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DATE | 2015-10-20 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] mailman roster?
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From hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Tue Oct 20 23:59:05 2015 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from www.mrbrklyn.com (www.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 560361624F3; Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:59:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Delivered-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Received: from mail-qk0-f173.google.com (mail-qk0-f173.google.com [209.85.220.173]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC71C1624FD for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:03:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: by qkfm62 with SMTP id m62so18585634qkf.1 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:03:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rLwAOQm6FeisngQ8Meaqa5yQIdO80PNnBSOcQzpfsTw=; b=fNg0dUWZ7mIHxlDV/3iSSYTiBn6fJuWz2dgnNxqCMT6e5ZNUhEdmTNt31WAc1Y67kW PKtPcYJzMnYKZkRfNp8oG1ip9rEll6GyiB4hy6hwo5nqNaG0w5tkX6mH1NJogYwqUqg4 mo253rWR3xP0yJD7GgnHuM4YY/un56ykAmZ6Xo1lTOsaTx8+26x6Qz0fAT5Q61h4Vrgg v0FRT9Tmgx+G1YTEkYCX3ZsFG1deoIddINd5PuJIcr3BW7tJj68T/wWhanpc4w597iD6 3GLtedftAtVF6uAtHrVPscOoN3ij6nGZ9vbCUPGxfW/ZyUN8BH1SNeE1Jbph3dfA6Hee jnbg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnADzYGNXnxevFxOZzy6fB0+6vmjPMAIS0LAdeZvXZQaupJSMH4HMSf4vD6KINWtLFASjzI X-Received: by 10.140.107.228 with SMTP id h91mr7933599qgf.48.1445396622974; Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:03:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.0.19] (www.mrbrklyn.com. [96.57.23.82]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id g197sm2480919qhc.35.2015.10.20.20.03.42 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:03:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5627008E.1080303-at-my.liu.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:03:42 -0400 From: Ruben Safir User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hangout-at-nylxs.com References: <5626E7E9.6070403-at-mrbrklyn.com> In-Reply-To: <5626E7E9.6070403-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] mailman roster? X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: NYLXS Discussions List List-Id: NYLXS Discussions List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "hangout"
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On 10/20/2015 09:18 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > So I've accumulated some of these ;) > > > http://www.businessinsider.in/Leading-paleontologists-share-advice-for-breaking-into-the-dinosaur-business/articleshow/47727711.cms > > Leading paleontologists share advice for breaking into the dinosaur business > Rachel Gillett > > Paleontology may be one of the coolest careers to break into, but it's > far from the easiest. > > As Smithsonian Magazine and National Geographic writer Brian Switek > laments, while some people develop other interests, quite a few > "would-be" paleontologists simply didn't know where to start. > > Luckily, Robert T. Bakker, author of "The Dinosaur Heresies," "Raptor > Red," and "The Big Golden Book of Dinosaurs," and curator of > paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Matthew T. > Mossbrucker, director and curator of the Morrison Natural History > Museum, and discoverer of the first baby Stegosaurus fossils, shed some > light on how to get your start as a paleontologist during a recent > Reddit AMA. > > First, there are a few myths and misconceptions that need dispelling. > The first is that paleontologists spend all their time digging for > dinosaurs. > > According to the University of California Museum of Paleontology > website, "Paleontology is a rich field, imbued with a long and > interesting past and an even more intriguing and hopeful future. Many > people think paleontology is the study of fossils. In fact, paleontology > is much more." > > Paleontology is divided into various sub-disciplines including the study > of microscopic fossils, fossil plants, invertebrate animal fossils, > vertebrate fossils, and prehistoric human and proto-human fossils. > > And as Bakker and Mossbrucker explain, there are many jobs you can hold > within the paleontology field. > > Bakker says most vertebrate paleontologists make a living teaching > geology or anatomy. "A few lucky ones" get full time jobs working in a > museum. Fossils are also a hot commodity right now, since scientists can > use them to teach basic science literacy, so fossil-sleuth could be a > lucrative route. > > Generally, though, the pay isn't as much as you might hope. > > "Doc [Bakker] always told me to 'marry money,'" Mossbrucker jokes. > "Seriously though, this is a calling. Most of us live a monastic > lifestyle, while some took his sage advice." > > After all this, if pursuing a career in paleontology is still your > calling, Bakker and Mossbrucker have a couple tips before you pursue the > required higher education: > > 1. The best way to begin a career in dinosaurology is to start young. > Bakker suggests studying living animals at a zoo or in your own > backyard, filming them, and then using photo prints to sketch in the bones. > > "Find the nearest display of fossils - whether at the natural history > museum, science center, or state/national park - and visit," Mossbrucker > suggests. "While visiting, take a guided tour. Ask questions. Then, slow > down, put the phone away and bask in the glory of the old dead things. > Read the labels. (Seriously, nobody reads the labels...) and soak it all > in." > > 2. The next step is to volunteer, preferably in a program at your > nearest natural history museum with a paleontology department. This will > provide a chance to experience various aspects of what paleontology is > all about and explore undergraduate programs. > > "Get involved with your local museum and get your hands dirty," > Mossbrucker says. > > "In museums where I work - one huge, two small - volunteers are > essential," Bakker says. "They find most of the specimens and do most of > the tour-guide duties. In exceptional cases, volunteers are so good that > we move heaven and earth to get a salary for them. And succeed." > > "This life is a calling and I'm grateful for every moment of it," > Mossbrucker says of his job as a paleontologist. "I'm surrounded by > interesting objects, curious people, and a constant stream of weirdness." > _______________________________________________ > hangout mailing list > hangout-at-nylxs.com > http://www.nylxs.com/mailman/listinfo/hangout >
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