RE: paleonet Agost K-T section locality

[Dee Ann Cooper <deeanncooper@xxxxxxxxx>]

i really wouldn't worry about it too much.  people are
the all the same whether they are are at large
prestigious universities or small less prestigious
ones. 

--- Xavier Panades I Blas <cogombra@hotmail.com>
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> I am sorry to offend people here, and I am as much
> frustrated as anybody 
> else, but the pressure and the politics of
> publishing around are dramatic 
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> Universities)...Unfortunately, in this same list
> very respected people have 
> been complaining about his issues, and I ahve
> received emails of support for 
> speaking my mind out!
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> I am really sorry!
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> Respectfully,
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> Xavier Panades I Blas
> 55, Marksbury Road
> Bedminster
> Bristol BS3 5JY
> England (EC)
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> http://www.acs.bolton.ac.uk/~xp1pls/
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> From: Bill Chaisson <chaisson@netacc.net>
> Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
> To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
> Subject: RE: paleonet Agost K-T section locality
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 09:53:17 -0500
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> >For those that are wholeheartedly seconded that
> politics are not lonk t 
> >opalaeontology (an absurdity)...Everything is
> politics...Breandán, how 
> >isthe funding or the position decided in your
> department? Come on guys 80% 
> >of science is politics....The rubbish that is
> published around is the 
> >prove!
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> This is an extremely cynical attitude. It does
> nothing to improve anything. 
> I don't have a problem with political discussion,
> but I do have a problem 
> with pointless cynicism.
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> Bill
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> _____________________________
> William P. Chaisson
> Adjunct Assistant Professor
> Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences
> University of Rochester
> Rochester, New York  14627
> 607-387-3892
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Dee Ann Cooper, BS, MS, PG
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