I second this request. I ignore them because I don't want to try to figure out where the content is compared to all the administrative materials.
Paul On Jul 23, 2011, at 7:29 AM, Michael Britt wrote: > > > > > > Richard, > > Is there any way to simplify the format of your posts to TIPS? The content > looks interesting, but the text is so broken up with URLs and brackets and > code of various sorts that it's hard to read. > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: mbritt > > > > > > > On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Richard Hake wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I transmitted this to TIPS yesterday (21 July 13:33-0700) but today (22 July >> 20:00-0700) it had not appeared on the TIPS archives at >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/tips%40fsulist.frostburg.edu/>. Here's a >> second try: >> Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a discussion-list post "Re: >> Scientific illiteracy can kill the planet" [Hake (2011)]. >> >> The first few lines are [bracketed by lines "HHHHH. . . . "]: >> >> HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH >> Art Hobson (2011) in his Physoc post "Scientific illiteracy can kill the >> planet" at <http://bit.ly/ofFjHn> wrote [paraphrasing; my inserts at ". . . >> .[[insert]]. . . ."): >> "U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky). . . . .[[ <http://whitfield.house.gov/> and >> <http://whitfield.house.gov/issues/energy.shtml>]]. . . . is chairman of the >> House Subcommittee on Energy and Power . . . . >> .[[<http://energycommerce.house.gov/>]]. . . . .. His scientific illiteracy >> - as reported in the NYT by Marshall & Lehmann (2011) at >> <http://nyti.ms/on6ssu> - worries me. BUT THE LIKELY SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY >> OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HIM WORRIES ME A LOT MORE. . . .[[see the cartoon >> of a voter and Whitfield-like leader on page 13 of Hake (2011) at >> <http://bit.ly/iegznz> near the panel "Scientifically illiterate voters >> elect scientifically illiterate leaders"]].... Science teachers can and >> should help. We need to teach societal topics such as climate change and, >> more importantly, critical thinking in our introductory courses." >> >> And even *more* importantly, WORK TO UPGRADE THE SCIENCE/MATH EDUCATION OF >> PROSPECTIVE K-12 TEACHERS. >> HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH >> >> To access the complete 8 kB post please click the <http://bit.ly/opOSne> >> >> Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University >> Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands >> President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the >> Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII) >> <[email protected]> >> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake> >> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi> >> <http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com> >> <http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake> >> >> "As the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Rep. >> Whitfield continues to advance an 'All of the Above' energy strategy that >> will employ Kentuckians and address domestic energy demands without >> unnecessary government regulation that results in higher energy prices, >> delayed resource exploration or stunted job growth. Rep. Whitfield is >> especially concerned that overreaching government regulations will have a >> negative effect on America's coal industry, which creates more than 134,000 >> jobs directly and supports 3.4 million jobs indirectly across the nation. In >> Kentucky, 17,900 jobs are created directly by coal." >> Whitfield's Energy Policy >> <http://whitfield.house.gov/issues/energy.shtml> >> >> "Paleoclimate data help us assess climate sensitivity and potential >> human-made climate effects. . . . . . goals to limit human-made warming to 2 >> deg C are not sufficient - they are prescriptions for disaster. . . . . . >> Rapid reduction of fossil fuel emissions is required for humanity to succeed >> in preserving a planet resembling the one on which civilization developed." >> Hansen & Sato (2011) - Hansen <http://bit.ly/omiMY3> heads the >> NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies >> >> "With the world population now at 6 billion . . .[On 21 July 2011 10:22-0700 >> world population was 6,950,419,151 - see <http://1.usa.gov/j2u6Gw>]. . . ., >> we are already consuming 40% of the world's photosynthetic energy >> production. Current estimates place a stable world population at about 8 to >> 10 billion by the late twenty-first century, assuming fertility rates >> continue to drop over the next several decades. Yet even at this reduced >> rate of population growth, we could eventually consume all of the planet's >> resources, unless we take action. Because of this overload of the world's >> resources, even today, over 1.2 billion of the world's population live below >> the subsistence level, and 500 million below the minimum caloric intake >> level necessary for life." >> - James Duderstadt (2000, page 20), President Emeritus and University >> Professor of >> Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan >> >> REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 20 July >> 2011.] >> Duderstadt, J.J. 2000. "A University for the 21st Century." Univ. of >> Michigan Press; for a description see <http://bit.ly/cvJ1yI>. Amazon.com >> information at <http://amzn.to/lxT8YU>. >> Hake, R.R. 2011. "Re: Scientific illiteracy can kill the planet," online on >> the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/opOSne>. Post of 20 July 2011 to >> AERA-L, AP-Phys, Biopi-L, Chemed-L, CTP-L, Net-Gold, Physhare, Physoc, >> Phys-L, & PhysLrnR; also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at >> <http://bit.ly/nhnoxs> with a provision for comments. The first few lines >> and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion >> lists. >> >> Hansen, J.E. & M. Sato. 2011. "Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made >> Climate Change," 20 July, online at <http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.0968v2>; to >> appear in Berger, Mesinger and Sijaci, eds., "Climate Change at the Eve of >> the Second Decade of the Century: Inferences from Paleoclimate and Regional >> Aspects: Proceedings of Milutin Milankovitch 130th Anniversary Symposium" >> (Springer, in press). >> >> >> >> --- >> >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=11560 >> >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) >> >> or send a blank email to >> leave-11560-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> >> >> >> >> > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=11567 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-11567-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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