It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness...

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> El 10/11/2016, a las 01:17, William G. Scott <[email protected]> escribió:
> 
> Dear Edward et al:
> 
> I agree we shouldn’t engage in partisan arguments on the CCP4bb.  However, I 
> think it is a mistake, and perhaps a missed opportunity, to ignore politics 
> completely.
> 
> For example, Newt Gingrich is currently in the running for Sec HHS.  He has 
> previously written editorials in the NYT and Wall Street Journal advocating 
> doubling the budget of the NIH.  
> 
> I think it is incumbent upon us to make our voices heard if such an 
> opportunity arises, regardless of what one may happen to think about the 
> individual’s political orientation, as it could potentially be of enormous 
> benefit to the scientific community.
> 
> Yours faithfully,
> 
> William G. Scott
> Director, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
> Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
> and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA
> University of California at Santa Cruz
> Santa Cruz, California 95064
> USA
> 
> http://scottlab.ucsc.edu
> 
>> On Nov 9, 2016, at 9:02 AM, Edward Snell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> As a Brexit and Trumpet affected person having a foot in both countries 
>> ,this topic is too far off the normal discussion on CCP4 and probably better 
>> taken up privately.  CCP4 is not a political discussion site. With CCP4 the 
>> signal is unusually high and the noise low when compared to any discussion 
>> board. I for one would like to keep it there. Political views aside, we’re 
>> all trying to achieve the same scientific goals. Let’s remember that and 
>> keep that the focus.
>> 
>> Edward Snell Ph.D.
>> President and CEO Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
>> Assistant Prof. Department of Structural Biology, University at Buffalo
>> 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203-1102
>> Phone:     (716) 898 8631         Fax: (716) 898 8660
>> Skype:      eddie.snell                 Email: [email protected] 
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>> Heisenberg was probably here!

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