Re:[tips] tips digest: September 17, 2010

2010-09-19 Thread Allen Esterson
On the subject of Newton's shoulders of giants sentence, in response to my writing My recollection of the context of the remark is that the contention that it was a sarcastic putdown of Hooke is nothing more than an interpretation of Newtons's words -- though as these things go nowadays, a

Re: [tips] tips digest: September 17, 2010

2010-09-19 Thread michael sylvester
- Original Message - From: Stuart McKelvie smcke...@ubishops.ca To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 11:29 AM Subject: RE: [tips] tips digest: September 17, 2010 Dear Tipsters, Although not on topic, an

[tips] The Rich Are Different, Part 1,746

2010-09-19 Thread Mike Palij
A news article on the Bloomberg Businessweek website summarizes a recent research study that appeared in the Journal of Adolescent Health (full ref given at end of article) which found that families with an absent father is associated with girls reaching puberty earlier but only for girls from

[tips] Requiem for Galileo.

2010-09-19 Thread michael sylvester
Allen,Michael Smith,Louis,Paul,Marc to deliver eulogies. No resurrection till judgment day, Btw,did anyone observe that our women tipsters did not contribute to the thread? Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To

[tips] David A. Bell Reviews Mark C. Taylor's Crisis On Campus: A Bold Plan For Reforming Our Colleges And Universities | The New Republic

2010-09-19 Thread Christopher D. Green
Know people who have been citing Mark Taylor's /New York Times/ op-ed from last year, about The End of the University as We Know It (and the ensuing book)? Give them this critique as an antidote. http://www.tnr.com/book/review/mark-taylor-crisis-campus-colleges-universities Chris --