This is one of Forbes' diatribes:
http://www.forbes.com/columnists/columnists/global/2006/0417/011.html
And here is a quote:
"... AIDS and Malaria. Africa has been decimated by disease,
particularly AIDS and malaria. More needs to be done to educate people
there about AIDS, as well as to get th
Research Associate Freshwater Fish Ecology and Conservation
Job type: Two year term position, with possibility for extension
Location: Northwestern Ontario with base in Thunder Bay or Sioux Lookout,
Ontario
Closing date: 30 September 2006
Anticipated start date: 15 December 2006
Salary: $45-
Recently I read David McCullough's book on the history of the Panama
Canal: "Path Between the Seas".
I was shocked to find that two American Physicians were able to
reduce malaria and yellow fever to nil by simply isolating patients,
screening windows and controlling open water in populated
Hi everyone,
First of all, I wanted to say thanks to those of you who have shown
interest in my Earth Survey so far, I appreciate it! Also, I wanted to make
it easier for people to take part in the survey. Rather than needing to
contact me for a copy of the survey, I am including it in this me
I recommend the book "Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe" by Andrew
Spielman, Sc.D., and Michael D'Antonio for people interested in
mosquito-borne diseases and the use of DDT in combating them. It's a few
years old at this point (published in 2002), and to my memory does not
include an
Ecologist, GS- 11
Starting at $55191
Rangeland Resources Research Unit
Fort Collins, Colorado
The Rangeland Resources Research Unit at Fort Collins, CO, is seeking an
ecologist to conduct research evaluating how elevated CO2 and temperature
affect trace greenhouse gas fluxes and soil prop
David Bryant wrote:
"what happens when Africa is left with DDT resistant anophoeles?"
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Why would that happen?
Evolution is just a theory and global warming is nonsense that is only
talked about by scientists in order to increase funding.
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American companies (e.g. Dow) manufacture pestic
In the email I sent out a moment ago I attached what now appears to be a
link to a hoax site (a pretty well done one). I was looking for a link to a
news report regarding Dow and Bhopal and found that site and what seemed
like a ridiculous slip up.
My apologies.
Ned DOchtermann
From: Ned Docht
Wirt,
Interesting. Boltzmann and Shannon were geniuses for sure.
Still I think Boltzmann and neo-Darwinians only got 1/3 or
1/2 of the story that Darwin himself seemed to get. Darwin
mentioned the "war" or decay but also "grandeur" which
seemed to relate to awe at how this decay-like process
led t
