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In these situations there is often a high probability that one of the tw]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 05&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;24212&#x2f;How-to-Translate-Science-Speak]]></guid><dc:creator>cheme_wordsmithy</dc:creator><dc:subject>Engineering Communications</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Communication on the Rise&#x3f;]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22847&#x2f;Science-Communication-on-the-Rise&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists communicate to one another at conferences,&#xd; through technical papers, and on the job. &#xd; But how a scientist talks to a colleague about research is quite&#xd; different from communicating that same information to non-scientists.&#xa;&#xa;A recent PopSci&#xd; article starts off, &#x22;Before people will unders]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22847&#x2f;Science-Communication-on-the-Rise]]></guid><dc:creator>TestUser1</dc:creator><dc:subject>Engineering Communications</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Bad Questions Deserve Bad Answers&#x3f;]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;21084&#x2f;Do-Bad-Questions-Deserve-Bad-Answers&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does a bad &#x28;or badly worded&#x29; question automatically deserve a bad, vague, or sarcastic answer&#x3f; Would no answer be a better alternative&#x3f;&#xa;&#xa;Does a quality question guarantee a quality response&#x3f;&#xa;&#xa;Is Google an adequate substitute for a person with hands-on experience&#x3f;&#xa;&#xa;CR4 is a community. People come he]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16&#x3a;54&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;21084&#x2f;Do-Bad-Questions-Deserve-Bad-Answers]]></guid><dc:creator>SavvyExacta</dc:creator><dc:subject>Engineering Communications</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things Dogs Have Taught Me About Communication]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;20528&#x2f;Things-Dogs-Have-Taught-Me-About-Communication&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[There&#x27;s always been at least one canine member of my family.&#xd;  Communication with the family pet ranges from the simple command of &#x22;sit&#x22;&#xd; to trying to figure out what might be ailing the pup. 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Over&#xd; the years there hav]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14&#x3a;12&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;20367&#x2f;Communicating-to-Get-the-Job-Done-Right]]></guid><dc:creator>yamdankee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Engineering Communications</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Office Email Going the Way of Snail Mail&#x3f;]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;18438&#x2f;Is-Office-Email-Going-the-Way-of-Snail-Mail&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[I&#xd; ran across this article predicting the end of office email.&#xa;&#xa;I find email, as clogged as it is with junk, a nice way to&#xd; get into the work mode and find out what is going on. As I sip my coffee, I browse through the inbox and get a sense of satisfaction as I delete the junk mail.&#xa;&#xa;Is this the way]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18&#x3a;52&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;18438&#x2f;Is-Office-Email-Going-the-Way-of-Snail-Mail]]></guid><dc:creator>LakeGrl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Engineering Communications</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forums, Blogs, and Community Sites &#x2013; What Are They&#x3f;]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;18054&#x2f;Forums-Blogs-and-Community-Sites-What-Are-They&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blogs and forums may be separate entities - or&#xd; both components may appear on a single website like CR4. These two components of social sites were&#xd; loosely defined in the introduction&#xd; to this blog series. 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