[Taxacom] Vote for your favorite Scientific Integrity Cartoon

[Francesca Grifo]

Hello, 

Here's some post-Labor Day fun: the Union of Concerned Scientists has
chosen our finalists for Science Idol: the Scientific Integrity
Editorial Cartoon Contest, including witty cartoons on Global Warming.
While federal manipulation of science is not funny - we think some of
the cartoons might make you chuckle!

Check them out: 

http://www.ucsusa.org/scienceidol 

Please vote, and forward far and wide! More details are below. 

Francesca


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UCS has announced the twelve finalists in "Science Idol: the Scientific
Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest." And now, it's your turn to vote. 

Today through September 30, anyone with an email address is eligible to
choose his or her favorite cartoon at www.ucsusa.org/scienceidol. Each
voter will automatically receive a chance to win one of fifty copies of
the 2007 Defending Science calendar featuring all twelve finalists. 

This summer, to draw attention to political interference in science,
UCS invited amateur artists to submit cartoons addressing the impact of
this misuse on our safety, health, and environment. UCS worked with a
panel of highly accomplished cartoonists and cartoon editors - including
two Pulitzer Prize winners - to narrow the field from hundreds of witty
cartoons to the twelve finalists. 

Artists of all ages from throughout the United States submitted
cartoons criticizing the distortion, suppression, and manipulation of
science on issues as diverse as global warming, public health research,
and toxic mercury pollution. The artist who drew the finalist with the
most votes at the end of September will receive a number of prizes,
including $500 cash and an all-expenses paid trip to have lunch with the
celebrity judge of the cartoonist's choice. 

Contest judges included New Yorker cartoon editor Robert Mankoff;
Philadelphia Inquirer cartoonist Tony Auth and Christian Science Monitor
cartoonist Clay Bennett, both winners of the Pulitzer Prize; and Rhymes
with Orange creator Hillary Price.  


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Francesca T. Grifo, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Director
Scientific Integrity Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
1707 H St NW, Suite 600
Washington DC 20006-3962
202-331-5446 (direct)
202-223-6133 (main number)
202-223-6162 (fax)
www.ucsusa.org