hi all At 03:00 2002/06/14 -0400, janet paterson [that would be me!] wrote, in part: >perceptions and visors and context rule! >an amount under $10,000 US would not be considered 'significant' >in possibly causing bias in a 'professional' review >of, say, a new med for pd. >as one who no longer can practice her profession due to pd, >and whose disability pension income is $7,700 CD, >i find my perception of this 'loosening' >clouded by a tad bit of cynicism. >when does 'professional' behaviour >become 'unprofessional'? in discussing this issue with my sis yesterday we came up with a new way to spell "bias" : "buy-us" !!! webster's watchout! jmp ps what a month june is turning out to be in giving us important news about both ali rajput and urpo rinne! quelle contrast! money can't buy me love janet janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky pd: 55/41/37 cd: 55/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice website: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn