An equally entertaining news item is this Ted Talk which highlights
divinatinatory practices among academics.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/31/nye.rise.china.fears/index.html?hpt=C2
I wonder if he prefers the tarot card or the crystal ball?
--Mike
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Mike
Well, now that's an attitude that will generate job security for those of
remaining in academia. But it won't do anything for students who really would
like to aspire to become college professors! Or who just like life-long
learning and knowledge generation.
I saw no winky or other nonverbal
Hi
Sure ... it's not like the major problems of the world have to do with human
behavior and culture rather than some lack of technological knowledge ... and
just so Annette doesn't have any doubts, I am being sarcastic!
Jim
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On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:26:09 -0700, Annette Taylor wrote in
reponse to Prof. Michael Smith:
Well, now that's an attitude that will generate job security for those
of remaining in academia. But it won't do anything for students who
really would like to aspire to become college professors! Or
Mike Palij wrote in part in regard to the question of what we should tell our
advisees who are contemplating grad school:
Third, we should always be cautious in advising students about
graduate school (it can be a difficult experience even for the
smartest student -- perhaps because they are so
I see that the BMJ (British Medical Journal, as it was once
known) has come out with practice guidelines for bedwetting.
Number one on the list (ok, pun intended) for intervention is the
bell-and-pad method (aka enuresis alarm). This just happens to
be arguably the very first behavioural
I think everyone knows the truth contained in the list; except perhaps
people who have been grandfathered ;-).
If you want a better version try this one:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7451115/?ref=nf
--Mike
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote:
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:04:32 -0700, Stephen Black wrote:
[snip]
BTW, speaking of toilet talk, I can't believe that no one on this
list reacted to my slipping in a mention of caganers among the
things that men collect, in my recent post on collecting. If we
can't have a little toilet humour on
Oh dear ... I have Catalan roots (actually, Ibiza; my father's side - Roig) and
I totally missed it.
Thanks, Stephen. I will have to get one of those.
I wonder whether the caganer collector represents the quintessential anal
retentive character. ;-)
Miguel
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Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a
post Re: More Difficult to Read Text Leads to Better Retention #2
[Hake (2010)]. The abstract reads:
ABSTRACT: In response to my post Re: More Difficult to Read Text
Leads to Better
On 31 October 2010 Mike Williams gave us
My 2 cents on collecting
[…]
Thanks, Mike, for all that interesting insider info on collecting (as
against hoarding). (More like $2 worth!)
I hesitate to mention horses again, but you could say this was straight
from the horse's mouth. :-)
Allen
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