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Which is why we at Radiolab, and the wonderful Henry Reich at Minute Physics, decided to tell the story of Craig's very private act of liberation, which took place many years ago.
Craig Childs' story can be found in his book Finders Keepers, A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession. We at Radiolab did the video with Henry to celebrate our current series on the nature of things, which started with a podcast, Things, a couple of weeks ago, and continues with our newest one, about the fragile state of the kilogram, just released.
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BEIRUT Syria's Western-backed opposition plunged into disarray on Sunday as its president resigned and its military leader refused to recognize a prime minister recently elected to lead an interim rebel government.
The chaos inside the opposition Syrian National Coalition threatened to undermine its bid to unite the forces battling President Bashar Assad and better organize the fight to oust his regime. It also could hamper support from the U.S. and other powers, who have hoped the Coalition would emerge as the most credible body to channel aid to anti-Assad groups inside Syria and undermine the Islamic extremists who dominate the fight on key fronts of the nation's civil war.
As the opposition's political leadership stumbled, rebel fighters inside Syria pressed ahead Sunday with their offensive in a restive southern province that borders Jordan. Also, Israel's military said its forces in the occupied Golan Heights responded to fireacross the border by shooting at a target inside Syria.
In his surprise resignation Sunday, Coalition president Mouaz al-Khatib expressed frustration with the both the international community and the opposition body itself. Al-Khatib, a respected preacher who has led the Coalition since its creation late last year, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page that he was making good on a vow to quit if certain undefined "red lines" were crossed.
"I am keeping my promise today and announcing my resignation from the National Coalition so that I can work with freedom that is not available inside the official institutions," he said.
He also blamed world powers for providing what he deemed insufficient support for the rebel cause, and complained that many "international and regional parties" have insisted on pushing the opposition toward dialogue with the regime. Most opposition leaders and activists say Assad's regime has killed too many people to be part of a solution to the conflict.
"All that has happened to the Syrian people - from destruction of infrastructure to the arrest of tens of thousands to the displacement of hundreds of thousands to other tragedies - is not enough for an international decision to allow the Syrian people to defend themselves," the statement said.
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- Western-backed Syrian rebel chief Mouaz al-Khatib quits coalition
- Syria's Assad vows to "wipe out" extremists after top cleric slain
Despite electing a new, U.S.-educated prime minister to head a planned interim government last week, the Coalition has failed to establish itself as the top opposition authority on the ground in Syria, where hundreds of independent rebel brigades are fighting a civil war against Assad's forces.
The Coalition's media office distributed al-Khatib's statement, but did not comment on how his replacement will be chosen.
Al-Khatib's spokesman, Ali Mohammed Ali, confirmed the authenticity of the statement in a phone call with The Associated Press. He declined to discuss any issues inside the Coalition that could have influenced al-Khatib's decision.
Burhan Ghalioun, the former head of the Syrian National Council, which preceded the Coalition, said that he and other Coalition members were surprised by the resignation.
Speaking on Al Arabiya TV, Ghalioun also said he assumed the decision was a protest against world powers that have not provided the opposition with the aid it needs, as well as against unnamed countries that have interfered in the Coalition's operations and other Coalition members who have impeded al-Khatib's work.
"I lived this, so I know what it means," Ghalioun said, speaking of his own resignation as head of the SNC last year.
Secretary of State John Kerry said he was sorry to learn of al-Khatib's resignation, but that it won't affect U.S. cooperation with the Coalition on aid.
He called such transitions natural, adding that it shows "an opposition that is bigger than one person, and that opposition will continue."
The second blow Sunday to the opposition leadership was delivered by the head of the Coalition's own military branch, Gen. Salim Idris, who refused to recognize the body's new prime minister, saying he did not represent many anti-Assad groups.
Last week, the Coalition elected a little-known U.S.-educated IT expert named Ghassan Hitto to head a rebel interim government.
But in a video statement posted online and distributed by his aides Sunday, Idris said his group would only support a prime minister with broad backing.
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Hitto received 35 out of 48 votes cast by the 63 active members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition last week.
Observers and some members of the Coalition complained after the vote that Qatar, which heavily finances the opposition, and the Muslim Brotherhood exercise outsized power inside the Coalition.
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Syria's conflict has split regional and world powers, with some backing the rebels and others standing by Assad. Russia, China and Iran remain the regime's strongest supporters.
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Since summer, 2012, rebels have seized control of large swathes of land near the Turkish and Iraqi borders to the north and east, respectively, and used these areas to organize their forces and build supply lines. But the opposition has struggled so far to carve out a similar area in the south from which they could marshal their forces for a more sustained push north toward Damascus.
Rami Abdul-Rahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said heavy clashes raged in three towns in Daraa on Sunday.
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The Syrian Observatory also reported clashes in two districts in the Syrian capital, including near the Damascus international airport. It said the army, backed by warplanes, struck at rebel targets in the northern city of Hama.
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Note: This post was drafted in January just after Sankranti. I never got around posting it. I am doing it now because it is a precious recipe with wonderful results.
"What are you making?", asked my 7 year old. It was cold outside and hinted of snow. She was housebound and hovered around the kitchen.
"Pithey", I said, not wanting to go into details at that moment. Pithey was not my strong point and I needed all the concentration I could muster.
"Whaat, a back, how can you make a back ?", she was bewildered.
She was familiar with the only meaning of pithe in the bengali language, which meant the back of the human body. She had no clue about the sweeter meaning of the word, a dessert that is strongly associated with the harvest festival and made on Sankranti or Poush parbon.
My fault totally. I rarely ever made pithe. And then again you did not make a pithe at any random time of the year. It had to be in mid-January on and around the day of Sankranti, when rural Bengal celebrates Poush Parbon, the harvesting festival.
My thama, my Dad's mother was not a very enthusiastic cook and did not encourage devoting time on making or eating pithe on Poush Parbon. She made a great Paayesh and notun gur er paayesh was the only sweet that got cooked on Sankranti.
I was never too fond of pithe or paayesh and remember sankranti as days of excruciating cold in the plains where winter was usually mild. The cold winds from the north would rustle through the glossy leaves of the jackfruit tree in the garden and in absence of central heating, the only warmth would come from the mid-day sun. To soak up its warmth we would sit on the terrace, our freshly washed hair strewn across our back, the golden sun streaming down on us.
The few winters that we spent at my Dida's home in Kolkata, Poush Sankranti shone with its fervor. My Dida, a petite frame, with silver hair and betel-juice stained mouth was a cook who loved her job. She celebrated with food every small and big festival listed in the bengali almanac. Poush Sankranti in her home was a 3 day affair with sweet and savory pithes of all kind imaginable. The first batch of ashkey pithey she would store in an earthenware container as an symbolic offering to gods and later immerse it in the river. Then there would be puli pithe, gokul pithe, ranga alu'r pithe, nonta pithe and pati sapta. My grandfather would beckon to all and sundry to come and take a taste of the wonderful sweets and my poor, harried grandma would rush about grating, grinding, stuffing and frying. And that is how I like to remember her, busy around the kitchen, folding betel leaves to make a paan in between her umpteen chores and always ready with a story for us.
Once on my own, I had enough excuses to not mark Sankranti on my calendar with a red dot. After the eating orgy all through December, I had no wish to grate, grind, stuff and fry in January. This was going to be a month of sparse salads with low fat olive oil dressings.
But this Sankranti, it was different. We were going to have a different sort of party this year, a pithe party. Yes, I have an enthusiastic bunch of friends.
Goaded by all the peer pressure I gave in and started calling across oceans to get the perfect Gokul Pithe. My Ma-in-law makes the best gokul pithe to date and she was the one I needed. She gave me detailed instructions over the phone, sans any measurement of course.This time though I needed measures and did not want to risk an entire batch of pithe so I sought help over the internet and got some support here.
The gokul pithe turned out to be absolutely delicious. D had his own wise opinions and even dared to say that his Mom's were better. But really do we even believe him ? Anything with a khoya + coconut stuffing, deep fried and then soaked in sugary syrup has "delish" wriiten in its genes, irrespective of whose Mother or Mother's neighbor made it.
They were also easy to make even in large number. Even though Sankranti is 11 months away, this can be served as a delicious dessert for any occasion, so roll up your sleeves and try some. Believe me these are sinfully easy.
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Grated Coconut(I used frozen pack) ~ 2 cups
Khoya ~ 12oz almost 2 cups. Note: Ideally home made khoya/kheer is best but store bought khoya works fine.
Sugar ~ 1 cup
Heat a Kadhai.
Add coconut and sugar and lower the heat.
Mix the grated coconut with the sugar slightly pressing with your fingers till sugar melts and mixes with the coconut. Note: You can add add some cardamom powder. I didn't.
Now add the Khoya. Keep stirring till mixture becomes light brown and sticky. It should easily come off from the sides by now. At this point take a little of the mix and see if you can fashion a flat disc out of it. If it is too sticky you may have to cook a bit more, else you are good.
Take a little of the mix, roll a small ball between your palms and then flatten between your palms to make a disc about 1" in diameter and thickness of a 1 Rupee coin. Make equal sized discs. I made about 30.
In a wide mouthed bowl add
2 Cups of AP Flour
1 tsp of Ghee
1/4 tsp of Baking Soda
Mix lightly
Now add 1 cup of Whole Milk + 1 Cup of water. Mix scraping the sides to form a batter. You will need about 1 more cup of water but add this gradually till you get a batter thick enough like a pakodi batter.
To the batter I added a generous pinch of saffron
3 cups of water
4&1/2 cups of sugar
to boil till you get a syrup of one string consistency
Add a few drops of Kewra or Rose water to the syrup to get a sweet smell
Heat enough oil for deep frying in a skillet.
Dip the discs in the batter so that they are well coated. Now fry them in the hot oil like a fritter. Remove with a slotted spoon when both sides are golden brown. Dunk in the syrup and remove when they become little soft.
In one version of Gokul Pithe you can make the sugar syrup thicker and then coat the fried pithe with the syrup instead of soaking them in it.


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This is SCIENCE FRIDAY, I'm Flora Lichtman, filling in for Ira today. You know the phrase you are what you eat? Well, new research suggests a slight modification: Your gut bacteria are what you eat. And if you eat more red meat, for example, you'll nurture populations of microbes that like to eat red meat, too, which might not seem like a bad thing except that researchers have pinpointed a compound in red meat called L-carnitine that when broken down by gut bacteria might contribute to heart disease.
So the more bugs you have to break it down, the worse off you might be. It's another culprit, like cholesterol and fat, linking red meat to heart disease. Is it time to swear off steak? Dr. Stanley Hazen is chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He's also lead author on the red meat study in the journal Nature Medicine. Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY, Dr. Hazen.
STANLEY HAZEN: Thank you.
LICHTMAN: Tell us a little bit more about this compound L-carnitine.
HAZEN: So carnitine is a form of an amino acid. We make it in our own bodies. All the carnitine that we need we make from our - not from our diet, but we just make it on our own. And it plays an essential role in energy metabolism. It helps to take fatty acids into something called the mitochondria, which is the powerhouse of the cell, and burn fatty acids as fuel.
And while the carnitine is not an essential nutrient, that means that we don't need to have it in our diet. We actually synthesize all the carnitine that we need from protein, and that protein can be either from plant or animal. So even vegetarians or vegans make all the carnitine that they need from their diet.
LICHTMAN: And so what's the problem about getting a little bit extra?
HAZEN: Well, what our studies show is that in our digestive tract, we have many, many bugs, microbes. They can digest carnitine; we can't. We get no calories from carnitine, but the bugs do. A byproduct that the microbes make gets released and converted in our bodies and then detected in the blood into a compound that actually helps promote clogging of the arteries or cholesterol deposition in the artery wall.
It does this by actually changing our metabolism of cholesterol. So this is not independent of cholesterol. It actually works through cholesterol. It changes how our body senses cholesterol and metabolizes cholesterol at the artery wall, in the liver and in the intestines.
LICHTMAN: So let me see if I get this - have this straight. So we eat red meat, it has carnitine it. Microbes in our body break it down, produce another compound, and that's TMAO, is that right?
HAZEN: That's TMA. That then is actually a gas, believe it or not, at body temperature. It smells like rotting fish, but we don't smell like rotting fish when we eat meat. That's because it goes straight to the liver through the portal circulation, and there's a cluster of enzymes in the liver that get rid of that compound and turn it into something called TMAO.
And that compound is the one that actually tracks with cardiovascular risk and promotes atherosclerosis both in animal studies we've - were able to show that if you feed animals carnitine, they got accelerated atherosclerosis, and they did so in a TMAO-dependent fashion. If you gave them antibiotics to suppress their intestinal flora, they no longer made the TMAO, they no longer got accelerate atherosclerosis.
If you give the downstream metabolite, TMAO, you get accelerated atherosclerosis. And then in humans, we went ahead and measured this metabolite of the carnitine, TMAO, and were able to show that blood levels of this metabolite very strongly predict future risks for heart attack, stroke and death.
LICHTMAN: And - but not everybody produces this same amount when they're given the same meal, right?
HAZEN: That was actually some of the more surprising finding of the study. When we look at the metabolism of carnitine, and we compared omnivores as compared to vegetarian or vegans, we saw strikingly different results. The omnivore, that is the individual who eats both animal products, meat, as well as vegetables, they actually metabolized carnitine very readily and formed TMAO that was detected in the blood.
In contrast, the longstanding vegetarian or vegan, and to be enrolled in our study, the subjects had to claim that they had had no animal or no meat product within the last year. So they were longstanding vegetarian or vegan. When they ingested carnitine, they made virtually no TMAO.
And we then subsequently analyzed the microbes in the feces, in the stool, and could show that the composition of the microbes in the - from the gut in the omnivore were very different from what we found in the vegetarian or vegan, and the types of microbes that actually were involved in breaking down carnitine were not found as much in the vegetarian or vegan and were abundant in the omnivore.
LICHTMAN: So you think that if you eat a lot of meat, you've sort of grown a different microbial community that's better adapted or different species that will actually break down the carnitine more efficiently than the other - than if you just eat vegetables?
HAZEN: How you said it is exactly correct. And in fact to test that, what we actually looked at was we took animals we were on a normal chow diet, which is rather vegetarian, and then added carnitine to it and then compared the capacity to make TMAO in the normal chow versus carnitine-supplemented animals, as well as looked at the microbial composition. And what we - in their stool or in their secum, that's a portion of their gut.
And what we found is that the animals that were on the chronic carnitine-containing diet, they made over 10- to 100-fold more TMAO from a carnitine bolus that was given into their stomach compared to the animals that were on the normal chow diet.
LICHTMAN: So they made more of the compound that tracks with cardiovascular risk if they'd been eating meat?
HAZEN: Yes.
LICHTMAN: So when you talk about red meat, is it more than beef?
HAZEN: It is. So carnitine is found in many things. It's - so carnitine comes from the same root word as carnivore. So carnis means flesh. So carnitine was discovered over 100 years ago, and the chemists who discovered it called it carnitine because it was found in animal products, things made of flesh.
And if you look at multiple different types of meat products, you find that the red ones - so beef, lamb, mutton, venison - these have higher levels, even duck and certain types of fish that have red, fleshy meat. They have higher levels of carnitine.
And then the white meats and the poultry and other fish that, you know, the white fish have much, much lower levels of carnitine.
LICHTMAN: Can you - do you have dietary suggestions based on this? Can you maybe still eat red meat but also eat things that encourage bacteria that compete with these TMAO-producing microbes?
HAZEN: Well, we didn't actually - I can make some suggestions, but they're kind of common-sense guesses. They're not based on actual clinical studies yet. Our studies showed that if you cut out all red meat, all meat, and became vegetarian or vegan, after a long time you would actually - that's a sure-fire way to be able to make virtually no TMAO from carnitine because every longstanding vegetarian or vegan who we looked at, who was not on any kind of supplements or anything and was just a longstanding vegetarian, they did not generate TMAO.
Now on the other hand, what we don't know is if you are an omnivore, and you switch to a vegetarian diet, how long before you start seeing this change occur. We know that it's going to be longer than a week, but we don't know if it's actually going to be - it's somewhere between a week and a year. We don't have any information on the - more specific than that.
LICHTMAN: It's amazing to me that you can change the bacteria that live in your gut just by what you eat. I mean, it makes sense, but if you think of it as an ecosystem in there, but it's surprising.
HAZEN: Well, that's exactly what it is, an ecosystem. It's a closed terrarium, if you will, and there's - and there's only so much food. And so if you change the composition of what you're eating, the types of microbes that like what you're eating with proliferate more so than the types that don't. And there's only so much space and oh so much nutrient available.
And so what - the reason why I think it showed up so clearly in this situation is we're talking about a nutrient that we do not - we don't digest ourselves. We get no calories from carnitine. And we're looking at a byproduct of the bacterial metabolism of the carnitine. So this is the waste product of the bacteria.
And then our bodies have developed call it a detoxifying mechanism to get rid of this thing called the gas that stinks called TMA. And so you could see a very dramatic difference in the subjects because the vegan or vegetarian who has very little carnitine in the diet, after a long period of time, the microbes that really critically depend on carnitine for sustenance, their numbers just dwindle, and other microbes that let's say are good at flourishing on leaf litter or, you know, vegetable parts, they increase in number.
LICHTMAN: I have really two minutes left, but I want to go to the phones quickly for a very fast, quick question. Troy(ph) in Iowa City, what's your question?
TROY: Yes, my question is: How much carnitine does a steak have? And did you just raise it to very, very high levels to get that bacteria? So why don't just lions and tigers, like, die at the age of, like, two then?
LICHTMAN: Thanks, Troy.
TROY: Because their bacteria is better than ours?
LICHTMAN: Good question.
HAZEN: OK, it is a good question. So first heart disease or clogging of the arteries, atherosclerosis, is not a disease at least in humans, in big animals, that happens quickly. In us it takes decades to develop, so - most of the time. So that's why thankfully kids, teenagers, even 20- and 30-year-olds usually don't have heart attacks. It happens in middle-aged and older.
So this is not an acute, very fast thing. It takes a long time. And most of the carnivorous animals have a shorter life span. They may get atherosclerotic plaque, I don't know, but they usually don't live more than a 10-year period as far as I can tell.
The second question you said was how much is in a steak. Well, a typical steak is thought to have about 180 milligrams on average of carnitine. And the amount that we were given in a capsule for our studies was 250 milligrams. The amount that you find in some - in, you know, on the grocery store in supplement form varies anywhere from 200, 250 milligrams to 500 milligrams.
LICHTMAN: We're going to have to leave it right there. Thank you, Dr. Hazen, for joining us, really fascinating work.
HAZEN: Thank you.
LICHTMAN: Dr. Hazen is the chair of the Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. We'll be right back with Mary Roach. Stay with us.
LICHTMAN: This is SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Happy Canada Day!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Fortunately I do have a few specimens to share, though, and I'll also be sure to liberally sprinkle in some "Eh?"s throughout today's post, to demonstrate my impeccable cultural sensitivity. (I know better than to tick off a country of people wearing those hats with the earflaps and hanging out with moose all day, Ok? I mean... eh?)
First, let us non-Canadians take a gander at what your flag is supposed to look like:
Simple, bold, graphic... I have to say, Canada: I like it. Eh?
And then there's this:
The finger hole was the result of an over-eager guest, but that "leaf" is pure Wreckerator skill at work. Kinda looks like a monster on a Popsicle stick, doesn't it? Eh?
I'm pretty sure this next one must be from Canada, too, because, well...
...it says "I heart flannel". And we all know what country loves flannel! Eh? (Right now the rest of you are jealous of my superior cultural diversity, aren't you? Yeah, I can tell.)
To leave you on a sweet note - Eh? - check out the beautiful Canadian flag-inspired cake Jessica J. found:
So pretty! It looks like this was displayed at a convention in the Philippines, but I don't see the baker's name listed. You can see more pretty cakes at the source page, though. Eh?
Nicole K., Michaelle P., & Lauren K., I would leave you with lovely French phrase, but I don't know any French.
Auf Wiedersehen!
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- alicia said...
we really do love flannel...
- July 1, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- Alyssa said...
Thanks for the call-out to us Canadians! The last one is sure purty, eh? ;)
- July 1, 2009 at 4:08 PM
- Amy Pronovost said...
Thanks for the Canadian post!
And, yes, we do love flannel. I have about 6 pairs of flannel jammies. - July 1, 2009 at 4:12 PM
- yarnpiggy said...
Thanks for the Canada Day wreckage, eh?
I slept in and missed the parade, so maybe I'll go out in search of some more specimens for next year. - July 1, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Natalie Sztern said...
Who sang the national anthem today? ever since they made it bilingual eons ago, i can't remember the words....and i live in montreal c'est dommage
- July 1, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Big Fat Mama said...
I was WONDERING if you'd do something for Canada today or not. :D
Our flag is simple, and you'd think there is no way anyone would screw it up, but of course, WRONG. Seems drawing a maple leaf is a painful experience for some.
There will be many Canadians who will tell you nobody says "eh" and it's insulting. Don't believe them. Where I'm from, everyone says it. I still do and I haven't lived there for almost three decades. :P I remember visiting the US once an I was sitting in a room full of American friends and one actually asked me "Do Canadians really say 'eh' a lot?" and everyone else in the room pointed at me and said in unison "Have you listened to HER?!!" Heh.
Mind you, I haven't met a single soul in Canada that actually naturally says "aboot" for about. Sure we don't round out our vowels when speaking like a lot of Americans but we do not say "aboot". (Yes, I do say mum instead of mom, even if it's spelled mom.)
And that is your short Canadian lingustic lesson for the day. - July 1, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Yes, we Canadians love being defined by an outdated regional linguistic quirk!
But we'll forgive you because we make fun of your drawling accents mercilessly. Just not to your face, cause we're nice!
You don't find a lot of Canadian flaggy cakes because we have a national tendency to suspect that anyone making a big look-at-me show of patriotism, just like anyone making a show of one's faith, is probably faking it to get me to agree/buy/vote, and we just aren't buying it.
But we let loose a bit on Canada Day. - July 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- harmzie said...
Flannel is Canadian? I guess that's why I have so much!
Thanks neighbOUr!
:-) - July 1, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- Shannon said...
I have friends and in-law family that is Canadian. I'm sure they'll enjoy this.
That last cake is amazing, though. - July 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
- SnodV said...
Au Revoir, Eh!
- July 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- Unknown said...
I kid you not, at least half the canadians who whine and moan that they don't say 'eh' do it without realizing it. It's not as obvious as you think it is. "It was pretty cool that he did that, eh?"
It's just an affirmation. Yikes, pplz. lol. Don't kid yourselves, I bet you all say it. It's aboot time you admit it ;) (and that one is just the ppl on the east coast) - July 1, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Boganette said...
Lol "monster on a popsicle stick" is EXACTLY what I think it looks like.
- July 1, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- Donna said...
The thing you wear on your head with the ear flaps is a toque, not a hat.
And the candies we call "smarties" are called "rockets" in Canada. Canadian "smarties" are like our M & M's. - July 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Yay, you did it! This here Canadian appreciates your work. We elevate self deprecation to an art form, so poke away.
- July 1, 2009 at 4:50 PM
- Ms Avery said...
Wow, the last one is amazing...
- July 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Take Off, Eh!
- July 1, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- Unknown said...
I'm so Canadian that today is my birthday, though I'm not exactly thrilled about it as I am now 37. (I'm not old! I'm 37, I'm not *old* /monthpython)
I used to like getting birthday cakes with Canadian flags on them but, honestly, CakeWreck 'greatness' in regards to my home and native land's simple flag design has been going on for...well, at least 37 years. I know usually buy little teeny flags and put them in myself AFTER I've picked up the red and white themed cake I've purchased. Seriously, you can mess up "White cake, red border"....right? ammirite?
Oh, and to further the hokey Canuckness of this comment, I would just like to add that it is also Jarome Iginla's birthday AND he happens to be the Capt. of my home NHL team. GO FLAMES...well, next year maybe?
Anyway, thanks for the Great White North Shoutout on Wrecks today. Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canucks, and Happy (early) Independence Day to my homies south of the 49th parallel. - July 1, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- janet2buns said...
For the first cake, I love how the wreckerator airbrushed with long strokes on the left, but must have gotten tired and took much shorter strokes when (s)he did the right. Very nice.
I'm also Canadian, and I agree with what Kevin @ 4:19 said. Well put, Kevin! - July 1, 2009 at 5:14 PM
That last one is very pretty, but the rest are just...ugh. That leaf on the second cake looks like some weird deformed crown type thingy. The finger hole is funny.
- July 1, 2009 at 5:18 PM
- NaomiKnight said...
I don't think I own any flannel, but I do say 'eh' once in a while.
On Canada day, we always have like, ice cream or fresh berries on angel food cake or something. Can't make a wreck with that combo, right?
(God, no-one prove me wrong, please.) - July 1, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Hey, Danger Girl - a tuque is a knitted hat, sometimes known as a 'beanie' in some parts of the world.
I don't know what you call that hat with the flaps, but it's not a toque. - July 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Thank you for the Canada Day Wrecks! Btw, if you want to say, "Thank you for the excellent wreckporting" in french, you say, "Merci pour ton wreckport excellent". Anyways, a big "Eh!" To all you Americans and Canadians alike, and thank you for the humorous post... Those dang leaves sure are hard to draw, right guys?
- July 1, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Happy Canada Day!
Now I must go out and find myself a red and white cake! - July 1, 2009 at 5:27 PM
- Unknown said...
Love your site. So funny!
I have noticed Canadians on tv shows (like Wishbone!) saying "aboat" and "soary" (for about and sorry). I love it though! It's endearing, eh!? - July 1, 2009 at 5:34 PM
I especially like my flannel when it is of the plaid variety.
- July 1, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Hey Jen, in honor of Canada Day today, my mother and I made a cake with the Canadian flag. Unfortunately the leaf didn't turn out too well and it looks like the entire tree in red sprinkles. I took pictures and I'll be sure to send them to you. -Amanda in Ontario
- July 1, 2009 at 5:50 PM
- Jan Holt said...
LOVE the Canadian inspired cake at the end. WOW! Kinda makes me wish I had maple syrup flowing through my veins...
- July 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- Decadent Housewife said...
A Canadian flag cake really isn't Canadian. IF we made a cake, it would be a big 2-4 with a sparkler stuck into it.
Like your blog. Has kept me from posting my wrecks. - July 1, 2009 at 6:02 PM
- unbalanced libran said...
Hey they do say 'aboot', I've seen it on 'Ice road truckers' so it must be true!
Happy Canada Day! - July 1, 2009 at 6:05 PM
I may be an American, but the only cake I've ever decorated I made to look like the Canadian flag. I was in eighth grade at the time, yet still managed a better maple leaf than these Wreckerators, yeesh.
The only reason I even made a cake is because we had a contest to make a Canadian flag. There were artistic kids in my class, so I wracked my brain trying to think of something creative I could do, but darnit, when it comes to drawing, I'm doing good just to make a stick figure look human! So I made a cake - and won the contest! Totally didn't see it coming. People were JEALOUS of me - even before I got it to the classroom, people were telling me they wouldn't have bothered to enter if they'd known what my entry was going to be like. I still don't understand how it won out over the 3D renderings of the flag waving in front of beautiful pine tress...
The weirdest part? I don't even like cake.
Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that here, considering what site I'm on... - July 1, 2009 at 6:14 PM
As a Yankee who spent two years in Saskachewan/Manatoba, I met plenty of people who say 'aboot' (okay, it was more of 'aboout') and saw a great deal of patriotism, as well. Of course, those two years were 2002-2004, right when the US invaded Iraq, and I think the idea was to be separate from the US.
While I'm off on this linquistic side track, I'll mention that my sister lived in Texas while I was in Canada. She picked up 'Eh', and I started to say 'y'all'. Strange how that happened.
I personally am celebrating Canada day by making Nanaimo bars, then cutting them out with my maple leaf cookie cutter. I'll save the cake for the 4th. :) - July 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM
- Sara Jo said...
I think the flannel one could also have been posted last month for Gay Pride. Don't lesbians <3 flannel, too?
- July 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM
- mlynn28 said...
Well, the first one reminds me of a skating rink, so it makes it more Canadian if you ask me haha. Doesn't excuse its ugliness though.
- July 1, 2009 at 6:44 PM
But of course the "I Heart Flannel" cake could have been for Al from Home Improvement, Eh?
- July 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Lisa said...
Weird to end it with a French sentence, as Canada Day in Quebec (I know there is francophones in the ROC) is not very celebrated, as it is the day that people chooses to be the Moving Day!
Regardless, it IS easy to screw up a Maple Leaf, especially if you try it on a cake.
Anyways, thanks for the wishes :D
Happy Confederation Day :D - July 1, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Kevin, I'll have to disagree with you on the "not to your face" bit. I married a Canadian, and as a Southerner, my accent gets more comments up there!
I keep getting told that Canucks is an insult, too. That I can go along with. The people that call me a "Yankee" tend to get history lessons in why I'm NOT one, thank you. - July 1, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- twinkle teaches said...
We need a maple syrup one, right? :)
tina - July 1, 2009 at 7:37 PM
- Sandra @ The Memory Workshop said...
The "eh" and the "aboot" is more prominent the farther east you go. I'm on the west coast and we have the blandest non-accent ever. Of course, it probably IS an accent to y'all in the South :)
Now I'm off to Tim Hortons for a double double and some Timbits. - July 1, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Gilsner said...
Oh I was *so* hoping you'd have a Canada Day post. You've filled me with national pride! Oh wait, that's just all that maple syrup and poutine in my belly, eh?
Good luck tomorrow, Jen, I'll be thinkin' of ya... and I hope you get a cake, if not some flowers... or a cake of some flowers! Should the whole 'innards' cake not pan out (get it? 'pan'? Cake? Pan? aw... good times). - July 1, 2009 at 7:57 PM
- Wendy said...
The one with the finger hole looks like it's making jazz hands, no?! SO un-Canadian...
- July 1, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- Buffy said...
@BigFatMama--I know one Canadian who says "aboot"--well, actually it sounds more like "aboat". And "soary" for sorry like @Kerry said. Of course, it may have more to do with the 20 or 30 years she spent in Michigan.
And, OMG, 2 CW posts in one day? I'm in heaven!! - July 1, 2009 at 8:25 PM
- Briana the Magnifi-can't said...
Don't these cakes sometimes make you want to...
http://engrishfunny.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/engrish-funny-explode-cake.jpg?w=320&h=240 - July 1, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- Rae said...
We do indeed say 'eh' a lot and some of us do wear hats with flaps (if you knew what minus forty feels like, you'd understand). As for the hanging out with moose thing, it's apparently very common in Jasper, Alberta.
Thank you for this post; it got an extra chuckle out of me. :) - July 1, 2009 at 8:30 PM
this looks like the maker of the lovely Philippine work
Drkala - July 1, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Here's how I tracked this down--there's a card on the cake that says "pots and pans" and its on cakes in some of the other photos; there's a label in the series that references "Southfood Ex 2006". Combine them and voila, you get to his magnificent site.
DrKala - July 1, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Haha Kevin cracked me up! "...we have a national tendency to suspect that anyone making a big look-at-me show of patriotism." Has Kevin travelled ANYWHERE? I thought it was a national requirement for Canadians to have at least three maple leaf flags showing at all times whilst abroad.
Side note, while travelling through Australia some guy on the coach asked me where I was from in the US. I asked him how he knew I was American and his response was "no flag on your backpack".
Perhaps the flags should stay only on the backpacks? - July 1, 2009 at 9:43 PM
- Annie C. said...
Wow that is a pretty cake! (the last one of course lol)
on the others...can we just make the evil air brushing go away now? pretty pretty please? - July 1, 2009 at 10:10 PM
- Big Doofus (Roger) said...
I'd want a Bob & Doug McKenzie cake with a big hunk of back bacon depicted.
- July 1, 2009 at 10:31 PM
- GJC said...
Wow...so basically my love for flannel should lead me either to Canada, or into lesbianism, or possibly into the wreckeration of innocent cake items?
Um, I'll take a) and b}, please. Oh, and some cake for after. :)
(wv: astacki. Gladys took her treasured possessions--her sensible shoes, a 1982 Wilton Yearbook, and astacki flannel shirts--stuffed them into a duffel bag, and walked out the door into a new adventure.) - July 1, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- Unknown said...
i know this is just me being really neurotic, but i hate it when people assume that just because your Canadian, all of your sentences end with "eh". I have never EVER in all 14 years of living in this country heard ANYONE talk like that!
- July 1, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Gees, Anonymous from 9:25 p.m.!
If you don't like the commentary, don't visit the blog. The vast majority of us who visit here come and read for the witty, original, and often spit-out-your-coffee funny commentary. Jen rocks!
Try Google Search Images if you want pictures without commentary, and just hush now.
Don't Hate; Decorate! - July 1, 2009 at 11:35 PM
- Hyena Overlord said...
Smarties are Smarties cuz it says so on the box. Rocket are Rockets cuz it says so on the wrapper, eh?.
A toque is a knitted hat, usually topped by a pom pom. Anything with ear flaps usually has a frozen, angry R.C.M.P. officer under it.
Just so's youse knows. I'm from the Maritimes. You know, everything East of Quebec. Add Newfoundland and you have Atlantic Canada. We have our own collection of accents and local sayings. Eh doesn't necessarily figure into the lingo. Mostly it depends on the individual. Roll in some Acadian accent, Cape Breton and Newfoundland. Good luck figuring it all oot.
We have an alternate flag. It has green ends and a large marijuana leaf in the middle. Some use it to celebrate Canabis Day. (not me)
wv: copeaur...if you copeaur you can hear the ocean. - July 2, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Yeah. It was a joke. I'm from Maine where we speak more Canuck that most Canadians do so I know that you don't all say "eh?". And if we Americans have to live with being stereotyped as fat, lazy and unable to vote correctly, ya'll have to deal with the occasional joke about moose.
And Frigglesnitz? Awesome name! Is that Dutch? Oh and I took the Anon comment down. The perils of moderating from an iPhone.
john - July 2, 2009 at 12:43 AM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
The last one is spectacular!
The rest are just spectacularly wrecky. XD - July 2, 2009 at 12:50 AM
- haslemster said...
- July 2, 2009 at 1:57 AM
Thanks for remembering us! Oh yeah, and I say 'eh' frequently too. But I also like to lay it on thick when I meet out-of-towners.
- July 2, 2009 at 2:36 AM
- david said...
Love the cakes and personally, I don't mind the Eh comments. Born and raised here in B.C. and just about everyone subconsciously says it.
We may not all be the loggers, fur trappers, mounties or hockey players that the rest of the world thinks we are, but most of us do say Eh. There are many worse things we could be known for!
Just a bit of random info, Canadians have invented some of the greatest things ever. Poutine, the Blackberry phone, instant mashed potatoes, the pacemaker, the snowmobile, basketball, insulin, Imax movie systems, sonar, the Wonderbra and Java prgramming language to name a few!
Yaaay Canada Day! - July 2, 2009 at 4:57 AM
- Belle Epoque said...
Thanks for tipping your hat to us Canadians...red and white maple leaf cakes, nice touch!
- July 2, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- M@ said...
Has Kevin travelled ANYWHERE? I thought it was a national requirement for Canadians to have at least three maple leaf flags showing at all times whilst abroad.
That's when we're away, because it ensures we aren't assumed to be Americans. These days that's not such a bad thing, but a few years ago...
Anyhow, thanks for the all-Canada-Day shout-out, CW! - July 2, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- Living said...
This blog is basically how I hope mine to be someday- I have been quoted as saying so many times. Mine isn't of course so hilarious, it's more amazing/wtf , depending on your point of view on people who make dollhouse miniatures. But I'd love to be as popular and well loved.
I was wondering if you'd ever do a dollhouse miniature cake feature? Though most of those are quite attractive rather than 'wrecks'... - July 2, 2009 at 8:15 AM
"I thought it was a national requirement for Canadians to have at least three maple leaf flags showing at all times whilst abroad."
Those are usually Americans! Most of the people I've come across with many or obvious Canadian flags on them whilst traveling are Americans. I'm told that they're often treated better by the locals that way. XD - July 2, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- Heather said...
Thanks for the shout out to Canadians! I don't know about the wreckerators, but I remember spending time in grade 3 having a teacher teach us the "trick" to drawing the PERFECT maple leaf. Our classroom was full of Canadian pride, scribbled on everything from our notebooks to our hands for the rest of the year!
Obviously, the wreckerator wasn't in my class, and I now see the importance of sitting down with my kids right now and teaching them the "trick". Obviously, it needs to be taught - why, oh why, did they take it out of the curriculum? - July 2, 2009 at 8:28 AM
- Miranda said...
Man, how do you screw up a maple leaf? Do these wreckerators live in the concrete jungle?
- July 2, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- Unknown said...
Hey danger girl, Give your toque a spin eh! Toques don't have ear flaps!
And as for the flannel...it'a abit of a tradition for many of us to receive a pair of flannel jammies on Christmas eve.
Now, I too must rush off to get in the inevitably long morning line for a double double and a maple Timmies. - July 2, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Lady Rose said...
I think I need to go back to bed or something. I looked at this too fast and thought it said Happy Caprica Day...
- July 2, 2009 at 11:14 AM
At least the air-brushed cake's leaf has the right number of points. That second one though...wrong. Just wrong.
Thanks for wishing us Canucks a happy day - You guys have a great Fourth of July! - July 2, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- ilovebabyquilts said...
That last cake you said was pretty just seemed weird to me. Like all tilty and ball on top-y. No likee.
I'm from Milwaukee, and we say "hey" after things that are questions, so pretty similar! - July 2, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- Unknown said...
That last one makes up for the stomach-churning wreckage of our neighbouring country's flag.
Amy B. - July 2, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Did you really say "Auf Wiedersehen"? I think I know that language. :D :D
- July 2, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Callie Thurell said...
Because of your post I knew the answer to Regis and Kelly's trivia question! Too bad I wasn't the one they called!!! lol
FYI - The question was: What country celebrates their national holiday on July 1st? - July 2, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- Viewtiful_Justin said...
Canadians, lesbians...who doesn't love flannel?!
- July 2, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- iris said...
convention in the Philippines. love it! i'm half filipino and think that cake needed was some white lace somewhere and maybe a tacky heart mounted at the very top. lookin gooood...
- July 2, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- Heather said...
I was wondering if you'd do Canadian Wrecks! Truly appreciated by a canadian decorator!!
I really do love flannel. - July 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Thanks for the Canadian shout out! Great site you have here, it's hilarious..
PS: "eh" is not always a question. Sometimes it's just a statement, eh. :) - July 2, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Miz Dinah said...
I missed this post yesterday...I was oot and aboot watching the fireworks, eh? Thanks for remembering us, Jen! I tatooed maple leaves on the kiddies' faces freehand. It's not that difficult! But seriously, have they ever heard of a stencil?
- July 2, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Penny said...
Oh those Canadians! They're all so FUNNY, eh???
- July 2, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Thanks for recognizing us Canadians! Yes we do say "eh" a lot, but I think you'll probably find more flannel and ear flapped hats on the moose hunters in North Dakota and Montana, "HUH"?!
- July 2, 2009 at 11:45 PM
- Jim said...
All these Canada cakes and none shaped like a beer bottle or a hockey puck? Slackers...
- July 3, 2009 at 3:03 AM
I tried making a maple leaf on a cake once and it wasn't pretty...those stinkers are DIFFICULT!
- July 3, 2009 at 8:54 AM
I'm an American who has lived in Vancouver for several years and am rather sorry to say that here, at least, no one says "eh" or wears flannel. Seriously, it would be entertaining if they did, but they don't.
They DO, as other people have pointed out, say "aboat" and "soary". Hee hee.
Thanks for taking the time to make a Canada Day shout-out! - July 3, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Nonna said...
"Oh, Canada..."
My ancestors hail from Canada and I am very proud of that heritage...yeah Nova Scotia... Thanks for my Nana and Pappy !
What a travesty of cakes you have found here...except the last one, which is a beauty ! - July 3, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Unknown said...
"Has Kevin travelled ANYWHERE? I thought it was a national requirement for Canadians to have at least three maple leaf flags showing at all times whilst abroad."
Lol, when my SO was a foriegn exchange student in Belgium all the American students were told to wear Canadian flags for safety reasons. You were probably seeing Americans in disguise. :)
I love that last cake! - July 3, 2009 at 11:40 PM
- janet2buns said...
When traveling abroad, I love finding Americans using Canadian flags as a disguise. Quizzing these impostors on the subtleties of poutine ingredients always exposes them!!
- July 4, 2009 at 1:16 AM
- bernthis said...
how the heck do you do this? I tried making chicken parmesan the other night and it was so horrible I threw it out and insisted my kid and i go out for dinner. Seriously, amazing
- July 5, 2009 at 3:25 PM
- BrokeGrad said...
Your assumption is remarkably accurate...i took that picture in a grocery store located in Northern Vermont, approximately 1/2 hour from the canadian border crossing.
Was wondering when you'd find an occasion to celebrate flannel. I really wish I could describe neon plaid in words that would justify what this thing really looked like, but you can imagine, I think.
Lauren K. - July 5, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Ah... so nice to see all the Canadians in the comments using 'eh' correctly, eh?
Thanks for the nod to the wrecks of the great white north!
Oh - and notice the traditional Canadian smack down by anonymous: 'Take off, eh?' Guess anon didn't like your post. - July 6, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- zigspective said...
"I'm an American who has lived in Vancouver for several years and am rather sorry to say that here, at least, no one says "eh" or wears flannel. Seriously, it would be entertaining if they did, but they don't."
If you want "ehs" and "flannel" go to Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. Living in that area was more steeped in flannel and "ehs" than any place I've lived in Canada could hope to be. Being in Southern Ontario now, this post has more "eh" in it than I will hear for the next several years. (Unless I decide to rent Strange Brew.) - July 6, 2009 at 6:33 PM
This is hilarious.
But no need to end it with a french sentence, being that only one province in Canada speaks french. Not the whole country contrary to popular belief. - July 7, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Sr. Mina, BSP said...
I live in Canada, the Canadian continent is actually two countries. Canada, and Quebecois. Quebec seceded from Canada some years back.
Yet oddly enough, Canada still has to learn French as a secondary language. The primary language is still English, and some people nicely pronounce it in a British manner. Probably to honour their Queen. She's always honoured on their money, which is a nice change from seeing various Presidents on money. Probably my favourite American coin is the Sacaweja (I know, I can't spell this right) dollar.
My favourite Canadian coin is the "Toonie", which is a $2 coin. It has a copper middle with the rest being silver and its quite a large coin.
I prefer M&M's over Smarties, since M&M's taste better than Smarties does. - July 7, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I think the flannel one might refer to the Canadiens hockey team who where nicknamed Ste-Flanelle in French.
- July 9, 2009 at 2:13 AM
Flannel = HEAVEN.
french phrase = La Canada est la pays plus mieux dans la monde !! - July 17, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Not many on the east coast (at least where I'm from) say 'eh' all that much, but we sure have the accent to make up for it. :P
Happy (Quite Belated) Canada Day! - July 21, 2009 at 8:24 AM
- SwissMs said...
My husband said the shape of this cake (the last one) looks a lot like the Stanley Cup.
- July 28, 2009 at 12:54 AM
- CHEF ED DYCHAUCO, RN said...
wow! thank you very much for the very nice comments on my cake...the last one...
yes! it was displayed during the SOUTH FOOD EXPO (SOUTHFOODEX) here in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines together with many other cakes.
please check my website: www. potsnpans1976.multiply.com
i've been to Vancouver, Ontario, Alberta, Scarborough and a few other places & i just love CANADA!
really a wonderful & fantastic place! hope to visit again soon! - September 2, 2009 at 5:05 AM
Well I don't know, I never say "eh" and don't hear it that much either.
About "about": It's not really "aboot" that people say, the vowel sound in "boot" is different. (and the way most other anglophones say "about" includes yet another different vowel).
But don't get me started on anything linguistic because that is my chosen area of study.
And oh well. I am personally more attached to my province/region. Traitor, I know.
Well, anyway. The last cake is pretty. - September 25, 2009 at 3:20 PM
really greman at the end?? meh i <3the last one though it was purrrrrrdy
- October 17, 2009 at 12:23 AM
I loved it. This is a far too late comment. But I also love that we Canadians are so adept at taking the mick at ourselves, and laughing at the jokes that come our way... Humour provides spice. And warmth. Which we so desperately need, as it snows 372 days a year.
- December 6, 2009 at 1:31 AM
Put me in jail. But couldn't/shouldn't the maple leaves on the bottom one be RED and not white? I know in the wake of these other monstrosities that I'm nitpicking, but I see a while maple leaf and I don't think of Canada; I think of a white maple leaf. I see a RED maple leaf and I think, Canada. You see white stars on a blue background, you think U.S/50 states/America. You see red stars on a blue background and you think... something else. The red maple is what makes the flag distinctive. You take away the distinctive-ness and have, well, no distinction. Just my opinion.
- March 18, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- estelle martin said...
ok,im not candian but i am from minnesota-yes minnesota,land of trees,lumber jacks,flannal,coldness and paul bunyan-so kind of like canada
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Cacciatore, Michael A., Sara K. Yeo, Dominique E. Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele, Kristin K. Runge, Leona Yi-Fan Su and Elizabeth A. Corley. 2013. "Partisan Amplification of Nuclear Energy Risk in the Wake of the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster." Presentation. The Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, DC. |
Choi, Doo-Hun, Michael A. Cacciatore, Youngjae Kim, Dietram A. Scheufele and Dominique E. Brossard. May 2013. "Issue Publics in Nanotechnology in the New Media Environment." Presentation. Annual Convention of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. Boston, MA. |
Choi, Doo-Hun, Michael A. Cacciatore, Michael A. Xenos, Dietram A. Scheufele, Dominique E. Brossard and Elizabeth A. Corley. 2013. "How do Individuals Develop Attitude Extremity in the New Media Environment? The Interplay between the Internet, Schemas, and Information Seeking." Presentation. Annual Conference for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, DC. |
Choi, Doo-Hun, Anthony D. Dudo and Dietram A. Scheufele. 2013. "U.S. News Coverage of Neuroscience Nanotechnology: How U.S. Newspapers Have Covered Neuroscience Nanotechnology During the Last Decade." Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society, Volume III: Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future, ed(s). Sean A. Hays, Jason S. Robert, Clark A. Miller and Ira Bennett, p. 67-78. New York: Springer. |
Corley, Elizabeth A. 2013. "The Science of Science Communication II: Creating Collaborations for Communication about Nanotechnology Regulation." Presentation. The National Academy of Sciences. Washington, DC. |
Corley, Elizabeth A., Youngjae Kim and Dietram A. Scheufele. 2013. "The Current Status and Future Direction of Nanotechnology Regulations: A View from Nano-Scientists." Review of Policy Research. 30(5):487-509. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12036 |
Cozzens, Susan. March 2013. "Invited Lecture." Presentation. Tshwane University of Technology. Pretoria, South Africa. |