Looking at the pictures of the Russian lab one thing struck me forcibly.
They have a WINDOW, with pot plants, and sunshine and green trees outside.
For all the mod cons in my lab, we work in a windowless, artificially lit
space, and the only windows (in the secretary's office) look out onto the
concrete side of another building! Sometimes, its the little things that
count!

On 7/27/07, Constance McManus  wrote:
>
> gudrun
> thank you for sharing these photos!  One of the PAs in our dept lived in
> Latvia for 2 years and he has interesting stories about the decrepit and
> poor condition the infrastructural elements are in the former USSR
> countries.  It's not just medicine, it's also construction, manufacturing,
> agriculture, etc.  And, from what I understand, it's not getting better.
>
> Sadly, my first impulse was to laugh at these pictures.  I say "sadly"
> because one should not mock another's misfortune.  The more I looked at
> those picutres, then glanced around the lab I work in, I began to feel a
> sense of gratitude for all that I generally take fore granted.  My heart is
> filled with compassion for those people over there and I salute all of you
> who are donating your time, talents & expertise, money, your lives to help
> the people from these countries make a better life.  If the day ever comes
> that I have the means to do something like that, I would hop like a frog on
> a hot pan to do it.
>
> thanks for opening my eyes to what I have!!!
>
> Connie McManus, HT
> University of Utah
> School of Medicine
> Dept. of Dermatology
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Nancy Lemke 
> To: gu.lang@gmx.at; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:28:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] interesting pictures
>
> I think that everyone who feels underequipped should look at these
> fascinating photographs.  It is like turning the clock back 60+
> years.  Thank you so much for putting them on Histonet.
>
> Nancy Lemke
> Research Coordinator
> Hermelin Brain Tumor Center
> Henry Ford Hospital
> Detroit
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Gudrun Lang" gu.lang@gmx.at
> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:20:11 -0400
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] interesting pictures
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I found these interesting pictures of a Russian pathology in the web.
> >
> > http://www.freewebs.com/ruspat1/biospylaboratory.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Gudrun
> >
> >
>
>
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