I've held on to this little piece for a couple of weeks just to make sure that the sarcastic tone was what I wanted, and not just the regrettable result of...
Norman Levitt
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Nov 9, 2003 12:51 am
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Hi Stephen and all. Does anyone know whether the detailed composition of weight lost on low carbohydrate diets has been studied? That is, how much of the...
On a "modest proposal" from the Bush Administration to control the peer review in dealing with topics relevant to regulation. Fredric Weizmann ...
weizmann
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Dec 9, 2003 9:36 pm
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If the list already discussed this proposed rule, I couldn't find it. The story below in the Dec 5 Wall Street Journal was recently pointed out to me in...
Trying another way..... ... From: Zwanziger, Lee (Bioethics) To: 'lzwanzig@...' Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: for sci pol [Non-text...
Lee and Fred Weizman are sounding the alarm about an important issue. What the critics are not adequately addressing is the attempt to inject independence in...
My main concern is that the proposed rule comes from a non-science agency staffed with accountants and economists rather than scientists. My impressions are ...
Here is a URL for the rule from the GPO site. The reference is Federal Register, Vol 68, No. 178, Sept. 15, 2003, pp. 54023-9. I'm not sure this will be a...
Another interesting view, below: Albert Henderson Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000 <70244.1532@...> ... From the blogsphere --...
Lee has recommended that you read an article from The Scientist, the News Journal for the Life Scientist. Please read the article from The Scientist at: ...
Speaking of articles from The Scientist bearing on gov't policy toward ... December 23, 2003 Blakemore denied knighthoodMRC chief threatens to resign if...
Norman Levitt
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Dec 24, 2003 5:47 pm
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Thursday, February 05, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. Scientists can study Kennewick remains, U.S. appeals court rules By Joseph B. Frazier The Associated...
And about time too. It will be interesting to see if the gov't tries to appeal this further (having changed its whole line of argument between the original...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Feb 5, 2004 10:50 pm
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... I remember hearing that (based on what I don't know), the Kennewick Man most closely resembled the indigenous Japanese. (And that his South American...
Gabriel Stolzenberg
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Feb 6, 2004 5:56 pm
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... From: "donata" <donata@...> To: <Editor@...> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: please change membership and post ... ...
... The present thinking is that the morphology most closely resembles the Ainu of Japan (who, to casual inspection, look "white") and some groups from South...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Feb 7, 2004 12:46 am
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I am posting a brief response, interlineated with donata's posting. (Pardon my ignorance, but who is "donata"?) I might expand on this at some point. ... ...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Feb 7, 2004 12:54 am
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... In my previous message, I missed the fact that there is such an act. Does anyone know how it is enforced? Is there an ageny of archaeological resources?...
Gabriel Stolzenberg
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Feb 8, 2004 12:18 am
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Gabe I think the Army Corps, which still has charter to develop federal lands, and the Dept. of Interior (where I think the Bureau of Indian Affairs is) have...
David Guston
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Feb 8, 2004 2:16 pm
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Dear Dave, ... Thanks. That's interesting. There's still the "scientist" issue though. Remember Barry Fell? "America BC" and "Saga America." Actually, I...
Gabriel Stolzenberg
gstolzen@...
Feb 9, 2004 5:12 am
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... The relevant act, as you could easily have ascertained by investigating on your own, is the Archaelogial Resources Protection Act of 1979, which both the...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Feb 9, 2004 6:03 am
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The nowadays' concept of "scientist" arises interesting discussions, as you have pointed out, since according to law - even here - it usually refers to a very...
The nowadays' concept of "scientist" arises interesting discussions, as you have pointed out, since according to law - even here - it usually refers to a very...
Last November a New York Times editorial refered to the failure to pursue research into infusions of HDL to fight heart disease. This goal was called "a holy...
Henderson's premise and conclusion are a bit off-base. Here is an article about the artificial HDL (below). A simple search of PubMed turned it up. Funding...
... The point being that all research is done with patents and profits as goals. Public domain or generic results are shunned by academic researchers as well...
Albert Henderson replies, << The point being that all research is done with patents and profits as goals. Public domain or generic results are shunned by...
I would dare to state a bit absurd conjecture of mine, which has been surrounding my mind for about 3 years: Is there any significant trace of triviality in...
Besides, the "dilution" of the individual in favor of the collectivism is a Socialism/Comunism feature. I think that is a political issue, which sounds...
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