Re: [ECOLOG-L] Take the Train to ESA Minneapolis

2013-05-03 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
of taking cargo ship (because there are no longer passenger ships) and train from Taiwan to Kentucky. ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Department of Natural Resources http://www.BugDorm.com Environmental

[ECOLOG-L] Overly Honest Methods

2013-01-11 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/jan/10/scientists-twitter-methods If only I could get my students to start with writing this way... CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net cara

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Teaching kids about abiotic factors

2012-10-05 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
! ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net cara@megaview.com.tw P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing District http://www.BugDorm.com Taichung 43499 TaiwanPhone: 886-4-2632-5484 ~~

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Unsustainable sustainability Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are we doomed yet: A journal debate about science, the practice of sustainability, and communicating issues

2012-07-28 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
A Declaration of Independence for the planet and its lifeforms - starting with the USA: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6916. If wishes were horses... CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Backpacking with an infant?

2012-04-10 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
I sent this to Simone directly, but maybe the rest of the list will also appreciate this information. Original Message Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Backpacking with an infant? Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:56:55 +0800 From: Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net To: Simone S

[ECOLOG-L] Journals with papers without abstracts

2010-10-31 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
to write abstracts by writing abstracts for these papers. The papers need to be short, because English is a second or third language for my students. Thanks, CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Journals with papers without abstracts

2010-10-31 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
short short communications or letters. The main problem with this is the students won't have a chance to compare their abstract with one the authors might have written. CL Cara Lin Bridgman wrote: I'd like some recommendations for journals that do not include abstracts or summaries for short

Re: [ECOLOG-L] now I've seen it all

2010-01-17 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing Township http://www.BugDorm.com Taichung County 43499 TaiwanPhone: 886-4-2632-5484 ~~

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Extinction by expediency Grouper Political effectiveness Re: [ECOLOG-L] HELPING OCEAN GIANTS

2009-11-08 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
. -- ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing Township http://www.BugDorm.com Taichung County 43499 TaiwanPhone: 886-4-2632-5484 ~~

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sustainable agriculture

2009-11-03 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
consumption in the world, what would US and global land use look like if we were to move from industrial modes of production to these kinds of local, sustainable operations? -- ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A WARNING FOR PROFESSIONALS GOING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM

2009-10-29 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
and terrorists. I cannot see how this makes the world safer or better. It certainly does nothing to spread goodwill. CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are ecologists the problem?

2009-09-09 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
? Of course. CL who really wishes she could grow pecans in Taiwan... ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing Township http://www.BugDorm.com Taichung

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

2009-06-10 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
). ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing Township http://www.BugDorm.com Taichung County 43499 TaiwanPhone: 886-4-2632-5484 ~~

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

2009-06-08 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
with these sorts of dilemmas. Thanks, CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing Township http://www.BugDorm.com Taichung County 43499 Taiwan

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

2009-06-06 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
. ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing Township http://www.BugDorm.com Taichung County 43499 TaiwanPhone: 886-4-2632-5484 ~~

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

2009-06-06 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing Township http://www.BugDorm.com Taichung County 43499 TaiwanPhone: 886-4-2632-5484 ~~

[ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

2009-06-05 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
methods. Finding ourselves in an impasse, I told my students I'd ask you here at Ecolog what you think and how you cope with these sorts of dilemmas. Thanks, CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang

Re: [ECOLOG-L] THE COST OF PUBLISHING RE: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism

2009-05-19 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
of fuzzy thinking in the original Chinese. CL who routinely gets email notices from Chinese (PROC) translation companies offering to help translate her papers into English:) ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013

Re: [ECOLOG-L] THE COST OF PUBLISHING RE: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism

2009-05-18 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
wrote: we are working to shift most of the formatting to the authors, but this requires VERY GOOD directions! ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin Longjing Township

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism Correction

2009-05-18 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
? If the photo is attributed but used without your explicit permission, would you call that stealing? I'm just interested in how different people think about these issues. -- ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman cara@msa.hinet.net P.O. Box 013

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hungry shrimp eat climate change experiment- Duh!

2009-04-01 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
Yes. Especially this bit: Lohafex researchers say the results suggest that using iron fertilisation to increase the ocean carbon sink would rely on a complex chain of events, making it difficult to control. CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ESA Press Release: Overhaul of the Endangered Species Act

2008-09-10 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
/2008/09/09-1. This article (especially in the comments) includes links on where to go to post your comment about this proposed change. Deadline for comments is September 15. CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Onomatopoeia animal names

2008-04-23 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
of the Mandarin name for cat should be said in the same high tone. CL please note my mailing address: ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Longjing Township http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin/ Taichung County 43499

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Onomatopoeia animal names

2008-04-23 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
And then there are the birds that know their own names. Here's two: American Blue Jay: Jay! Jay! Taiwan Yuhina: Yuhina! Yuhina! hee hee hee hee. CL

[ECOLOG-L] The Manufacture of Uncertainty--'The sabotague of science is not a routine part of American politics.'

2008-03-31 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science Education.....

2008-03-03 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung County 434 Taiwanhttp://megaview.com.tw/~caralin/ ~~

[ECOLOG-L] SUVs for Ecologists, was McDonough - I don't think so

2008-02-29 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung County 434 Taiwanhttp://megaview.com.tw/~caralin/ ~~

Re: Biofuels - more news

2008-02-12 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
(at least current businesses). For the same reason, Reduce and Reuse get very little media coverage--it's all about Recycle. Aren't cars and trucks the main consumers of liquid fuels? CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4

Re: she will not have babies...

2007-11-28 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
/article.html?in_article_id=495495in_page_id=1879 Matheus C. Carvalho PhD student Kitasato University - School of Fishery Sciences Japan Please note my new-old email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone

Re: invasive species and cats

2007-11-22 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
was supposed to take care of an arboreal snake...) CL Please note my new-old email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung County 434 Taiwanhttp

Re: fireflies

2007-09-28 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung County 434 Taiwanhttp://megaview.com.tw/~caralin/ ~~

Re: Teaching Ecology in grades 9-12

2007-09-25 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
school kids, it would be good to blend environmental science with ecology, because they should start learning early about the natural world they live in and how it is changing. CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632

Re: News: Conservatives Split Over Darwin and Evolution

2007-05-09 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung County 434 Taiwanhttp://megaview.com.tw/~caralin/ ~~

George Monbiot on Biofuels

2007-03-27 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
Here's the link to a recent article by George Monbiot on Biofuels. http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/27/109/ ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung County 434 Taiwan

FW: Ethanol (in)efficiency wind, food, solar, and SUVs

2007-02-05 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
Bridgman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Cara Lin Bridgman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU I thought one future problem with solar cells is that they require oil to produce. I recently read somewhere (here?) that solar cells require about 60 years of use before you get

Re: Ethanol (in)efficiency

2007-02-03 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
I'm afraid we're running into another reality most visible now in Africa with the bush meat as protein problem. If it comes down to eating it or conserving it, all of us will vote against starvation. CL ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013

Re: ESA libraries

2006-12-03 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
This issue has, at least, shown up in public newspapers: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1202-01.htm ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung 434 Taiwanhttp

Re: 300 million and growing....

2006-11-09 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
intended. Is this something we should be concerned about? If so, what should we or can we realistically do? http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3D6729 Source: Cato Institute ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone

Re: Environmental consequences of having a child

2006-11-08 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
-- ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung 434 Taiwanhttp://web.thu.edu.tw/caralinb/www/ ~~

Re: gender bias: a summary of ecolog-L responses

2006-11-06 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
was to shake up complacency. ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung 434 Taiwanhttp://web.thu.edu.tw/caralinb/www/ ~~

Re: Environmental consequences of having a child

2006-11-05 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
to be the only dream we are allowed: a development model that scorns life and adores things - Eduardo Galeano -- ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang

Re: On Plagiarism (i.e. misinterpretation)

2006-10-09 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
the original results or ideas, and thereby this misinterpretation was carried forward in their paraphrasing. This could be dangerous, especially if someone else were to quote the misinterpretation. ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013

Re: On Plagiarism

2006-10-05 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung 434 Taiwanhttp://web.thu.edu.tw/caralinb/www/ ~~

Re: Plagiarism, citation requirements, and conferences...

2006-10-05 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
feels is citable material, and I think that new authors need to be honest about where they heard ideas if they aren't their own -- conference proceedings, even the talks themselves, need to be cited. --j -- ~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box

Re: plagiarism

2006-10-04 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung 434 Taiwanhttp://web.thu.edu.tw/caralinb/www/ ~~