Snip: The international community has failed to do enough. The United
Nations passed a toothless resolution and, in recent debates, China, Russia,
Pakistan and Algeria have been reluctant to support any meaningful action.
The UN is failing in its mission by allowing politics to get in the way of
acpollack2 :
P.S. I'm surprised by how no-one commented on the mention of Mayr's
partiality to dialectics in his obit!
^
CB: Thanks for pointing that out to us.
Jim F. ? Reminds of our old Thaxis struggles on dialectics of nature.
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Healthy life expectancy and life expectancy are two very different concepts
of human health. The latter measured life span without regard to the
physical
conditions of the individual or mass.
Healthy life expectancy as defined by the World Health Organization.
Healthy
Global warming: tragedy of the commons revisited
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=2/14/2005Cat=7Num=1
PARIS, (AFP) - Way back in 1968, U.S. ecologist Garrett Hardin sketched
the dilemma that today besets the Kyoto Protocol, the UN's global warming
pact which takes effect on
Ernst Mayr dies
Towering figure of 20th century evolutionary biology was 100 | By Leslie A
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Ernst Mayr, the eminent evolutionary biologist and arguably one of the most
influential scientists
In a landmark essay, The Tragedy of the Commons, Hardin evoked the case
of common land where everyone has the right to graze their cattle.
Even if the land becomes overgrazed, people will continue to put their
animals on the damaged fields and even add to their herd, said Hardin.
The reasoning:
CORRECTION:
overgrazing by the common people did NOT occur.
sorry.
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CB: Sickle cell is not caused by overeating. It is genetically based.
WL: The issue posed was not the shape of the cell (sickle cell), but sickle
cell as an anemia or blood disease. Here is what was stated:
Even sickle cell anemia is an anemia . . . blood disease of over consumption
or lack
My understanding is that those who are homozygous for sickle cell gene have
the disease regardless of diet.
CB
^^
http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/scd_history.html
A Brief History of Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Disease in African Tradition
Sickle cell disease has been known to the
In truth, Garrett Hardin's 'landmark' essay, The Tragedy of the Commons
was merely a propaganda piece buttressing lassiez-faire market ideology..and
retro and pro-actively justifying the seizure by capitalist interests of all
public and communal assets.
As E.P. Thompson long ago pointed out,
African American History Month is once again upon us. There are incredible
historical depiction of the history of the African American paying on all major
television channels and excellent historical events on the cable channels as
well as PBS. The scope and debt of these television specials
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