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From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
Subject: Re: Coptis teeta
Followup-To: bionet.plants
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:17:50 GMT

In article <C0nM2G.3F6@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (C. Richter) writes:
>Has anyone heard of the Indian plant called "titha" (_Coptis teeta_)?  I am 
>not sure whether it is an ayurvedic plant or not, but it apparently grows 
>in the state of Arunchal Pradesh.  According to a government publication, 
>exports of the root and seeds are "virtually banned," so it is likely to  
>be a threatened species (although it is not on the CITES list). 
> 
>According to a recent Indian magazine article, the tribals of A.P. regard 
>it as an "excellent" medicinal herb; but the article gives no clue as to 
>what it is used for.  
> 
>There is a North American species _Coptis trifolia_ ("goldthread") which 
>is has well known medicinal properties. 
> 
> 
>
>-- 
>Conrad Richter                     richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
>Richters Herbs                     71550.3411@compuserve.com
>Goodwood, ON L0C 1AO Canada        Tel 416-640-6677 / Fax 416-640-6641


Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
From: vhalkka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Vesa Halkka)
Subject: Re: correct short-sightedness without glasses
Keywords: short-sightedness
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:41:42 GMT

In <1992Dec29.110850.22104@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> eldrache@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Martin Eldracher) writes:



>Now to my question. Is there any way to get better sight again. Related to the earring I am thinking of accupunture, or is there some eye-training, homeopatic
>remedies etc.?

There is a surgical operation which takes about 10 minutes,
and the healing takes about 2 weeks.

And then there is a book, 188 pages:

W.H.Bates,M.D.
Better eyesight without glasses
ISBN 0 583 12920 X ( this is a british version )

This book has exercises. I have never tried them.
I don't believe in this book, anyway.

VesA
Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Subject: Re: Bach Flower Remedies
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 14:09:02 GMT

>My wife is a Bach Flowech ractioneer, along with her practice in 
>hypnotherapy, and uses Bach Flowers with, perhaps 1/4 of her clients.
>The thing with Bach Flowers is that you  are not treating a specific
>illness, you are treating your personality.  The healing of your
>back comes as a side resof creating a more peaceful, better
>adjusted person. p 
>
>The point that I am getting to is that no one can tell you what
>flowers to use from a descpirtion of your symptoms.  Someone would need\
>to know what kind of a person you are.  The good news is that, unlike 
>traditional medicine, or even herbs, you can not do any harm by taking\
>the wrong flowers.  Therefore it is OK to experiment.

Combining them with a little fairy dust should be much more efficacious.

-- 
Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
Subject: Re: Crystalline vitamin C - caveats
Date: 8 Jan 93 20:17:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1993Jan8.201750.2976
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1993Jan8.090050.10170@rtf.bt.co.uk> traub@rtf.bt.co.uk (Michael Traub) writes:
>Peter you are being deliberately stupid here. If Steve Dyer tells you
>that ascorbic acid cannot make your stomach feel uncomfortable then
>that is that. You have now been told officially. You can relax. You will
>no longer feel any pain.

That IS amusing.  If you recall, I said, if it doesn't make you uncomfortable,
why do you care--this was advice to someone else who was being "warned"
about ascorbic acid's acidity.  I was merely making the point that stomach
acid is already far more acidic than ascorbic acid.  Frankly, if taking a
supplement makes your stomach hurt, that's a good reason not to take it.

>The simple fact that you and I (and probably thousands of others) suffer
>stomach discomfort from ascorbic acid is totally irrelevant. In fact this
>whole newsgroup is totally irrelevant. None of the things discussed here
>can possibly work. They fact they do is a mere abberation or placebo effect.

Well, it's about time!  The check is in the mail.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
Subject: Re: Analysis of Homeopathy Literature
Date: 13 Jan 93 00:53:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1993Jan13.005319.11320
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <BSIMON.93Jan12074252@elvis.stsci.edu> bsimon@stsci.edu (Bernie Simon) writes:
>For example, in the previous
>issue of "Natural Health" a naturopath talked about using homeopathy
>to treat Attention Deficit Disorder. She said she had treated about 30
>children with the problem and she said she got good results in about
>80% of the cases.

Bernie, _everyone_ gets good results in about 80% of the cases;
everyone is willing to give a treatment a chance, and this biases
the investigator, the parents, the teachers and the child when it
comes to measuring the signs of ADD.  An uncontrolled study of any
intervention in ADD is worthless for this very reason.  You'll get
people swearing up and down that there's been an improvement, when
objectively there's been none: this has been the problem with the
so-called "additive-free" Feingold Diet, the use of caffeine instead of
more powerful stimulants, and any number of other interventions which
have not panned out when they were tested under blind conditions.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
From: phoffman@orac.holonet.net (Paul E. Hoffman)
Subject: Ayurveda
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 01:29:35 GMT

Just a note to all: there are ***many*** more people reading this
newsgroup than are posting. After I announced my ayurveda newsletter,
I've received about 25 requests for it (which I have responded to).
Almost none of those people have posted to the newsgroup. Either those
of us who practice ayurveda don't like to post, or are too shy, or
something.

>>Paul Hoffman
-- 
||  Why quote someone else?  ||
Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
From: rkaplan@netcom.com (Richard Kaplan)
Subject: Re: homeopathy
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:15:53 GMT

In article <BSIMON.93Jan4072728@houyi.stsci.edu> bsimon@houyi.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon) writes:

>I would just like to note that many medical procedures, especially
>surgical procedures, cannot be tested by a double blind approach. Yet
>no one attacks these procedures as unscientific and unproven. If
>unblinded studies are acceptable in surgical procedures why aren't
>they acceptable in studies of alternative medicine?

Actually, there IS much debate in the allopathic medical
literature about such unblinded studies.  Two excellent
examples are controversies about the indications for and
utility of carpal tunnel release surgery and laminectomies.

I believe allopathic medicine differs from homeopathy
in this regard, however, in two major ways:

* While such surgical interventions may have been tested in an
unblinded fashion, they are based upon an understanding
of the underlying physiology which HAS been extensively
tested in a blinded fashion.

* These unblinded surgical interventions are most often 
practiced on patients whose diseases follow a 
well-established, non-self-limited natural history.
Alternatively, these surgical interventions may be 
studied on a case-control basis whereby the surgery
is performed only on a random patient of two equally
affected patients enrolled in a study.  Homeopathy
does not, to my knowledge, follow these principles
and, in fact, many of its therapies are utilized
for illnesses which are known to be naturally
self-limiting.

-- 
Richard Kaplan M.D.           Medical Software Exchange BBS
806 2nd St. SW # 104          (507) 281-1989 14,400 HST
Rochester, MN  55902          (507) 281-1689 Voice
PP-ASEL-IA     N4VRB          rkaplan@mayo.edu|netcom.netcom.com
From: koningj@risc1.unisa.ac.za (Gert Koning)
Subject: Need info: University tuition systems
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 11:27:02 GMT
Organization: University of South Africa

The University of South Africa is a distance teaching institution that
has been in existance from 1946. It has 120 000 students none of which
are campus based - all tuition is through correspondence. Although the
university teaches through correspondence, it still has a fixed academic
year of twelve months, January through December.

The huge number of students and the projected growth of our student
population necessitates an urgent investigation of this university model.
UNISA is currently investigating the possibility of an open system of
registration where the student registers at any time according to his/her
particular circumstances and sit for an examination when ready. There are
other universities that operate according to similar tuition systems.
Information pertaining to such institutions (Location, Contact Person,
Fax number, etc.) is urgently required.

Can you help? Please reply by E-mail to koningj@risc1.unisa.ac.za.

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Gert Koning (koningj@risc1.unisa.ac.za)
Department of Computer Services
University of South Africa - Pretoria - RSA
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Newsgroups: misc.education
From: klf@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (karen.l.fenton)
Subject: Re: Should I Participate?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:08:03 GMT

In article <1i80agINNeo7@rave.larc.nasa.gov>, rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov (Michael W. Rowland) writes:
> What is the stance in the education community about
> a single, no children person going to PTA and school
> board meetings and really getting involved in the
> education choices they make?
> 

Do you care what the 'educational community' thinks??
I didn't, when I did exactly this. My kids were
very small and I wanted to see what they might be
getting into eventually.

The PTA will think you're crazy, but if you have a sincere
willingness to help out, they'll probbaly welcome you with open arms.

As a citizen, you have not only a right, but an obligation
to stay aware of the business of your school board. By all
means, go to meetings *and* ask questions.  Sometimes, boards will
look for community volunteers for an ad hoc committee. An informed
person (such as you will become) is the perfect choice.

Finally, to avoid some frustration, check out the laws and mandates 
which bind your district. If you have a state school boards association,
ask them for materials. Or you can get in tough with the national school
boards association. Find out who is on the education committee at your
state level House and Senate, and ask their offices for pending
legislation. All of this will help you better understand what is going on.

Have fun!
Karen
Newsgroups: misc.education
From: greer@euphoria.xis.xerox.com (Greer Tan Swiston)
Subject: Chinese (Mandarin) Language Class Offered (Boston, MA)
Organization: Xerox Imaging Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:43:36 GMT

The Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association is offering evening
classes for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Chinese (reading and
writing, speaking Mandarin).

GBCCA is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote the
Chinese Culture in the Greater Boston area and to support the local
Chinese community.

Classes begin February 11, 1993 7:00pm at the new GBCCA Chinese
Cultural Center located at 437 Cherry Street, West Newton, MA.

Beginner     - little or no exposure to the Chinese language.
               Course is taught with PinYin using simplified
               characters.

Intermediate - some background in the language (perhaps fluent
               non-Mandarin speakers with little or no reading or
               writing experience).  Course is taught with PinYin
               using simplified characters.

Advanced     - Can easily converse in Mandarin.  Some reading and
               writing ability.  Course is taught with ZhuYinFuHao
               using complex characters.

A minimum of seven students are necessary to start a new class.

Qualified teachers interested in teaching class are encouraged to call
Greer Tan Swiston (617) 965-6008.

Semester runs from 2/11 - 6/24, every Thursday night from 7pm-9pm
$80 per student for the semester, ($10 per class, if auditting)

To Register:

		  Send Check or money order to:

		  Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Assoc.
		  c/o Greer Tan Swiston
        163 Auburndale Ave.
		  West Newton, MA 02165
		  (617) 965-6008

                        GBCCA Adult Education


Name:____________________________________________Date: ____________

Address:___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Phone:_____________________________________Amount enclosed: $______



                    Chinese Language Class
                        Thusday 7p-9p
                    GBCCA Cultural Center
                      437 Cherry Street
                       West Newton, MA

Class:      Beginner          Intermediate          Advanced
-- 
Greer Swiston, greer@xis.xerox.com   |DISCLAIMER:  ... the opinions 
Xerox Imaging Systems, Inc           |expressed could be mine or anybody's.
9 Centennial Drive                   |Does it matter?  It's just an
Peabody, MA 01960                    |opinion ...
Newsgroups: misc.education,sci.edu
From: kzt50@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (  911  Kevin Thomas)
Newsgroups: misc.education
Subject: voice synthesis
Date: 7 Jan 93 20:58:32 GMT
Reply-To: kzt50@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (  911  Kevin Thomas)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA


    Hi
Could somebody please send me all the info you can get about
a voice synthisizer using the allophone method with the SP0256 chip
I need this info for a project pretty quickly, I would be very greatfull
if so body could help me.
Kevin.
Newsgroups: misc.education
From: roberts@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Eric Roberts)
Subject: Re: Magnet schools
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:52:27 GMT

In article <1993Jan07.182300.7993@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
>
>   I read a moderately recently issue of US News and World Reports which
>discussed the issue of "magnet" schools.   Magnet schools, for those of
>you who don't know it, are schools that admit highly qualified students on
>the basis of examination or other similar means.   For example, New York
>City has several schools like this (Stuyvesant, Bronx School of Science,
>Brooklyn Tech, Hunter College, etc.).   I think the idea is that in a city
>as large as New York, and with so many schools, it is difficult to maintain
>a high quality education throughout since not all students are highly
>motivated.   
>
>    Therefore exams are given, and anyone getting some score is admitted
>into these schools (which are free).   The distribution of various ethnic
>groups is pretty good, and so some minorities like this system because
>it gives a chance for qualified minorities to get the kind of education
>they want.   The downside is that it may foster a bit of elitism where
>top students are getting more of the resources than the rest of the
>city.
What kind of exams are used? I hope they don't use IQ tests....

>
>    My personal opinion is that, if it is not really possible to maintain
>high education throughout a city or town, either due to the lack of
>high quality students or teachers,  then magnet schools are a good idea.
>They make sure that those who are both willing and able are not hampered
>by the location that they live in and made to go to a school where they
>are not educationally challenged.   It also offers a way to emphasize education
>as something to strive for.
>
>--
>Charles Lin
>clin@eng.umd.edu


Newsgroups: misc.education
From: turnerbl@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: misc.education
Subject: Re: What A White Person Learned in College About AfAm Culture
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:15:22 EST
Followup-To: misc.education
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

In article <38177@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>, djohns@elm.circa.ufl.edu (David A. Johns) writes:
> In article <1993Jan4.081435.2354@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> turnerbl@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
> 
> # A perception is going around that poor balck students can't learn
> # because of the schools that they are in.  This has been disproved
> # again and again by the waves of immigrant asian students from poor
> # schools who still score in the top of their schools as well as top
> # in the SAT/ACT tests.  Students, not schools, make these choices.
> # It always comes back to the kid.
> 
> Well, yes, but the kids have to learn their values somewhere.  It
> seems to me that parents have to learn what sort of support kids need
> to thrive in school (for instance, the TV is off on week nights) and
> parents have to be collectively strong enough to counter the lure of
> the peer culture.
> 
> David

Well, let us assume that, just for a second,that the same student who has the
brain to strip a car in less than 2 minutes, can assemble a 9mm gun in his
locker with no one seeing it, can assembele a drug ring including sophisticated
beeper systems, that this student csn make a choice about education.  Now, the
school's obligation is to be there to meet the needs, to the extent of its
resources, of every student making the effort to learn.  I think that most
educators in the school systems we are discussing would agree that they are
making this effort.  But where is the loose link?  Hmmmmmmmmm  We could blame
the parent, but it is not the parent who is not attending classes, turning in
homework and acting up in class.  It is the student.

See, in my opinion, we have let the student off the hook far too often.  Broken
homes, inner city stresses, peer pressure, yes they do happen in our world. 
But that is just the way it goes! Clearly all of our coddeling has not made a
difference, so hey, let's try the get tough system and see how it goes, just
for a while (like maybe the 20 years it took to screw up our old system.)

I tend to think that every student who makes the effort to "make it" can.  
Who's responsibility is it to make the effort?  Ultimatly, it is the student.
Who else could it be? 

Brian Turner
"5 schools and 3 colleges later, 
a tax paying citizen with an attitude
about education"

Newsgroups: misc.education
From: solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky)
Subject: Re: Magnet schools
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 05:00:46 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.040433.12644@julian.uwo.ca>, roberts@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Eric Roberts) writes:

|> Would it not be easier to allow those students to skip high school?
|> It seems to me that the universities could do much more for them,
|> and at the same time they would get a piece of paper that means
|> something, not a useless high school diploma.

They are allowed to skip directly to college. Clearly anybody who attends high
school has decided that this is a less than optimal choice.

Jason W. Solinsky
Newsgroups: misc.education,sci.edu
From: roberts@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Eric Roberts)
Subject: Re: Magnet schools
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:19:21 GMT

In article <1993Jan08.052327.18128@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
>
>In article <1993Jan8.040433.12644@julian.uwo.ca>, roberts@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Eric Roberts) writes:
>[comments referring to magnet schools in PG county]
>>
>>My first question is, how do you determine who has the ability and who
>>does not?
>
>   This is always going to be a controversial point.   One could always
>test whether students can solve math problems, science problems,
>write essays, etc., as a means of testing who gets in and who doesn't.
>The drawback is that it may mean some minorities will fare poorly (though
>in some locations like New York, if I recall, minorities are represented
>in fairly large numbers) for one reason or another, and therefore people
>may decide that this is inherently unfair.   Nevertheless, it may that without
>magnet schools, the opportunities at local high schools may not be that 
>good either, and while magnet schools do not promise great education to
>everyone, there is something to strive for.
>>
>>Would it not be easier to allow those students to skip high school?
>>It seems to me that the universities could do much more for them,
>>and at the same time they would get a piece of paper that means
>>something, not a useless high school diploma.
>>
>    I think this is unrealistic.   The most prestigious schools in the nation
>assume that students entering have some background.   During the years of
>high school, one can learn calculus, introductory sciences, learn a foreign
>language, etc., and when they head to college, there will be other students
>with similar skills.   Having these students go directly to college is,
>in effect, having a magnet school.   Of course, placing 9th and 10th graders
>in college would also pose interrelational problems, as someone who is
>17 or 18 is likely to be more mature than someone at 15 or 16.

I am not talking about everage children. There are those who know
advanced calculus before they ever enter high school.
The interrelational problems between those children and their classmates
are still greater.
 
>
>    Magnet schools provide the kind of challenge that schools ought to
>providing, but unfortunately, do not.   Part of the success is not only
>due to dedicate teachers, but much more importantly, to dedicated students,
>who have parents that are aware of the value of better education.  I recently
>read that Americans were tested in math skills and still fared just as
>poorly as ten years ago.   When asked, typical American parents were
>satisified with their children's education, while typical Japanese parents
>were not.   While one might consider the Japanese system extreme, one advantage
>is that, for many parents, education is at a premium.   Valuing education must
>first come from the home, and then the school.   The best schools will not
>help people who are unwilling to learn.
>
>--
>Charles Lin
>clin@eng.umd.edu
>


Newsgroups: misc.education
From: Crawford_Kilian@mindlink.bc.ca (Crawford Kilian)
Subject: Chinese Education
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:10:06 GMT

James Huang makes worthwhile points about the Chinese economy and its
potential. One development that worries me is that China's post-secondary
system is now endangered by the country's growing prosperity.

I recently read a manuscript by a Canadian teacher who's worked in China
since the 1970s, and who's returned to places he's taught. He noted that
Chinese graduate programs are having to lower standards (and even, horrors,
admit women!) because otherwise they can't fill their places. Why work in
lousy conditions only to qualify for an academic or research job that pays
almost nothing, when jobs in the private sector can pay exceedingly well even
by North American standards?

As a onetime teacher in China, I worry a lot about such a development.
Without a large and successful professional population, China risks slipping
back into a semicolonial, maquiladora-style economy. If so, her best and
brightest will continue to emigrate in search of better prospects.


--
Crawford Kilian   Communications Department   Capilano College
North Vancouver BC Canada V7J 3H5
Usenet: Crawford_Kilian@mindlink.bc.ca
Internet: ckilian@first.etc.bc.ca

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