Posts by 81stcolumn
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But the beauty of it all is naively never letting go of the things you like and discovering that other people loved them just as much.
An A2 pressing of FAC 73.
For as much fun as I have had collecting (and playing) some of this stuff giving it away is a lot of fun too. At a friend’s 50th I finally gave him a much envied original copy of the theme from Shaft…damn right ;-)
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Oooooh disc porn!
Just for you JacksonP
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Please don't show this thread to my darling. I'm not quite ready yet.......
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Mitt Romney is pretty much a perpetual political idiot...........The fear that he could be the next President should be more than enough motivation.
Not trolling, but this does sound awfully like the rhetoric heard before Bush got re-elected.......
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Hard News: Leaf and Tips, in reply to BenWilson,
Agreed: Harm reduction isn't the only way, but my final point would still stand on the basis that a critical theorist for example might still seek to be better informed.
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It should be noted that the review cited above is a survey of Scottish Health professionals. The majority of respondents were in community nursing roles, some interviewed, some not. By far the greater point here is that this was only a measure of expert opinion. There are some interesting results, open to some disingenuous mischief IMHO.
For example, given that the social harm of alcohol was rated more highly than tobacco, should we kick drinkers out of restaurants and make them pursue their anti-social habit on street corners?
Perhaps more seriously the paper lends some weight to balancing the priorities of policy devoted to reducing harm. This should at the very least, start with balanced research into what actually harms people (cars, particle emissions, open fires…).
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So why don't either the UK government or a consortium of governments set up a peer review co-ordination body (in the UK, maybe around the research councils which do most of the funding)?
After many years spent undermining collegiality (and believing they had benefitted from it) this would require a considerable shift in thinking for ukgovt.com amongst others. Blind reviewing won't help either.
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Some issues worth considering:
i) Universities both here and in the UK are reviewed on research outputs by formulas and schemes that variously reward "quality" and "volume". I can foresee a point where cost of publication becomes an issue for those with limited funds.
ii) Whatever changes come about in the future, there is still a massive amount of valuable back-catalogue that will need setting free. Some of this is under draconian digital copyright agreements. The current direction of legislation in this area is at best unhelpful.
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Playing in the winter sun
