hi all for whatever it may be worth i checked with pubmed and with nandotimes three years ago in re copyright regulations as they might apply to the articles and abstracts that i post here they both assured me that posting such material was not be a problem since no [potential] financial gain was involved and thus no [potential] financial loss to the author incurred just because someone gets angry and threatening doesn't mean their opinion reflects the laws of the land or the planet the cyber world is a brand new frontier the world wide web did not exist 10 years ago copyright and publishing conventions are being turned on their heads and the questions have only just begun basic human courtesy has not, however, been removed from the equation all imho, of course janet ps as always, anything written by yours truly is offered without restriction for any non-profit use pps if anyone makes a bundle on my words, i wanna hear about it! janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada come visit my website "a new voice" at: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/