooks and how to tie basic flies. This video is structured to teach a person who has never tied, the art of fly tying and systematically leads a student through a series of flies. It can be adapted to teach a group.
Scholastic Press, 1982. This book is written for grade schoolers. It introduces the reader to trout, sunfish, perch and pike, and catfish and carp and how to fish for them. It also shows how to make fish prints and tie basic knots. Find this one through the public library or interlibrary loan.
Federation of Fly Fishers, 5237 U. S. Highway 89 S, Suite 11, Livingston, MT 59047, 406-222-9369. Types of aquatic insects, arthropods, true bugs, true flies and information about each family and how they relate to fish and fishing. Good basic background for your kids camp or club.
Federation of Fly Fishers, 5237 U. S. Highway 89 South, Suite 11, Livingston, MT 59047, 406-222-9369. Fly rods, lines, leaders and knots with diagrams, equipment, casting, finding fish, fly selection and presentation, entomology, landing larger fish, ethics, and catch and release. Also included is a humorous Fly Fisher's Classification Scheme by John Hannah.
Federation of Fly Fishers, 5237 U. S. Highway 89 South, Suite 11, Livingston, MT 59047 or 406-222-9369. Tools including vices, scissors, bobbins, bobbin threaders, bodkins, hackle pliers, hair stackers, whip finishers, and hackle gauges are discussed. Hooks, thread and body, wing, and tail materials are reviewed. Basic techniques included are wrapping ,thread torque, material roll, finger-thumb tuck, dubbing, gauging hackle size,the half hitch and the whip finish. Fly patterns including the wooly worm, grey hackle yellow, Montana nymph, hare's ear nymph, post wing dry fly, elk hair caddis, marabou streamer, and alternatives are diagrammed step by step.
This kids book teaches mainly bait fishing but does have a good chapter on warm water species - sunfish, crappies, bass, catfish, bullheads, pike, muskies, perch and walleye. It also shows pictures of where in a stream, pond, lake or river these warm water species will be found.
Kokanee Karnival was started in the hopes of raising the awareness of today's students regarding tomorrow's needs of our fisheries and is recognized by the Oregon State Department of Education for its applicability to several areas of the required education program. Each school must first complete the "Eggs to Fry" portion which teaches the students about the development of the eggs to the fry, discusses how and where the fish can be released and why they are released there. Fish dissection, "Catch and Release" and "catch and keep" and the proper handling of the fish are discussed. Angling 101, adapted from the Oregon DFW, covers numerous subjects including fishing equipment, ethics, regulations, water safety and basic knot tying. In April each year the classes attend a session called the "Kid's Angling Clinic." This portion covers water safety, regulations, equipment, safety, fish biology and a game called "Hook and Ladders. The classes have agreed to do one day of community service as a form of payment for what they have received. Updated by Phil Hager, Central Oregon Fly Fishers. Contact him at othapus@hotmail.com or Central Oregon Flyfishers, PO Box, Bend, Oregon, 97702 for more information.
This children's book teaches the important stages of a wild trout's life and how it interacts with it's environment. Each 2-page chapter covers a specific area of a life cycle of the trout, or insects, or environment involved, through a narrative about the trout and through the eyes of Danny, a young worm fisherman and his grandfather, a fly fisherman. Although there is one short chapter on tying flies to "match the hatch" the main emphasis in this book is on the fish, not the fishing. Written on a grade school level, each chapter can be expanded on in connection with a science course on fish or used on its own to give good basic information on trout and the environment they need to live. This book is available through Amato Publishing ormay be available through your public library or inter-library loan.
501 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, 1-301-576-3887. Read more about Living in Water here.
Uses the Sport Fishing and Aquatic Resources Book, Montana Habitat posters etc., Project Wild Aquatic Book and Pathways to Fishing to teach Equipment, Fish ID, Anatomy, Ecology, Montana Fish, Habitats, Ecosystems, Fly Tying, Insects, Angling Ethics, Hatcheries, Ice Fishing.
Federation of Fly Fishers, 5237 U. S. Highway 89 S, Suite 11, Livingston, MT 59047, 406-222-9369. A review of some of the fishing opportunities in a 125 mile radius of Livingston, Montana. Wading freestone streams, fishing different seasons and times of the day, and hatch charts are included for many of Montana's most famous rivers and spring creeks.
Federation of Fly Fishers, 5237 U. S. Highway 89 S, Suite 11, Livingston, MT 59047, 406-222-9369. This booklet provides a "beginner a lower-powered place to start" when building a rod. A list of parts and equipment are included along with the steps needed to mount a reel seat, glue the cork ring for the handle, turn the handle, fit the Tip-Top, grind the guide feet, space the guides, wrap the guides and finish the rod.
The Noxious Weed Game is a game to illustrate to students how noxious weeds spread and effect the environment.
Federation of Fly Fishers, 5237 U. S. Highway 89 S, Suite 11, Livingston, MT 59047, 406-222-9369. A booklet for instructors to help them instruct and communicate with students.
A waterproof spiral bound basic fly tying guide.
A short concise waterproof guide to common medical emergencies found while fishing.
A short concise waterproof guide to food sources, trout line of vision, feeding, rises, feeding locations, fly patterns and categories, leaders, weather, stealth, strategies, flies and major hatches.
A concise waterproof guide to bass fishing.
A concise waterproof guide to basic fly casting.
A short concise waterproof guide to rods, lines, leaders, knots, hooks, flies, hatches, rises, strategies, casting, and first aid.
A water proof spiral bound guide to basic fly fishing knots.
A waterproof spiral bound guide fly fishing tactics for steelhead.
A waterproof spiral bound guide to lake fishing tactics.
A waterproof spiral bound guide to nymph fishing tactics.
A waterproof spiral bound guide to salt water fly fishing tactics.
Harper and Row, New York, 1961. Simple story of a salmon's life for primary grades. Find this book at your local libray or interlibrary loan or on Amazon.com.
Available from Diane Higgins, 4649 Aster Road, McKinneyville, CA 95519. (Not copyrighted). Aquarium set up and maintenance plus an equipment list and sources, how to convert a refrigerator to an aquarium chiller, how to get and raise fish eggs in a school setting, sources of equipment, related classroom projects, and fish life cycles.
Shows the development of salmon from egg to adult with illustrations and text meant for kids. It's all from the viewpoint of the fish and an easy read for kids or adults. Contact the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, British Columbia, 555 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6B5G3 to get a copy.
Based on a guide by George Hobson and gives all the information and lots of handouts for starting and running a high school fly fishing club. This guide is available from Susan Halblom at 515-274-5855 or Davidhalblom-bugtyer.worldnet.att.net.
Tom Murdoch and Martha Cheo with Kate O'Laughlin, 600-128th Street SE, Everett, WA, 98208-6353 or online. How to adopt a stream, evaluate it, and publicize its needs. Everything your club will need to adopt and protect your favorite stream.
Tips for Saltwater Catch & Release, available from the FFF at 5237 U.S. Highway 89 South, Livingston, MT 59047 or 406-222-9369. Tips on saltwater tackle, how to land your catch, how to handle your catch,remove the hook and release the fish.
Trout in the Classroom is a school based program using fish to promote good stewardship of aquatic resources and to teach science, language arts, math, social studies, art and Internet use. The curriculum guide "California's Salmon and Steelhead - Our Natural Heritage" provides lesson plans and reproducible pages for kids including classification, anatomy, life cycles, importance of fish to people, states of fish populations, declines in populations and what we can do about it. It has related writing and art projects and is appropriate for grades K to 8. While it was originally written for California, the information is pertinent to all cold water fisheries. A second guide, "Salmon and Trout Go to School" gives instructions on setting up a rearing tank and successfully raising fish. It also contains information specific to California, which again could be adapted to any cold water fishery. How to convert a refrigerator to a cold water aquarium and sources for chillers and aquariums are included. Contact Dr. Doug Spieske at 1605 Country Club Drive, Redlands, Ca 92373 or phone 909-798-4151 or E mail at dspieske@aol.com.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1997 E.P.A. 841-B-97-003 or online. Including E.P.A. standard data sheets, this book is a resource on doing stream surveys, bio-surveys, testing water quality, sampling insects and managing data.
The life cycle of a trout from egg to large mature female.
A handbook that contains a section on "Incubation and Nursery Observation." This section can be adapted by a club for use in a classroom aquarium to hatch fish eggs. All the details for set up and use are included in the handbook. This handbook also contains information on the natural reproduction of salmon, trout and char and all the information needed to use the Whitlock Vibert box in flowing and standing water of a stream. Contact the FFF 406-222-9369.
Tomorrow River Press, PO Box 1745, Wausau, WI 54402-1745. The story of trout and the places they are found and the importance of clean fresh water. This video is divided into sections to accommodate classroom viewing and discussions. The educator's manual gives major issues and discussion topics for each section for class use and related topics and activities to enhance the learning experience. Also easily adapted to kids clubs and camp programs. To order call 406-222-9369.


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Lee Sun released her latest project entitled Singing You This Song on October 29th. Her album explores an array of emotions – always with an underlying defiance and resilience. We listen to her journey and what seems like a pivotal moment where she decides to wrestle with her pain and climb that mountain. Though each human's circumstances may vary, the human condition requires us to demand our place in this world and relinquish the demons that confront us each and every day.
With folk and pop undertones, Sun sings about her mother, her right to her own life, love, and even death. Thirteen songs though prolific, may be a bit overwhelming for new listeners. Eight seems to be the sweet spot. Regardless, there are tender moments and moments of introspection and light. She writes about what she knows and sings it with all her might.
Highlights on the album include, The Week You Loved Me, Wishing, and Everything Dies. Perhaps at times contrived and trying a bit too hard, there's room for musical and artistic growth. However, Sun's bravery leaves us inspired and amazed that she was so generous to share her story and spread her truth.
Listen to more of Lee Sun on Bandcamp and Soundcloud. Find out more about Lee Sun on her website. Also like her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Watch videos on her Youtube Channel.


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do cockroaches have nervous systems
Nervous systems throughout the animal kingdom vary in structure and complexity, as illustrated by the variety of animals shown in Figure 1. ... People with lowered immune systems such as children and the elderly are especially vulnerable to the diseases cockroaches carry around. Many people go vegan because they don't want animals suffering on their behalf.. Salmonellosis. In this lesson, we'll learn about the structure and function of the circulatory and nervous systems in the group, or phylum, that includes earthworms - Phylum Annelida. Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers have found. Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers have found. The insecticides cause enzymes to build up in their bodies, which adds additional weight to … Their feces have an oily liquid in it that smells very bad. Cockroaches can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes! The nervous system detects environmental changes that impact the body, then works in tandem with the endocrine system to respond to such events. It needs care to keep working correctly. Their respiration occurs via spiracles along the sides of the body. In adults it can spread to the nervous system and cause convulsions. Cockroaches are known to live without a head for up to a week, due to a nervous and circulatory system that works outside of the head. Sensory nerves leave the brain and run forward into the prostomium (extreme anterior end) and first segment. Aside from all the damage mentioned above, cockroaches pose a major health risk. ANN ARBOR—Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers have found. It guides everyday activities such as waking up; automatic activities such as breathing; and complex processes such as thinking, reading, remembering, and feeling emotions. Humans simply have a much longer time to develop cancer than cockroaches do. The majority of animals on our planet, about 95 percent, do not possess a true backbone and are called invertebrates. Some female cockroaches only mate once and stay pregnant for life! These divisions counterbalance each other in the regulation of many organ systems. They truly are a disgusting pest. Not only do they spread disease and viruses everywhere they go, but they can also cause allergy symptoms to flare. A cockroach can live almost a month without food. Cockroaches do have wings but they are rarely known to fly. The squid, aplysia (sea hare), leech, horseshoe crab, lobster, and cockroach have all provided scientists with models by which to study the nervous system. 3. But cockroaches do not have blood pressure the way people do. $\endgroup$ – A.S Jul 15 '12 at 18:46 $\begingroup$ @AndrewSalmon - But compare with short-lived cockroach and short-lived human, the human brain stroke rate seems to be higher since never heard of cockroach brain-stroke $\endgroup$ – user5479 Jul 15 '12 at 21:37 The eggs take about 1 month to hatch. Cockroaches contaminate food with their feces (bowel movement/stool). Though all members of Kingdom Animalia are multicellular, all of them do not exhibit the same pattern of organisation of cells. Others, like jellyfish, lack a true brain and instead have a system of separate but connected nerve cells (neurons) called a "nerve net." A cockroach can live about two weeks without water. Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers have found. Oscillations have been found in systems as disparate as mollusks [2], moths [4], locusts [5], [6], rats and mice [7], [8], suggesting a fundamental role in computations carried out during higher-order processing. The use of insecticides to kill cockroaches directly affects their nervous systems. It's common knowledge that vertebrates like humans have a complex nervous system that reacts to stimuli, but much less is known about invertebrates like shrimp and insects. Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems.. Some organisms, like sea sponges, lack a true nervous system. While cockroaches can live up to 30 days without food, they will die faster without water. They walk slowly on the sea floor but are capable of swimming backwards by the curling and uncurling movement of their abdomen. There can be no cephalization because all regions of the circumference of the bell- or plate-shaped organism are more or less equally responsive to environmental perturbations. In other words, extinction of cockroaches would have a big impact on forest health and therefore indirectly on all the species that live there." Males have exactly 383 neurons, while hermaphrodites have exactly 302 neurons (Hobert, 2005), an unusual feature called eutely. Their muscles seize up, and they are unable to move their legs, which they tuck underneath their bodies. It is indeed impossible to find a cockroach grieving over the demise of its mate, or fellow creeping insects – as a human would do if placed in the similar situation. The autonomic nervous system is further broken down into the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions. check_circle Expert Answer. The squid even helped win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963. The insect is made up of three main body regions (tagmata), the head, thorax and abdomen. The earthworm brain is a bilobed mass lying above the pharynx in the third body segment. Your nervous system is the command center for your entire body. Eventually, the headless cockroach will either dehydrate or succumb to mold. Parasites Although diverse, insects are quite similar in overall design, internally and externally. Cockroaches Spread Disease & Health Problems. Cockroaches die if they go without food or water for 2 weeks. However, clams, along with other bivalves like oysters and mussels, are one of the few animals that some vegetarians are okay with eating.. Invertebrates are useful animals to study because their nervous systems work the same way as that of vertebrates. The honey bee is an invertebrate (insect) which normally have a primitive nervous system (Blankenship and … Lobsters have very poor eyesight and no nervous system. These new insights on how biological systems stabilize could one day help engineers design steadier robots and improve doctors' understanding of human gait abnormalities. In other words, cockroaches and other insects can respond to any form of stimuli, but it is impossible for roaches to learn from its experience or identifies a pattern. If yours gets triggered easily, you probably have a sensitive nervous system, says Young. The nervous system controls: The World Health Organization stated that ""Cockroaches are not usually the most important cause of a disease, but like houseflies, they play a supplementary role in the spread of some diseases" and we will be looking at the most common diseases spread by cockroaches. "We discovered that the central nervous systems of the smallest spiders fill up almost 80 percent of their total body cavity, including about 25 percent of their legs." Do cockroaches have brains? While these sprays can seem like magic when they make bugs curl up and die, they actually rely on special chemicals that are designed to stop bugs in their tracks. Step 1. Cockroaches have open circulatory systems, so as long as the wound clots normally, they aren't prone to bleeding out. The startle response occurs when the nervous system perceives danger and goes into overdrive. Common diseases spread by cockroaches. They're Fast . These new insights on how biological systems stabilize could one day help engineers design steadier robots and improve doctors' understanding of human gait abnormalities. Stroke: Around 800,000 Americans have a stroke every year. But cockroaches do not have blood pressure the way people do. It can make the whole room smell. Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers have found. The two systems have complementary functions, operating … Animals with a defined head possess a two-part nervous system: The central nervous system (CNS) consists of the animal's brain and central neurons.It's housed in the head and may continue along the back. They live about 6 months. In short, we really, really need cockroach poop. Do sponges have nervous, circulatory and excretory systems? ... Do sponges have nervous, circulatory and excretory systems? Cockroaches can nest anywhere: the bends of pipes, dark crevices and gaps between appliances and counters, garage corners — you name it, the cockroaches have … Many claim that they have no brain, or can't feel pain. The truth is that clams do have a simple nervous system, but we don't exactly know if they feel pain or not. Cockroaches have been around since the time of dinosaurs! Cockroaches become adults in 2 to 4 months. The sympathetic nervous system is involved in preparing the body for stress-related activities; the parasympathetic nervous system is associated with returning the body to routine, day-to-day operations. A cockroach can live for up to one week without its head! Nervous system - Nervous system - Annelids: The brain of most annelids (phylum Annelida; segmented worms, including the leeches and terrestrial earthworms) is relatively simple in structure. See your doctor regularly, eat a healthy diet, avoid drugs, and only drink alcohol in moderation. ... Cockroaches that do not hang out with one another suffer "isolation syndromes". The nervous system of C. elegans is sexually dimorphic; the nervous systems of the two sexes, males and hermaphrodites, have different numbers of neurons and groups of neurons that perform sex-specific functions. Animals whose bodies don't have a defined head or tail have nerve nets, which are weblike arrangements of nerve cells that extend throughout the body.. The nervous system plays a role in nearly every aspect of our health and well-being. Bug sprays in the home help eliminate unwanted visitors, like cockroaches and ants, while sprays designed for outside use keep mosquitoes and ticks at bay. First and foremost is the radial symmetry. Strokes occur more often in people over age 65. In biology, the nervous system is a highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body. These new insights on how biological systems stabilize could one day help engineers design steadier robots and improve doctors' understanding of human gait abnormalities. How do I keep my nervous system healthy? 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Why I don't use humor in scientific presentations
By Adam Ruben Oct. 21, 2015 , 4:15 PM
I'm not sure exactly when I started putting jokes in my scientific presentations, but I know why I started. I also know when and why I stopped.
I started sometime during college because, as a student who had sat through innumerable lectures, I enjoyed and appreciated when professors included rare moments of levity to make a point, enrich a metaphor, or even just keep us awake. Those moments stood out: "Blah blah citric acid cycle blah blah succinic dehydrogenase blah blah DOONESBURY CARTOON blah blah pyruvate."
I'm a scientist and a comedian. … But when I present my own research at a meeting, I'm completely humorless, like a Senate subcommittee hearing, or an Adam Sandler movie.
So I added a few jokes to my own talks to make them the kind of presentations that I would want to hear. It seemed reasonable. I wasn't delivering a 10-minute standup set about neutrons walking into a bar; I was just giving a few brief, silly diversions and then getting back to the science.
By the time I was partway through grad school, I had established a pattern of ending every lab meeting presentation with a joke slide: an embarrassing picture of one of my labmates, or some kind of fun with Photoshop. Then, during one lab meeting, I presented results that displeased my adviser, in terms of both quality and quantity. As I was presenting my second-to-last slide, he interrupted to ask, "Is that it?"
I stammered, "Uh ... there's … a joke slide at the end." Silence. I flipped forward to the joke slide. "So, um, this is Jeff's head Photoshopped onto the body of a goat. Because … it's … you know, kind of funny. With the goat body. And that's … yeah."
My adviser never outright said so, but I knew what he was thinking: You had time to make the goat picture, but you didn't have time to improve the actual science? I wanted to explain that, in the same way that people who are full can still eat dessert and claim it's destined for "a different stomach," science-improving and goat-Photoshopping were not mutually exclusive activities, but I didn't think it would bolster my cause.
At that moment, I quietly decided that—at least in the eyes of those who held my career in their hands—jokes could only sabotage my presentations, not enhance them. So I stopped using humor in my scientific talks.
The result, 10 years later, is an odd situation. I'm a scientist and a comedian, having discovered that doing both jobs relieves me of the obligation to be especially great at either. Being a science comedian is the awesomest hobby in the world: I get to travel to other people's scientific conventions and tell funny stories and science jokes for an hour, then eat their catered dinners while the real conference attendees fret about poster printing, late-breaking abstracts, and networking. I also troll the vendor fair. But when I present my own research at a meeting, I'm completely humorless, like a Senate subcommittee hearing, or an Adam Sandler movie.
I never thought about how strange this is until earlier this year. I was giving a comedic talk about the public perception of science at the Society for In Vitro Biology Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, alongside Hakeem Oluseyi, an astrophysicist, a TED talker, and one of my co-hosts on the Science Channel's Outrageous Acts of Science. Hakeem was giving an example about the importance of communicating science clearly, and he interrupted himself to ask me a question.
"So," he said, "for example, Adam, do you use humor in scientific presentations?"
"No," I replied right away. There was an awkward pause. That was not the answer he expected. He had assumed I'd say "yes" and had been planning to build on that "yes" to encourage scientists to be more lighthearted in their interactions.
I felt like a traitor to the basic principles of public speaking—of giving your audience little surprises, of playing to your strengths. Of giving the talk you'd want to attend. And I could tell some were thinking, "Wait, if the science comedian doesn't use humor in his talks … then I definitely shouldn't." I was filled with shame while I pocketed free USB drives at their vendor fair.
The irony is that, from a comedic standpoint, scientific talks are the perfect opportunities for absurdity because it's so unexpected. In a comedy club, the audience gets bored if your routine doesn't have a punchline every 15 seconds. But in an hour-long colloquium, the tone is neutral and technical by default, so any slightly funny moment gets amplified.
Comedy is all about contrast. A wacky guy doing a wacky dance is a little weird, but a member of the Queen's Guard doing a wacky dance is hilarious. Stodginess increases the tension, enhancing and enabling the comedy, which is why a university lecture hall with a white-haired professor emeritus droning in a monotone for 45 minutes straight is just begging for a joke.
And that, I think, is why I stopped using humor in presentations. As a more junior scientist, I don't have the innate contrast that makes a professor emeritus's silly remarks universally beloved. I can't tell a joke without worrying about the data the older scientists will think it supplanted. In other words, I'm insecure and scared.
Now that I know what the problem is, I'm working on it. I'm trying to reintroduce charisma into my otherwise straightforward talks, and I encourage everyone to find the audacity to do the same. I want to be bold enough to say, "Look, if someone thinks I'm a worse scientist because I entertained an audience, then that person is a judgmental tool with a narrow view of the role of science in the world."
It's not easy, of course, when the judgmental tools are in charge of judging you. But maybe a little comedy—appropriately placed and properly used to clarify the science rather than distract from it—can start to change their minds. As I once heard Dr. Ruth Westheimer say, "A lesson taught with humor is a lesson remembered." Of course, I would have remembered what she was saying anyway because she was primarily talking about orgasms. But it's true—humor is almost like a cheat, a trick to engage the brain. The best humor in scientific presentations serves to explain difficult concepts, and at the very least, it helps combat the stereotype of the stuffy, out-of-touch scientist.
Just don't use humor in grant applications. There's no need—scientific funding is already a joke.
Thanks, folks! I'll be here all week! (I don't have tenure, so that's as long as I can promise I'll be anywhere!)
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Adam Ruben
Adam Ruben, Ph.D., is a practicing scientist and the author of Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School and Pinball Wizards: Jackpots, Drains, and the Cult of the Silver Ball.
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'A Perfect Pairing' Release date
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'A Perfect Pairing' Trailer
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Lamprologus kungweensis é uma espécie de peixe da família Cichlidae.

É endémica da Tanzânia.
Os seus habitats naturais são: lagos de água doce.

Referências
  Bigirimana, C. 2005.  Lamprologus kungweensis.   2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.   Dados de 4 de Agosto de 2007.

Peixes da Tanzânia
Lamprologus
Peixes descritos em 1956