From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Jan 05 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!nntpfeed.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!charlie.lif.icnet.uk!NewsWatcher!user From: heukamp@icrf.icnet.uk (Lukas Heukamp) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: help on effects of AIDS (social, demographic..) Date: 6 Jan 1997 14:08:09 GMT Organization: Imperial Cancer Research Fund Lines: 17 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 143.65.52.54 X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b27+ I am supposed to give a seminar on the effects of the AIDS epidemic. Therefore I am looking for information on the effects of AIDS on society, women, children, education as well as economic factors. i.e. someting more than just medical. Special referances to developing countries might be useful. I read article in the Economist that was based on a WHO paper in 1995. A bit out of date... If someone can direct me to some literature I would be greatful. Please mail me directly on heukamp@icrf.icnet.uk Thank you, Lukas Heukamp From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Jan 10 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 11 Jan 1997 02:00:21 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 239 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199701111000.CAA21923@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. 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If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. 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Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Jan 12 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cas-cns From: cas-cns@CNS.BU.EDU (CAS/CNS) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: VISION, RECOGNITION, ACTION Date: 13 Jan 1997 08:25:38 -0800 Organization: Boston University - Cognitive and Neural Systems Lines: 153 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199701131608.LAA05553@cns.bu.edu> Reply-To: cas-cns@cns.bu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ***** CALL FOR PAPERS ***** International Conference on VISION, RECOGNITION, ACTION: NEURAL MODELS OF MIND AND MACHINE May 28--31, 1997 Sponsored by the Center for Adaptive Systems and the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems Boston University with financial support from DARPA and ONR This conference will include a day of tutorials (May 28) followed by 3 days of 21 invited lectures and contributed lectures and posters by experts on the biology and technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems see, understand, and act upon a changing world. The meeting program and updates can be found at http://cns-web.bu.edu/cns-meeting/. Hotel and restaurant information can be found there. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1997: TUTORIALS Stephen Grossberg, "Vision, Brain, and Technology" (3 hours in two 1-1/2 hour lectures). Gail Carpenter, "Self-Organizing Neural Networks for Learning, Recognition, and Prediction: ART Architectures and Applications" (2 hours). Eric Schwartz, "Algorithms and Hardware for the Application of Space-Variant Active Vision to High Performance Machine Vision" (2 hours). THURSDAY, MAY 29---SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1997: CONFIRMED INVITED LECTURERS Andreas Andreou, Stuart Anstis, Terrance Boult, Rodney Brooks, Gail Carpenter, Patrick Cavanagh, Robert Desimone, Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Stephen Grossberg, Michael Jordan, John Kalaska, Takeo Kanade, Ennio Mingolla, Lance Optican, Alex Pentland, Tomaso Poggio, Eric Schwartz, Robert Shapley, George Sperling, Larry Squire, and Allen Waxman. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Contributed abstracts for talks or posters must be received, in English, by January 31, 1997. Notification of acceptance will be given by February 28, 1997. A meeting registration fee must accompany each Abstract. See Registration Information below for details. The fee will be returned if the Abstract is not accepted for presentation and publication in the meeting proceedings. Each Abstract should fit on one 8-1/2" x 11" white page with 1" margins on all sides, single-column format, single-spaced, Times Roman or similar font of 10 points or larger, printed on one side of the page only. Fax submissions will not be accepted. Abstract title, author name(s), affiliation(s), mailing, and email address(es) should begin each Abstract. An accompanying cover letter should include: Full title of Abstract, corresponding author and presenting author name, address, telephone, fax, and email address. Preference for oral or poster presentation should be noted. Abstracts which do not meet these requirements or which are submitted with insufficient funds will be returned. The original and 3 copies of each Abstract should be sent to: CNS Meeting, c/o Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: To register, please fill out the enclosed registration form. Student registrations must be accompanied by a letter of verification from a department chairperson or faculty/research advisor. If accompanied by an Abstract or if paying by check, mail to the CNS Meeting address. If paying by credit card, mail to the CNS Meeting address, or fax to (617) 353-7755. STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: Some fellowships for PhD students and postdocs are available to defray travel and living costs. The deadline for applying for fellowship support is January 31, 1997. Applicants will be notified by February 28, 1997. Each application should include the applicant's CV, including name; mailing address; email address; current student status; faculty or PhD research advisor's name, address, and email address; relevant courses and other educational data; and a list of research articles. A letter from the listed faculty or PhD advisor on official institutional stationery should accompany the application and summarize how the candidate may benefit from the meeting. Students who also submit an Abstract need to include the registration fee with their Abstract. ******************** REGISTRATION FORM (Please Type or Print) Vision, Recognition, Action: Neural Models of Mind and Machine Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts Tutorials: May 28, 1997 Meeting: May 29--31, 1997 Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof: Name: Affiliation: Address: City, State, Postal Code: Phone and Fax: Email: The conference registration fee includes the meeting program, reception, six coffee breaks, and the meeting proceedings. Two coffee breaks and a book of tutorial viewgraph copies will be covered by the tutorial registration fee. CHECK ONE: [ ] $55 Conference plus Tutorial (Regular) [ ] $40 Conference plus Tutorial (Student) [ ] $35 Conference Only (Regular) [ ] $25 Conference Only (Student) [ ] $30 Tutorial Only (Regular) [ ] $25 Tutorial Only (Student) METHOD OF PAYMENT: [ ] Enclosed is a check made payable to "Boston University". Checks must be made payable in US dollars and issued by a US correspondent bank. Each registrant is responsible for any and all bank charges. [ ] I wish to pay my fees by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card only). Type of card: Name as it appears on the card: Account number: Expiration date: Signature and date: ******************** From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jan 13 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!portc02.blue.aol.com!newstf02.news.aol.com!audrey01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: polyphaga@aol.com (Polyphaga) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: NEW RESOURCE Date: 14 Jan 1997 05:20:34 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Lines: 15 Message-ID: <19970114051800.AAA01092@ladder01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder01.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com If you have an interest in any of the natural sciences keep reading I am creating a web page that will be a database of people like yourself. When the page is completed or at least up to speed you will be able to look for others with similiar fields of study and have a link to e-mail them directly. If you would like to be part of this please send me your name, location, field or fields of interest, and your e-mail address. I encourage both proffesionals students, amatuers and hobbiests to become part of this. NATURALIST'S CONNECTION @ http://members.aol.com/polyphaga/ Thank You Heath e-mail: polyphaga@aol.com From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jan 13 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news.sgi.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!news.u.washington.edu!pogo!evolution From: basten@esssjp.stat.ncsu.edu (Christopher J. Basten) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gene-linkage,bionet.population-bio,sci.stat.math Subject: Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:27:04 -0400 Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 120 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pogo.cqs.washington.edu Status: R Originator: evolution@pogo Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.gene-linkage:1295 bionet.population-bio:2161 sci.stat.math:12910 1997 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN STATISTICAL GENETICS North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC June 1-14, 1997 Applications are invited for participation in the 1997 Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics. The Institute has been expanded this year to eleven modules. It is expected that some scholarship funds will be available for graduate students and postdocs: women and minority groups are encouraged to apply for these funds. MODULE DESCRIPTIONS Module 1 Topic: Statistics for Geneticists I Instructors: Roger Berger, NCSU Statistics Dennis Boos, NCSU Statistics Dates: June 1,2,3 Fee: $240 Module 2 Topic: Genetics for Statisticians Instructors: Ted Emigh, NCSU Genetics Henry Schaffer, NCSU Genetics Dates: June 1,2,3 Fee: $240 Module 3 Topic: Statistics for Geneticists II Instructors: Marie Davidian, NCSU Statistics Dates: June 4,5,6 Fee: $240 Module 4 Topic: Population Genetic Data Instructors: Bruce Weir, NCSU Statistics Ian Painter, NCSU Statistics Katy Simonsen, NCSU Statistics Dates: June 4,5,6 Fee: $240 Module 5 Topic: Forensic & Paternity Data Instructors: John Buckleton, New Zealand ESR:Forensic Bruce Weir, NCSU Statistics Dates: June 8,9,10 Fee: $240 Module 6 Topic: Quantitative Genetic Data Instructors: Bill Louw, Stellenbosch Genetics Trudy Mackay, NCSU Genetics Dates: June 8,9,10 Fee: $160 Module 7 Topic: QTL Mapping I Instructors: Christopher Basten, NCSU Statistics Rebecca Doerge, Purdue Statistics Zhao-Bang Zeng, NCSU Statistics Dates: June 11,12 Fee: $160 Module 8 Topic: QTL Mapping II Instructors: Ina Hoeschele, VPI Dairy Science Zhao-Bang Zeng, NCSU Statistics Dates: June 13,14 Fee: $160 Module 9 Topic: DNA & Protein Sequence Data Instructors: Jotun Hein, Aarhus Biology Jeff Thorne, NCSU Statistics Dates: June 8,9 Fee: $160 Module 10 Topic: Phylogenetic Methods Instructors: Paul Lewis, New Mexico Biology Spencer Muse, Missouri Biology Jeff Thorne, NCSU Statistics Dates: June 10,11 Fee: $160 Module 11 Topic: Molecular Evolution Instructors: Brandon Gaut, Rutgers Biology Spencer Muse, Columbia Biology Marta Wayne, NCSU Genetics Dates: June 12,13 Fee: $160 APPLICATION PROCEDURE Full details of the Institute, plus a registration form can be found on the World Wide Web, URL http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/stat_genetics/ Alternatively, contact hibbard@stat.ncsu.edu for registration details, or weir@stat.ncsu.edu for any further information. Program in Statistical Genetics Phone: (919) 515-3574 Department of Statistics FAX: (919) 515-7315 North Carolina State University email: weir@stat.ncsu.edu Raleigh NC 27695-8203 URL http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/stat_genetics/ From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jan 13 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!pla.net.py!embpy From: embpy@pla.net.py (Emb) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: subscribe Date: 14 Jan 1997 06:43:23 -0800 Organization: emb Lines: 3 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <32DAF953.23FC@pla.net.py> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net subscribe embpy@pla.net.py From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jan 14 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!U.WASHINGTON.EDU!marks From: marks@U.WASHINGTON.EDU (Robert Marks) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: IEEE TNN on web Date: 14 Jan 1997 16:08:38 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9701150005.AA25318@carson.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks is now on line. It is currently free to IEEE members. The web address is: http://www.opera.ieee.org/jolly/ Have your IEEE number handy. IEEE membership information is available on the NNC home page. http://engine.ieee.org/nnc/ Robert J. Marks II, Editor-in-Chief IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks r.marks@ieee.org From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jan 15 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Andrew Gillett Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,bionet.microbiology,bionet.parasitology,bionet.molbio.yeast,bionet.protista,bionet.plants,bionet.molbio.evolution,bionet.population-bio,bionet.general Subject: Mycological Maps Date: 16 Jan 1997 09:36:48 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <5blovg$dkf@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Xref: biosci bionet.mycology:5297 bionet.microbiology:8523 bionet.parasitology:2054 bionet.molbio.yeast:6440 bionet.protista:696 bionet.plants:14092 bionet.molbio.evolution:5555 bionet.population-bio:2164 bionet.general:25169 I am interested in finding out the distribution of mushrooms (in particular edible to human and animal) within Europe, Russia and CIS countries. Does anyone know of any resources (digital or hard-copy) that are available, such as maps, or know of any contacts that would be useful to contact ? I would be grateful for any information. Thanks to those who have replied to an earlier posting. -- Andy Gillett, The Elms, P.E.S.(E), Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD. ****** email: andyg@sbn2.phes.nottingham.ac.uk ****** ********** phone: +44-115-9516317 ********** ********** fax: +44-115-9516261 ********** From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jan 15 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cas-cns From: cas-cns@CNS.BU.EDU (CAS/CNS) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Spring 1997 Colloquium Series Date: 16 Jan 1997 10:23:06 -0800 Organization: Boston University - Cognitive and Neural Systems Lines: 55 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199701161812.NAA10363@cns.bu.edu> Reply-To: cas-cns@cns.bu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Spring 1997 Colloquium Series CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS BOSTON UNIVERSITY January 24 DISTRIBUTED LEARNING, RECOGNITION, AND PREDICTION BY ART AND ARTMAP NEURAL NETWORKS Professor Gail Carpenter Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University January 31 COGNITIVE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS Professor Jordan Pollack Department of Computer Science and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University February 21 NEURAL MECHANISMS FOR MEMORY IN THE MONKEY NEOCORTEX Professor Earl Miller Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT March 7 SPATIAL ATTENTION IN VISUAL CORTEX Dr. John Reynolds Laboratory of Neuropsychology, NIMH March 21 FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF SHORT-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION BETWEEN CORTICAL NEURONS Professor Larry Abbot Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University March 28 A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR SPEECH PRODUCTION: PRINCIPLES, PROCESSES AND REPRESENTATIONS Dr. Vince Gracco Haskins Laboratories April 4 DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF ROBOTS AND ANIMALS: A SYNTHETIC APPROACH Professor Rolf Pfeifer Department of Computer Science, University of Zurich April 18 THE ELEMENTS OF SPACE PERCEPTION AND THEIR COMBINING RULES Professor Leonard Matin Department of Psychology, Columbia University All talks on Fridays at 2:00 PM in Room B02 Refreshments after the lecture in Room B01 677 Beacon Street, Boston From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Jan 17 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!sol.caps.maine.edu!discovery.umeres.maine.edu!Rebecca_Pylypink From: Rebecca_Pylypink@discovery.umeres.maine.edu (Rebecca Pylypink) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: overpopulation Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:52:58 -0500 Organization: University of Maine Lines: 11 Sender: Rebecca_Pylypink@discovery.umeres.maine.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: discovery.umeres.maine.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-ID: X-Gateway: NASTA Gate 1.17 for FirstClass(R) I was wondering if anyone out there has read any of Daniel Quinn's books. They deal with the problem of overpopulation as a source of a multitude of problems in our society. I found the books, Ishmael and The Story of B, both to be very insightful and true. I think that if more people would read them, we could make positive changes in our culture, which Quinn terms, the "taker" culture, while the native groups are the "leavers". We take everything that we can from the earth, and they on the otherhand leave the earth to function naturally. Anyway, I think that a majority of people don't recognize that overpopulation is even a problem. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Jan 18 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!ELLENSBURG.COM!digress From: digress@ELLENSBURG.COM (Mike Pearson) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: overpopulation Date: 18 Jan 1997 16:01:42 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 64 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9701190002.AA20929@ellensburg.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net At 02:52 PM 1/18/97 -0500, you wrote: >I was wondering if anyone out there has read any of Daniel Quinn's >books. They deal with the problem of overpopulation as a source of a >multitude of problems in our society. I found the books, Ishmael and >The Story of B, both to be very insightful and true Will you please summarize "The Story of B?" Thank you. Insightful . . . Ishmael looked pretty insightful. But true? I thought Ishmael was a fictional spokesperson? Two companions to these are _The Population Explosion_ by Paul and Anne Ehrlich and _Living Within Limits_ by Garrett Hardin. Both are very readable and interesting. The authors' lifetimes of studying human populations plus great writing make these wonderful books. A couple of quick peeks are available in this archive http://www.bio.net/hypermail/POPULATION-BIOLOGY/9504/0013.html and http://www.bio.net/hypermail/POPULATION-BIOLOGY/9504/0033.html . I think that if >more people would read them, we could make positive changes in our >culture, which Quinn terms, the "taker" culture, while the native >groups are the "leavers". We take everything that we can from the >earth, and they on the otherhand leave the earth to function naturally. You're right -- let's live right with the Earth we have. Still, since we are one species, we are all "the natives" In the past, mass migrations, wars and invasions have rearranged human populations frequently over tha past few thousand years. The savages who conquered were actually close relatives of the savages who lost. Now we know about evolution and DNA and the questions change. And the population of North America is 100 times what it was in the 1600s A.D. Hunter-gatherer models won't solve our problems. Complex systems are unavoidable probably. > Anyway, I think that a majority of people don't recognize that >overpopulation is even a problem. > We will have their attention for so short a time. What they "come to believe" will have consequences. So _we_ must know the real facts. Things are this way because of what people didn't know? Mike Pearson http://www.ellensburg.com/~digress/mindlite.htm From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Jan 18 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!ELLENSBURG.COM!digress From: digress@ELLENSBURG.COM (Mike Pearson) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: overpopulation Date: 18 Jan 1997 16:09:49 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 64 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9701190010.AA20956@ellensburg.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net At 02:52 PM 1/18/97 -0500, you wrote: >I was wondering if anyone out there has read any of Daniel Quinn's >books. They deal with the problem of overpopulation as a source of a >multitude of problems in our society. I found the books, Ishmael and >The Story of B, both to be very insightful and true Will you please summarize "The Story of B?" Thank you. Insightful . . . Ishmael looked pretty insightful. But true? I thought Ishmael was a fictional spokesperson? Two companions to these are _The Population Explosion_ by Paul and Anne Ehrlich and _Living Within Limits_ by Garrett Hardin. Both are very readable and interesting. The authors' lifetimes of studying human populations plus great writing make these wonderful books. A couple of quick peeks are available in this archive http://www.bio.net/hypermail/POPULATION-BIOLOGY/9504/0013.html and http://www.bio.net/hypermail/POPULATION-BIOLOGY/9504/0033.html . I think that if >more people would read them, we could make positive changes in our >culture, which Quinn terms, the "taker" culture, while the native >groups are the "leavers". We take everything that we can from the >earth, and they on the otherhand leave the earth to function naturally. You're right -- let's live right with the Earth we have. Still, since we are one species, we are all "the natives." In the past, mass migrations, wars and invasions have rearranged human populations frequently over tha past few thousand years. The savages who conquered were actually close relatives of the savages who lost. Now we know about evolution and DNA and the questions change. And the population of North America is 100 times what it was in the 1600s A.D. Hunter-gatherer models won't solve our problems. Complex systems are unavoidable probably. > Anyway, I think that a majority of people don't recognize that >overpopulation is even a problem. > It's wonderful you are going to take responsibility. We will have their attention for so short a time. What they "come to believe" will have consequences. So _we_ must know the real facts. Today's world arrived by way of what people didn't know. Mike Pearson http://www.ellensburg.com/~digress/mindlite.htm From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jan 22 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!demos!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!srf-81.nbn.com!user From: admin@ecoalliance.com (Durrell) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Low-cost, High-end Web Sites for Enviromental Organizations Date: 23 Jan 1997 19:12:55 GMT Organization: Environmental Communications Organization Lines: 29 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: srf-81.nbn.com The ECO Alliance web site package is designed to provide affordable, effective web sites for environmentally and socially responsible companies. It allows you to present and promote your cause within an expandable framework that may be customized to meet your company¹s needs. It¹s ideal for companies who want to establish a substantial Internet presence but have no need nor budget to employ excessive web-effects. 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My point is that the term "Darwinism" is normally used as an epithet, and seldom well. It is usually part of a misguided deconstruction of mainstream evolutionary theory, When remarks begin with negative references to "Darwinism," it implies a poor theory has been imposed upon us by authority. Darwin was not a head of state or a military dictator. Actually, evolution is the composite work of thousands of biologists. >Joan Pontius wrote: >You find everywhere people claiming Darwin was the one >who came up with the idea of evolution, whereas infact, >that idea is ancient, and is part of most cultures. >His work was not evolution per se , but an analysis of >one of the factors which shape the evolution. Well--more than one factor--and objections to Darwin _usually seem to ignore his actual work. >(Not even to mention the yoyo's who argue that Darwin's >"survival of the fittest theory" means that lions are >more fit than antelope.) Who tried to tell you That? Are we arguing with anyone living? Part of any skew came when some church leaders and the rich of the 19th Century adapted the theory wrongly to shortterm historical analysis of human society. It should refer to statistical emergence of traits in a group over great stretches of time. Environmental happenstance, sexual selection, and time and chance is the filter helping to shape a gene pool, especially in species which are not human. (Humans are a new case due to effects of mind, technology etc.) Survival of the fittest is not properly a biology " value judgement" but a general, statistical reference to what emerged over the generations over vast stretches of time...certainly doesn't apply to a few dozen generations of laboratory fruit flies... ... and survival of the fittest was a term not strongly emphasized by Darwin. I have recently read Zane Grey, the western writer, popularized the term. That might be apocryphal (Boyd's newspaper column) but it's illustrative where some people get their biology ideas. Mike From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jan 27 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!online.no!sn.no!nntp.uio.no!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!torn!news.ryerson.ca!hopper.acs.ryerson.ca!aaguanno From: aaguanno@acs.ryerson.ca (Andrea Aguanno - CABC/W95) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: microbial ecology/environment Date: 28 Jan 1997 16:44:49 GMT Organization: Ryerson Polytechnic University Lines: 5 Message-ID: <5clae1$grr@ns2.ryerson.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: hopper.acs.ryerson.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I need internet addresses for microbial ecology or environmental micro. Send as many as you know and give me your opinion of them. Thanks. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jan 28 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!ELLENSBURG.COM!digress From: digress@ELLENSBURG.COM (Mike Pearson) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: (none) Date: 28 Jan 1997 22:31:45 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 2 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9701290632.AA08591@ellensburg.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net subscribe pop-bio From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jan 28 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!ELLENSBURG.COM!digress From: digress@ELLENSBURG.COM (Mike Pearson) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Evo-Info Date: 28 Jan 1997 23:20:50 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 38 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9701290721.AA08925@ellensburg.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net At 05:40 AM 1/28/97 -0800, M.S. wrote: >Good job! And how many of those appreciated Darwin's works read them? We should skim and screen the noise out in reading both Darwin and (if you do read them) Newton and Shannon. Human use of information theory now is replacing natural selection all over earth... witness: genetically engineered crops are feeding increasing human populations, which are replacing natural habitat with ...people.and so on. Doug Caldwell wrote: > By focusing too closely on only the more obvious forms of information > and order (genetic code, computer code, language) and ignoring others > . . . we end up with distorted perspectives and misconceptions > (ie selfish genes (Dawkins), selfish organisms (Darwin), > selfish communities (group selection), now selfish proteins???). Could we agree to consider these all? Ecology and sociobiology are affected by the ramifications of information theory. Who would not study these if not biologists? As to the "favoured races" phrase in the long version of the title of : "The Origin..." title: that's not a measure of the insight the work advanced in its times. Mike From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jan 28 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!sn.no!nntp.uio.no!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!paperboy.uconn.edu!usenet From: kent@darwin.eeb.uconn.edu (Kent E. Holsinger) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.evolution,bionet.population-bio Subject: Call for Symposia -- SSB/SSE Annual Meetings 1998 (REPOST) Date: 29 Jan 1997 07:46:46 -0500 Organization: Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut Lines: 103 Sender: mks@WALLACE Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: wallace.eeb.uconn.edu X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.33 Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.evolution:5584 bionet.population-bio:2177 I apologize if you receive this twice. 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Learn how to receive a complimentary copy of the "Premiere Issue - Fall 1996, Vol 1 No 1" by visiting our website at: http://www.byu.edu/~arcon/ From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Jan 31 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: reno@pop.bio.aau.dk (Reno Lindberg) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.ecology Subject: Bias Corr. of Bootstrapings on Lambda Date: 1 Feb 1997 11:53:44 -0800 Organization: DAIMI, Computer Science Dept. at Aarhus University Lines: 62 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Xref: biosci bionet.population-bio:2180 sci.bio.ecology:23553 In estimating Lambda and its Confidence intervals for a Lefkovitch projection matrix, I found out that there is a couple of ways to estimate Lambda and the confidence intervals based on Bootstrapings. In building my Bootstrap program I resample the entire population on the individual level with information on individual growth, leaf production, survived/dead, and individual size. The simplest is the percentile method where you just take the 2.5 and the 97.5 percentiles of the bootstrapped lambda distribution. If there is a large difference from the observed lambda and the mean bootstrapped lambda it is suggestedthat a bias correction is made on the Lambda. The confidence intervals should also be bias corrected then. The question is now how to report these values? A; Observed Lambda= 0.9629 B; Bootstrapped mean lambda= 0.9484 C; BIAS= -0.0145 according to (McPeek and Kalish, 1993, pp. 247) and (Caswell, 1989, pp. 190) D; Bias corrected Bootstrapped mean lambda=0.9774 =(2*Observed Lambda-Bootstrapped mean lambda)according to (McPeek and Kalish, 1993, pp. 247) and (Caswell, 1989, pp. 191) E; Confidence intervals= (0.89685,0.98974), according to (Dixon, 1993, pp 299) F; Bias corrected confidence intervals= (0.91871, 1.00318) (Dixon, 1993, pp. 301) I find it most logical to report (A); (B, E); and (D,F). I can understand that it could be necessary to correct for bias in Lambda and Confidence Interval estimation. I do on the other hand NOT understand why it is better simply to subtract the difference from the observed value (See C and D) in the BIAS correction of Lambda. I would say that the bias correction then skews the estimation as much to the opposite site of the observed value (See D.)! The BIAS correction of the confidence, isn¼t that a normal distribution approximation. When I look at my graph of Lambda frequencies, it looks skewed to the right. The BIAS correction also moves the confidence interval upwards. Is it the right thing to do a BIAS correction, since the lambda distribution should not necessarily be normal distributed after a bunch of Bootstrapings. Shouldn¹t the percentile method not be as good as the BIAS corrected method? What does the bias tell about my population? Is it because that very few individuals have a large impact on Lambda and they are seldomly all sampled. I have asked a little around, but no one seems to have a good answer. reno@pop.bio.aau.dk References; Caswell, H. (1989). Population matrix models. Eds. Vol. Sinauer Associates Inc., Sunderland, Maryland Dixon, P. M. (1993). The Bootstrap and the Jack-knife: Describing the Precision of Ecological Indices. In: Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments (Eds. S. M. Scheiner and J. Gurevitch), Vol. Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 290-318 Efron, B. and R. J. Tibshirani (1993). An introduction to the bootstrap. Eds. Vol. 57, Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 436 McPeek, M. A. and S. Kalish (1993). Population Sampling and Bootstraping in Complex Designs: Demographic Analysis. In: Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments (Eds. S. M. Scheiner and J. Gurevitch), Vol. Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 232-252