You need to think about who your future collaborators are going to be (perhaps a too hard question). I used LaTeX for my thesis, but I've never collaborated with anyone that uses it. The guy in the next office does, but we've never collaborated. He's a unix boy, so they use Open Office.
If you'll enjoy the challenge, then go for it, but unless you're in an area where it's commonly used, it's not that useful:(
Ah, but the biomedical field endnotes. Complicated in-text citations (e.g., APA) are another reason for using LaTeX (and particularly Bibtex). Because of collaboration, I now solely use Word and Endnote for writing manuscripts, and while Endnote has some great features (principally its intergration with other ISI Thompson products like Web of Knowledge), it's support for in-text citations, as opposed to endnoting, is poor relative to the -tex solution.
Democracy is not a "good" form of government, but a "least worst" form of government. It is least worst in that it makes it tends to prevent governments with extreme views from taking power, as long as most people vote. This is why it is (or at least should be) key that as many people as possible vote, and that there is universal franchise.
An extreme example of the perils of low voter turnout is the Aquatic Centre at the university I work at. Nobody ever votes in student association things, and as such quorum is acheived at 1% of the total student body. Thus, a relatively organised group of people (in this case, the rowing club and there friends) mustered just under 0.5%, sufficient to spend over a million dollars on their new rowing headquarters.
If 50% of the population didn't vote (ala the US), then I could see the need for a written constitution. However, having things entrenched in consitution is more of a hinderance than a benefit. Want to give women the vote? Done. Get rid of a silly "right to bear arms? Done. Not with a written constitution and embedded Bill of Rights.
It may be one of those scenarios where they have enough stock to easily cover the market for the foreseeable future. For example, the plant that my preferred watermarked paper comes from has been closed for about 5 years, but they're not likely to run out for another 10 years or so based on current rates. I'm also aware of a whisky and a clothing-soap in the same situation.
The downer with any sort of epidemiological research like this is that it is hard to conclude much from the results of any one study. There are other studies that show the reverse of this finding (as well as studies with findings more consistent with this). It's only when looking at the aggregate of a whole bunch of research that you can really develop a clearer picture of what's actually happening.
Just the other day I heard a cardiologist arguing that, at least in terms of positive cardiac health, the level where wine becomes more harmful than good was at least two-thirds of a bottle. That's my kind of moderation!!
There are quite a lot of active volcanoes in New Zealand, some of which are fairly frequently visited by trampers (hikers).
In the case of White Island, the government funded Geological and Nuclear Sciences Institute (who incidentally part fund the webcam) have the a hazard advice booklet on the web for those who wish to visit White Island:
Visitors to White Island should avoid steam/gas clouds, and watch for wind changes that could blow clouds in their direction. Gas masks with acid gas filters are advisable, to be work if gas becomes a problem.
http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/volcanoes/nzvo lcanoes/whiteisprint.htm
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You need to think about who your future collaborators are going to be (perhaps a too hard question). I used LaTeX for my thesis, but I've never collaborated with anyone that uses it. The guy in the next office does, but we've never collaborated. He's a unix boy, so they use Open Office. If you'll enjoy the challenge, then go for it, but unless you're in an area where it's commonly used, it's not that useful :(
Ah, but the biomedical field endnotes. Complicated in-text citations (e.g., APA) are another reason for using LaTeX (and particularly Bibtex). Because of collaboration, I now solely use Word and Endnote for writing manuscripts, and while Endnote has some great features (principally its intergration with other ISI Thompson products like Web of Knowledge), it's support for in-text citations, as opposed to endnoting, is poor relative to the -tex solution.
A certain agri-chemical plant, embroiled in a dioxin controversy, is conveniently obscured by cloud on google maps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=new+plymou th,+new+zealand&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=-39.062691,174.024 376&spn=0.002878,0.00559&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr/. Surely a better solution?
Democracy is not a "good" form of government, but a "least worst" form of government. It is least worst in that it makes it tends to prevent governments with extreme views from taking power, as long as most people vote. This is why it is (or at least should be) key that as many people as possible vote, and that there is universal franchise. An extreme example of the perils of low voter turnout is the Aquatic Centre at the university I work at. Nobody ever votes in student association things, and as such quorum is acheived at 1% of the total student body. Thus, a relatively organised group of people (in this case, the rowing club and there friends) mustered just under 0.5%, sufficient to spend over a million dollars on their new rowing headquarters.
If 50% of the population didn't vote (ala the US), then I could see the need for a written constitution. However, having things entrenched in consitution is more of a hinderance than a benefit. Want to give women the vote? Done. Get rid of a silly "right to bear arms? Done. Not with a written constitution and embedded Bill of Rights.
It may be one of those scenarios where they have enough stock to easily cover the market for the foreseeable future. For example, the plant that my preferred watermarked paper comes from has been closed for about 5 years, but they're not likely to run out for another 10 years or so based on current rates. I'm also aware of a whisky and a clothing-soap in the same situation.
Just the other day I heard a cardiologist arguing that, at least in terms of positive cardiac health, the level where wine becomes more harmful than good was at least two-thirds of a bottle. That's my kind of moderation!!
There are quite a lot of active volcanoes in New Zealand, some of which are fairly frequently visited by trampers (hikers). In the case of White Island, the government funded Geological and Nuclear Sciences Institute (who incidentally part fund the webcam) have the a hazard advice booklet on the web for those who wish to visit White Island: Visitors to White Island should avoid steam/gas clouds, and watch for wind changes that could blow clouds in their direction. Gas masks with acid gas filters are advisable, to be work if gas becomes a problem. http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/volcanoes/nzvo lcanoes/whiteisprint.htm