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M&M's Around the World + Last Call Disney Books
You'll need:
- 12 markers (we used mini m&m's) for each player
- a dice
- a copy of the world map for each player (the one we used is here)
Each number rolled matches a part of the map:
1 – South America or North America
2 – Europe or Asia
3 – Africa, Antarctica or Australia
4 – Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean
5 – Arctic Ocean or Southern Ocean
6 – Indian Ocean
Honey and I both acted a little ignorant so that the PCP could help us figure out what was what on the map :-)
And while the PCP won by covering up all twelve points before anyone else, we all had a sweet treat at the end of the game!!
LAST CALL I'm only taking orders for the personalized Disney Signature Books through the 31st so order now if you know you're going to Disney!! I will try to do another offer at least once a month from here on out but I'm not sure when that will be in February.
We're off to the doctor this afternoon for annual checkups. Wish me luck... these visits always seem to go haywire :-)
6 comments:
- Gabi said...
Hope the Dr visits go smoothly! :) I don't think I would have had to feign ignorance with the geography! I seem to have completely missed that in school. Ha.
And i wish we had a Disney trip planned! Not this year though. We do have a warm destination vacation coming up though! Yippee :)
- January 29, 2013 at 8:05 AM
- Heather Littleton Owens said...
Hi I just wanted to thank you so much for the great disney book idea. We returned from disney last week so I missed ordering one but I made my own similar to yours and they were such a hit! We got compliments every time we pulled them out and our kids loved them too. I'm a fairly new follower and I love your blog. Heather
- January 29, 2013 at 8:06 AM
- Kelly said...
I'm interested in ordering the Disney books but I'm still working on planning our trip for later this year. If I understand your post correctly, you will be taking orders again in the next several months, right? Thanks. Love your blog, especially the Disney posts.
- January 29, 2013 at 11:36 AM
- Dixie Delights said...
Yes! I will post on the blog and hope to offer them at least once a month. Making them takes a lot of time so I have to plan for it :-)
- January 29, 2013 at 12:14 PM
- Maggie and Sheepie said...
Good luck with the Dr. visit. I'm taking my two for their flu shot tomorrow, so I will need LOTS of luck as well. The little one is TERRIFIED of the Dr. office (even if the visit isn't for her)! But, I got the flu last week and don't wish it on anyone.
- January 29, 2013 at 2:47 PM
- lynn cockrell said...
Great idea to inspire learning! The books are so cute and special.
- January 29, 2013 at 7:44 PM


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The McMinnville softball team came from behind to defeat Sunset on Monday but fell to Sprague on Wednesday in a pair of Class 6A nonleague softball games at the McMinnville softball field.
In the first game, Makayla Khatewoda scored on a Sam Hensley RBI single to give the Grizzlies (6-4) a walk-off victory over the Apollos. Khatewode went 2-for-3 during the contest and Hensley went 2-for-4 with a triple.
Freshmen Sydni Dix and Sydney Reeser added two hits apiece for the Grizzlies.
Starting pitcher Kaleigh Scanlon went the distance, striking out six and walking seven, to earn the victory.
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Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), a multinational company, is known for its search engine, the mobile operating system Android and its advertising technologies. Google has always been an aggressive player and never backed out from trying something new. This time Google has decided to dive into a new arena. Hardware Manufacturing is the new game. They had proposed to manufacture their very first tablet, Nexus Q, a media-streaming entertainment device, at the Google I/O 2012.
Google has enjoyed dominance in the Smartphone world with a 60 percent market share afforded by its mobile operating system, Android. But to the disappointment of many the Nexus Q proved out to be a disaster. After complaints from critics about a lack of features for the high price point, the Nexus Q was shelved indefinitely, as Google says it needs time to make the product "even better."
Another name, in the reckoning, for the shift from software to hardware is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). A company which is known for its Desktop Operating System, Windows, along with Microsoft Office without which our business needs would be incomplete. Microsoft has decided to manufacture its very own tablets called 'Surface' and 'Surface Pro'. They are launching the operating system for Smartphones, Windows 8, along with Windows RT, the operating system exclusively designed for tablets.
Is it by Force or by Choice?
"People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware" as stated by Alan Kay, a famous computer scientist around 25 years ago. This was even used by Apple's Steve Jobs, when he launched the original iPhone, back in 2007. A formula that proved quite successful for Apple.
The Smartphones and Tablets markets are very attractive for the apps developer, but it is also very lucrative for the hardware manufacturers because of good margins. This is supposed to be the sweet spot for investors in the coming few years. This is what forced Google and Microsoft to move into hardware manufacturing.
Is it That Simple?
It is not so easy to shift gears from software to hardware, even for companies the size of Google and Microsoft. The cost of manufacturing the device in its own backyard rises a bit higher because they are not able to attain the economies of scale. It is not as simple as it may seem. The software company needs to acquire small components from different manufacturers and the assembly takes place in the U.S. itself. Thus the label "Manufactured in U.S." can benefit the price.
Will Surface Follow the Glorious Path of iPad or Will it Go Down the Drain as Nexus Q?
Microsoft's share prices did not reflect much improvement in the last 3 years. Where companies like Google and Apple are touching figures of $700, Mr. Softy is still trading at $28 and has had a return of only 9.36 percent since the last 3 years. The world is audacious; it is not a question of survival. Investors are looking forward for higher returns and such figures would not attract them.
*Source : http://money.cnn.com
Basically the point here is Microsoft is launching a full scale attack on Apple and Google in the Smartphones and Tablets war. They have been losing a lot of business because of the shift of technology from PCs to hand held devices. Their lack of presence in this market has already cost them a good amount in the past two quarters. Microsoft had also posted its first ever loss since becoming a public company 26 years ago. This is the very reason they are trying to get into both mobile hardware and software almost at the same time.
Microsoft's entrance into this Smartphone and Tablet arena is one of its biggest moves in this ongoing war. Apple and Google are enjoying their dominance because of a lack of sufficient competition. With Windows 8 expected to hit the market very soon, can Google continue to enjoy its dominance with Android? Will the formula of Apple (all in one hood) work for Microsoft as far as the Tablets business is concerned?
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Hino Motors not only has helped its West Virginia location's economy, it also has become part of the local community.
The 194,000-square-foot plant has operated in the Williamstown location for five years, starting out with 80 employees and producing two trucks per day.
Hino identified Wood County along with several other areas as a potential place of operation, recalled Wood County commissioner Blair Couch.
"The thing that won us is we had a large building that would accommodate them," Couch said. "The state and county also had to show that our work force is what Hino was looking for."
And Hino came to the struggling community just in time. Couch said the manufacturer that previously was located in Hino's building had moved to Mexico. The community also struggled with the loss of production at Fenton glass.
"To have Hino really helped the Williamstown community. We had another manufacturer to put those people back to work," he said.
And the business continued to grow.
In July 2012, Hino Motors Manufacturing USA announced plans for a $6 million expansion that would bring 20 more jobs to its Wood County plant.
As part of the plan, half of the investment would go to machinery improvements at the plant and the remaining $3 million would be allotted to supplies and intangibles.
The announcement came shortly after Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin went on a 10-day trade mission to Japan, which included private meetings with senior Hino officials.
The plant now employees nearly 200 people who assemble about 35 Hino trucks per day.
Hino vice president and general counsel, Sanford "Sandy" Ring, said 2012 was a "solid year" for the Williamstown plant.
"Daily production volumes and team member employment were at their highest levels since the start of operations in 2007," he said.
As for the upcoming year, Ring said it may start off slow. Overall, he said the company is optimistic.
"While we are optimistic for calendar year 2013. We expect first quarter production will be modestly lower than originally forecast," he said. "However, we believe production volumes will rebound, boosted both the launch of our 2014 Model Year vehicle in February and, hopefully, continued strengthening of the dollar."
"Hino is also very bullish on the West Virginia economy," he added. "There is a lot of activity surrounding Marcellus and the various up and downstream industries. A positive business and regulatory climate will benefit a wide swath of companies,"
It's not just Hino that is growing. Couch said the company's investment in the area has spurred the local economy.
"They've increased employee counts at a time when young people can't get work. They've actually added employees instead of cutting them," he said. "They from time to time bring in outside visitors who stay in hotels and eat in restaurants."
Additionally, Couch said the company has had a multiplier effect spurring another truck assembler across the street and bringing in more ancillary businesses.
"We hope others will come to Wood County, as well," he said.
Jill Parsons, president and CEO of the Mid-Ohio Valley Chamber of Commerce, said the company has become part of the community.
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Wayne Nichols, highway equipment specialist at the West Virginia Department of Highways, said he has seen the benefits first hand.
"I think that economically the fuel economy is getting better. The warranty work that has been done has really helped out, service into rules seem to be lessening and overall. It's been a very good truck," Nichols said. "What problems we have had, Hino has been very well to work with and resolve the problems."
Nichols said the department is having good luck with the Hino trucks.
"The visibility out of the cabins is very good. It's better than any other truck we've had. … The instrument panel is user friendly now. … Also, the turning radius is so much tighter than other trucks in the past. You can almost turn in this truck as well as the vehicle you would normally drive," he said, adding that this especially helps in snow and ice.
Couch said he is happy to have the company in Wood County and looks forward to the upcoming year. He said Hino put Williamstown on the map, globally.
"At one point in time, we had a map of all the different suppliers that ship a variety of products to Hino," he said. "It's assembled all over the world. The Hino product is a well-respected product in the industry. It's a product that represents West Virginia well."


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The Oscar Pistorius murder trial is one of the biggest stories South Africa has ever had. Covering it as a Reuters photographer was one of the most demanding and frustrating assignments I've ever had.
We were given strict orders by the court not to take photographs of anything or anyone while the magistrate was in the courtroom. This limited our access to Oscar and made it difficult to take good pictures.
On his first court appearance he stood in the dock and looked straight at the magistrate, avoiding looking at photographers and the people in the gallery. The magistrate read out that Oscar had been charged with murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar bowed his head and breathed heavily, struggling to contain his emotions and wept. I think this was when it hit him that it was not a dream but reality. At the end of the court proceedings on that first day I only managed to photograph Oscar from the side as he was avoiding photographers. Then he turned as quickly as he could and left the court.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The mother-in-law of slain Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis confronted Senator Rand Paul on Wednesday's visit to Bardstown.
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Industrialization in Asia: A tale of two regions
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Portland, OR - The Cascade Collegiate Conference announced the 2007- 08 Basketball season All-Academic performers this week. Evergreen's Jennifer Solberg (Sr. Franklin Pierce HS) is among the 33 recognized players.
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Renal ultrasounds are usually used to assess the bladder, kidneys and other related structures. The real time images created by the ultrasound machine can identify stones, tumours and other urinary disorders. Ultrasounds are completely safe and cause no pain or discomfort and so are usually the first tests to be taken to understand why symptoms are being experienced.
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Yosemite National Park > Excelsior Mountain > Climber's Log
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|Day Hike
Date Climbed: May 18, 2014
|Day hike on a VERY windy day from Virginia Lakes trailhead. Still lots of snow in the early season. Crampons were used for early morning hard snow. No register on the summit. 3h20m up and total time is 5h50m.
|Posted May 19, 2014 1:24 am
|Bear on the summit!
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2013
|Okay, not QUITE on the summit but very close, wandering around the west slope just below the summit pile. Really enjoyed this hike. A casual 3.5 hour climb, 45 min at summit, and quickie 2 hour descent. Great one for a Sunday before the ~5 hour drive home.
|Posted Jul 15, 2013 9:38 pm
|From Virginia Lakes
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2013
|Cool and calm at 12k as much of the west sweltered under record temperatures.
Sky Pilots in bloom atop the ridge.
Hit a couple of the nearby minor peaks after Excelsior.
Pics and commentary hear.
|Posted Jun 30, 2013 1:16 pm
|From V. Lakes
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2012
|With PG. 3.5h to summit, 3 to descend. Great conditions, light dusting of snow, sunny, no wind. PG hit a dead dear on 680 before we met, damaging underside of his car.
|Posted Oct 15, 2012 2:12 pm
|From Shepherd Crest
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2012
|Last peak of the day after North Peak and Shepherd Crest.
|Posted Sep 4, 2012 11:19 am
|NE Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2012
|Mike R. and I hiked up from Virginia Lakes on our way to spend the night by Summit Lake. A beautiful day for a walk and amazing views.
We noted Gordon's register entry -- very amusing.
|Posted Jul 30, 2012 8:20 pm
|From Virginia Lakes
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012
|Made it with 6 other guys from NorCal meetup: Mike C, Jerry H, Matthew B, Matt S, Ernie N, and Ray N. Magnificent views in all directions.
|Posted Jul 23, 2012 1:25 am
|fun hike
Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2012
|Had a nice, gradually ascending hike to the summit with Tim. We approached via Virginia Lakes and climbed the NE ridge. Definitely some spectacular views from this summit. Some storms were brewing while we were on top so we didn't hang out too long. When we got back to base camp on Green Creek we feasted on tri-tip, potatoes, and good beer with the ladies.
|Posted Jun 17, 2012 9:43 pm
|Northeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Dec 21, 2011
|Longer approach than I had expected. Weather was perfect
|Posted Dec 30, 2011 12:00 am
|Winter climb
Date Climbed: Dec 28, 2011
|Took the opportunity to climb this in a low snow year. Ice on the talus and frigid wind made this less enjoyable than my usual summer climbs. Register had been placed Sept 2010 and already had a couple dozen entries.
|Posted Dec 29, 2011 10:34 am
|N East Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
|Northern Yosemite's high country views are the payoff. North faces of Conness and North Peak seem within touching distance.
|Posted Sep 18, 2011 10:36 am
|Virginia Lakes
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2011
|Nice easy walk with the dog
|Posted Sep 14, 2011 11:21 am
|from Trumbull Lake
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2010
|Met two botanists who were doing a plant inventory study on plateau near Excelsior. Couldn't find register at summit.
|Posted Aug 31, 2010 11:49 pm
|Hot day
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010
|Quite a hot day. The mosquitoes were ravenous all the way up to almost 12,000'.
|Posted Jul 24, 2010 8:28 pm
|Virginia Lakes
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2008
|One of my favorite dayhikes. Up in a half day trip from Virginia Lakes, splendid views all around from the summit.
|Posted Jun 13, 2010 7:00 pm
|From Lundy
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 1981
|Basically I followed the outlet stream from the trail to Burrow Lake where I camped. No significant difficulties were encountered on the approach- talus was well consolidated and the thickest brush was easy to avoid. Stamina and patience were all that was required.
Climbed from Burrow Lake to the summit via east ridge. Mostly class 1 or 2. Returned via south ridge to Shamrock Lake and followed trail back down to Lundy TH.
|Posted Nov 1, 2009 11:45 pm
|Very nice
Date Climbed: Oct 21, 2007
|Excellent views on this hike from Virginia Lakes
|Posted Jul 29, 2009 12:00 am
|Northeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009
|My one chance of getting to an area that was not too crowded over the holiday weekend. There was a bit of haze on the west side due to some smoke in Yosemite. Other than that the views were good.
|Posted Jul 8, 2009 8:09 pm
|Snowy range
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1998
|The passes just opened after a heavy el nino. Just did it again June 26, '09.
|Posted Nov 4, 2008 10:56 pm
|Day Hike
Date Climbed: Oct 21, 2007
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Make approximately $150/month writing 1 article per day, 5 days a week.
About a month ago I wrote and submitted an article to About.com to be a guide for their used car section. I have been a car salesman, finance manager and a used car manager so I figured I was a perfect fit for the job. Long story short, they didn't agree. That left me with a pretty good article discussing how a CARFAX report can save you money on a used car titled "What Used Car Managers Don't Want You to Know".
I didn't know what to do with the article. I have been pondering a site about car buying advice, but there are a lot of other good sites out there about the same thing. Then I thought about just posting the article here, but since the article had nothing to do with making money online, I knew you wouldn't care. After all, good content should never go to waste.
That's when I found AssociatedContent.com (aff). I didn't (and still don't) know much about the site, but they thought my article was worth $7.03. I think it also might be eligible for some sort of bonus, but I'm not sure how that works.
It took about 5 days after I originally submitted the article for them to approve it and send me an offer for $7.03. I don't know what would have happened if I denied the offer, but I chose to accept it.
My account now shows that my article has a total of 0 page views (which isn't accurate) and says that I've earned $0.00 as a "Current Bonus". I don't know how to get a bonus, or who is eligible. I assume it is based on the amount of page views your article generates, but it's a little unclear to me.
I really like the format and all of the tools that AC offers, and it seems like a great way to make money online. Like I said, I'm still a little confused by the whole process, but it could be a great way to make money online if you are a good writer.
Associated Content offer a newsletter that is sent daily giving you some advice on the topics they are looking for. That is a great way to get ideas for new content.
If you were to write an article a day, 5 days a week and averaged $7 per article, you would earn approximately $150 a month. Not shabby for just 1 article per day. I've read that some articles are worth up to $40 each!
Some of you articles might be rejected, and some might not be worth $7, but that could be your goal, 1 approved article worth $7 a day.
From what I understand, Associated Content pays via Paypal whenever your account reaches $15, twice a month (1st and 15th).
For more information check out AssociatedContent.com and please use my affiliate link. I don't know what I get, but when I find out I'll let you know!
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I was so close to joining, and then at the very last second I spotted
You must be 18 or over and a legal US resident to receive payment from Associated Content.
So basically they will take my article but won't pay me (UK citizen)!
So for non US citizens be aware they will take your articles but have no plans on paying you
I applied for an About.com position once, at the urging of an agent for writers. They replied with a rather terse one-line statement that my writing wasn't what they had in mind. Reading it must have been a traumatic experience, because they also yanked the subject off of their "authors wanted" list and it still hasn't reappeared.
If you want, write a full set of original articles based on the subjects listed in the "used cars" subject description… that's twenty of them… and assuming your writing is of similar caliber to your blogging I'll pay you $10 per article. I suspect I would be undervaluing your work, but apparently not as much as you do.
Associated Content looks great. I just wish they would pay quicker. I have four articles that haven't gotten an offer. It's been five business days already.
About the page views bonus, every 1000 views per specific article gives you $1.50.
Also, did you submit your article exclusive or non-exclusive?
Nice blog, by the way. Keep up the good work
I do have a blog of my random thoughts, but I've not been posting to it much in recent months.
Brandon, you've been tagged!
Non-exclusive means you can publish the article again to your own websites as long as the byline is the same as your associated content (AC) byline.
Exclusive means that only AC has the right to publish your article.
You get more money submitting exclusive articles over non-exclusive.
Here's the official statement on this topic from AC.
By the way, I got $13 for my first three (non-exclusive) articles.
Brandon – you increase your AC bonus money by increasing page views for your articles. I've been using Digg, Furl & de.licious. I believe the min. bonus payout is $15. I've received pay (non-exclusive with the exception of 2) on all 8 articles submitted and have 2 waiting for an offer.
I like your idea and had a similar one. But its kind of hard to figure out which articles are going to pay the most. A medical article I thought would pay $20, only generated a $7 offer, and a credit card article I thought would get me $4, brought me $15.
Dee – There was a thread in AC's forum about the difference in pay for non-exclusive vs. exclusive. It wasn't a great difference, if I remember correctly it was something like $3 or so. I'm experimenting with the types of articles I submit there. I wrote an article on a currently hot topic to see if those generate higher offers.
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Oki saw these vitimens at the store the other day that was mostly zinc and a few other ingridents ..i was thinking of trying that.. does it really work.? some ppl say that zinc can make acne worse, and some people said its almost like accutane...idunno...does it work??... or am i better of taking a multi-vitimen ( sorry i cant spell) lol. please respond
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bump for this topic...what is a good dosage if people say its good? And what is too much?
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Don't take more than 50g per day. Zinc is purportedly good for acne and some studies say many people with acne have low levels. It boosts the immune system. I was taking about 45g/day. I'm not sure, but I think you want to take occassional breaks from it. I went to a medical esthetician with a holistic background and she told me that continuously taking it for too long counters benefits. She didn't say how long one should take it/break from it etc, so you might want to look into that aspect of it. But zinc probably won't hurt, and may help. I've never heard of anyone completely getting rid of their acne with only zinc, however.
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The humanities of science communication
It's a surreal feeling to be bothered by things that are completely reasonable. In recent months I've been part of many conversations about how to engage people with science. Every time the science of science communication comes up, and every time I feel like something is off.
There's a big push now to understand what's known, in formal studies, about how to communicate science. The idea is that, as people who believe in science, we should use research to guide our activities. There have been fascinating findings, such as the fact that in some emotionally or culturally charged situations exposure to more information can *increase* polarization, not decrease it as one would assume. As a result, presenting facts alone won't, say, increase acceptance of evolution. Instead other, more emotional approaches are needed, and if your goal is to increase that acceptance, it's worth learning about them. That makes perfect sense, and there's no reason that discussion of it should leave me feeling uneasy, but it does.
This week I finally realized what bugged me about the talk I was hearing about the science of science communication: Nothing. The issue is what I wasn't hearing.
This was catalyzed by a short news item Lauren Rugani linked on twitter. A scientist had run a study where they discovered that sometimes a punchline is funnier if words from the punchline had been mentioned several minutes earlier. From the abstract:
"These findings also show that pre-exposing a punchline, which in common knowledge should spoil a joke, can actually increase funniness under certain conditions."
This is shocking. Not the conclusion, which is clearly correct. The problem is that the conclusion has been known to comedians for at least the last several thousand years. When I trained in improv comedy the third class was on callbacks, the jargon term for that technique. The entire structure of an improv comedy set is based around variations on the idea that things are funnier if they're repeated. And yet to the authors it was "common knowledge" that this will spoil a joke. There is a long tradition of people who know, from experience, how this works, and yet the idea of asking them is not evident anywhere in the paper. This is the problem — the sense that the only valid answers come from inside science and the research world.
And that's the same problem I see in most discussions of how scientists should communicate. The universe of ideas is restricted to those that originated in the sciences.
For example, the discussion always comes around to, "So, what does the science say we should do? How do we engage people if not with facts?" The answer, of course, is that the science of science communication has no answers. As Liz Neeley says, "science cannot and will not ever tell us what to do. …[It] helps us understand what kinds of questions to ask."
But there are answers. There are multiple centuries to millennia old traditions that have been dedicated to exactly the question of how to engage people. There are people called things like playwrights, actors, comedians, journalists, screenwriters, musicians, rhetoricians, advertisers, lobbyists, novelists, essayists, artists. They have studied how to communicate, to understand, to emote, to connect. They write books and teach classes, hold workshops and gather for conferences. There is an entire world of people who know the answers to these questions.
One example: We all know that Hollywood is formulaic. What many don't know is that there is literally a formula — a very precise formula that you can write down, telling you what needs to happen on page 12 and at the break into the third act. And not only can you write it down, it is written down, in a book called Save The Cat. It's cheap and a quick read, and I would highly recommend it. Not because the formula is perfect, or because you should use it (particularly if you aren't writing a screenplay), but because there are reasons that it works. Behind each beat is a specific thought about why it will work the way it does. Knowing this can be immensely powerful.
And for each of the many fields of arts and humanities there are other books — The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell, On Writing, Stephen King, Truth in Comedy, Charna Halpern, On Rhetoric, Aristotle, and countless more. And they all have something to say about science, because communicating science, fundamentally, isn't very different from communicating anything else. It isn't easy, but the answers are out there. The textbooks are already written.
This works. Science journalists, of course, have been doing it for decades, producing a wealth of fantastic science writing. Many of the best of them were trained as writers, and those of the best who were trained as scientists spend enormous time honing their writing craft.
Which isn't to say there aren't differences. And it's definitely not to say that we shouldn't be doing studies — those are essential. But talking about those differences and interpreting the studies isn't effective without a bedrock of knowledge in the fundamentals. I believe in the value of expertise. There are people who've dedicated their lives to learning and teaching how to connect and communicate. Why wouldn't we avail ourselves of that?