{"id":26129,"date":"2014-10-04T13:19:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T11:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocasapiens-dweb.blogautore.repubblica.it\/?p=26129"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T15:32:17","slug":"spese-legali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/04\/spese-legali\/","title":{"rendered":"Spese legali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mentre ero ass. giust., un ennesimo comitato di esperti ha bocciato il &#8220;metodo Stamina&#8221; e Davide Vannoni ha annunciato che far\u00e0 ricorso al TAR; un ennesimo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/retraction-challenges-1.16023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editoriale<\/a> di <em>Nature\u00a0<\/em>si occupa del suo &#8220;torrente&#8221; di ritrattazioni:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>That should add to the concern of those worried about wasted funds for research. But the concerned should also pay attention to what must be increasing costs in legal fees, because those under investigation increasingly turn to lawyers to defend themselves and their reputations, and their employers and journals are more frequently having to respond accordingly&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Il\u00a0<em>pro domo mea<\/em>\u00a0non convince <a href=\"http:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2014\/10\/02\/nature-facing-considerable-rise-in-retractions-blames-lawyers-for-opaque-and-delayed-notices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retraction Watch<\/a>, ma \u00e8 vero che le querele &#8211; il gruppo <em>Nature<\/em> se le pu\u00f2 permettere! &#8211; giovano pi\u00f9 che altro agli avvocati.<\/p>\n<p>Degli altri due editoriali, uno fa i\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/brain-gain-1.16025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complimenti<\/a>\u00a0agli NIH per la gestione dell&#8217;iniziativa BRAIN che soddisfa anche i suoi critici iniziali, al contrario dello Human Brain Project europeo. (Il\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/brainfeedback.nih.gov\/initial-wave-of-nih-grants-and-private-investments-announced-for-brain-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30 settembre<\/a>\u00a0gli NIH hanno annunciato i primi 48\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/microsites\/ostp\/brain_fact_sheet_9_30_2014_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finanziamenti<\/a>\u00a0pubblici-privati.) L&#8217;altro\u00a0\u00e8 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/climate-policy-ditch-the-2-c-warming-goal-1.16018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meno pessimista<\/a> di prima sul raggiungimento di un accordo per il clima.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: 1rem;\">Un <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/climate-policy-ditch-the-2-c-warming-goal-1.16018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articolo<\/a><span style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: 1rem;\"> bizzarro del politologo\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/irps.ucsd.edu\/faculty\/faculty-directory\/david-victor.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Victor<\/a><span style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: 1rem;\"> e del geofisico\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.environment.ucla.edu\/people\/charles-kennel.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Kennel\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: 1rem;\">raccomanda di cestinare l&#8217;obiettivo di limitare l&#8217;aumento della temperatura a 2\u00b0C<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What is ultimately needed is a volatility index that measures the evolving risk from extreme events \u2014 so that global vital signs can be coupled to local information on what people care most about. A good start would be to track the total area during the year in which conditions stray by three standard deviations from the local and seasonal mean<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Siccome l&#8217;aumento delle temperature si sarebbe inceppato (<em>stalled<\/em>) da 16 anni, al vertice di Parigi a fine 2015 dovrebbe essere concordato un &#8220;percorso&#8221; per stabilire altri &#8220;segni vitali&#8221;, in particolare l&#8217;ocean heat content (che c&#8217;entra con gli eventi estremi?), sul modello degli obiettivi del millennio dell&#8217;ONU. Chiss\u00e0 perch\u00e9 visto che non sono stati raggiunti &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Victor e Kennel pensano che la pausa del risc. glob. sia destinata reale, immagino. L&#8217;articolo non \u00e8 piaciuto a parecchi altri, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2014\/10\/limiting-global-warming-to-2-c-why-victor-and-kennel-are-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stefan Rahmstorf <\/a>su Real Climate, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climateanalytics.org\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/publications\/Nature%20Victor%20Response.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Hare<\/a> et al., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/scientists-weigh-in-on-two-degrees-target-for-curbing-global-warming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carbon Brief<\/a> per altre critiche e sunto su <a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/no-we-should-not-abandon-the-2c-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grist<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">A proposito di precipitazioni e risorse idriche, <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/doifinder\/10.1038\/514007a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moshe Alamaro<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"> inizia dicendo che il 2014 si annuncia fra gli anni pi\u00f9 caldi dal 1850 e cita questo provvedimento non proprio evidenced-based:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">for the past two months in Wichita Falls, Texas, 5 tonnes of a palm oil and limestone powder have been dumped every two days into a 57-square-kilometre reservoir that has shrunk to one-fifth of its capacity because of the drought. The palm oil creates a thin film on the water surface and is claimed to reduce evaporation by 10\u201330%. But even if it works, a 10% reduction of evaporation is less than the natural year-to-year variability of evaporation due to climate fluctuation&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Solito tentativo di geoingegneria. Il calcare \u00e8 &#8220;commestibile&#8221; (<em>food grade<\/em>) e l&#8217;alcool tratto dall&#8217;olio di palma pure, ma spargere quella <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flexiblesolutions.com\/products\/watersavr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">miscela\u00a0<\/a>su quanto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/sites\/msnbc\/files\/styles\/ratio--3-2--770x513\/public\/ap166394145680_2.jpg?itok=PkFSOEMS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rimane<\/a> del <a href=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/02\/27\/article-2569289-1BE20EC900000578-802_634x390.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lago Arrowhead<\/a>&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newstalk1290.com\/lake-arrowhead-continues-to-shrink-as-drought-lingers-on-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Non pare<\/a> aver\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/waterdatafortexas.org\/reservoirs\/individual\/arrowhead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funzionato<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wichitafallstx.gov\/index.aspx?NID=466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wichita Falls<\/a> che trae parte della propria acqua dal lago, \u00e8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Under a Stage 5 Drought Catastrophe. Under Stage 5 there is absolutely no outdoor watering. Fines can reach up to $2000.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anche <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/doifinder\/10.1038\/514027a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olli Varis<\/a> si occupa di risorse idriche gestite male, ma in Asia Centrale<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">The republics of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan were developed as farming states to supply produce to the former Soviet Union<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Today, they are among the highest per capita users of water in the world \u2014 on average, each Turkmen consumes 4 times more water than a US citizen, and 13 times more than a Chinese one<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">More than 90% of the region&#8217;s water use is irrigating thirsty crops including cotton and wheat<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anche in Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2014\/10\/02\/texas-lost-over-1-million-acres-of-farm-and-ranch-land-in-15-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per il cotone<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Science<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Donald Kennedy chiede, come da almeno vent&#8217;anni:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u00a0If we want to combat new strains of pests that destroy crops, find new crop varieties enriched in nutritional value, improve yields, develop resistance to disease and drought, and provide environmentally sensitive cultivation practices, then agricultural research must be a priority. Why isn&#8217;t it?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ma che domanda! Nei piani del Doha Round e dell&#8217;Org. Mondiale del Commercio, doveva pensarci il libero mercato; le banche delle sementi sarebbero state cedute ad aziende private&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-YD3G5KBfyYk\/TzcSDhv-TQI\/AAAAAAAABJc\/z6pkn-f6aWQ\/s1600\/Leo+Cine+Central'37+(E.Hoppe-corbis).jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kosubaawate.blogspot.it\/2012_02_01_archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fonte<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/lookup\/doi\/10.1126\/science.1256739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuno Faria et al. <\/a>fra i quali molti ricercatori belgi, fanno risalire l&#8217;origine dell&#8217;HIV al Camerun prima del 1920 (gi\u00e0 si sapeva), le prime trasmissioni a Kinsasha &#8211; L\u00e9opoldville all&#8217;epoca &#8211; \u00a0e la diffusione del ceppo M &#8220;padre&#8221; della pandemia attuale agli anni &#8217;30-40, con lo sviluppo della ferrovia &#8211; non solo agli spostamenti sul fiume Congo &#8211; \u00a0che insieme alla prostituzione accompagnava lo sfruttamento delle miniere. E dopo, con parecchie incertezze, alla possibilit\u00e0 che negli ambulatori dei cantieri e delle miniere (in Katanga sopratutto), prostitute e clienti venivano curati con siringhe non sterilizzate negli anni &#8217;60-&#8217;70. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/news\/2014-10-03-hiv-pandemics-origins-located\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Com. stampa<\/a> dell&#8217;univ. Oxford<\/p>\n<p>(Il Congo belga era un inferno schiavista, ma il paternalismo dei francesi non era il paradiso. Se vi capita, c&#8217;\u00e8 un romanzo magnifico sullo sciopero dei ferrovieri della Dakar-Niger nel 1947, <em>Les bouts de bois de Dieu<\/em> di Semb\u00e8ne Ousmane.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2597879\/\">Alan Krueger<\/a> e Arthur Stone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/346\/6205\/42.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passano in rassegna<\/a> i vari indici che dovrebbero misurare il &#8220;benessere sociale soggettivo&#8221;, a loro avviso carenti. <a href=\"http:\/\/international.ucla.edu\/media\/files\/Kahneman.pdf\">Krueger<\/a>\u00a0\u00e8 il proponente\u00a0dell&#8217;indice negativo U per Unpleasantness, che dovrebbe essere pi\u00f9 oggettivo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;IgNobel ha <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/science\/ci_26646508\/renowned-stanford-physicist-nobel-laureate-martin-perl-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perso <\/a>un <a href=\"http:\/\/extras.mnginteractive.com\/live\/media\/site568\/2014\/1001\/20141001__sjm-perl-1002~1_300.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sostenitore<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mentre ero ass. giust., un ennesimo comitato di esperti ha bocciato il &#8220;metodo Stamina&#8221; e Davide Vannoni ha annunciato che far\u00e0 ricorso al TAR; un ennesimo editoriale di Nature\u00a0si occupa del suo &#8220;torrente&#8221; di ritrattazioni: That should add to the concern of those worried about wasted funds for research. But the concerned should also pay&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/04\/spese-legali\/\">Continua a leggere <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spese legali<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[71,224,236,1513,4253,4725,5947,5959],"class_list":["post-26129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ambiente","category-clima","tag-segni-vitali","tag-agronomia","tag-aids","tag-colonialismo","tag-martin-perl","tag-nature","tag-risorse-idriche","tag-ritrattazioni","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42634,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26129\/revisions\/42634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}