Re: [tips] Are some Ethiopians jewish?
On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:09:11 -0700, Stephen Black wrote: >[snip] >Enough about Jews, already? Wait, we haven't discussed the Kaifeng Jews, the Chinese Jews; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaifeng_Jews For a 1907 article on the "Chinese Jews" that appeared in the "National Geographics", see: http://www.haruth.com/JewsChina1907.html Is Stephen Black being disrespectful towards Aisians by not giving them equal time? ;-) And oh, for more on "Jewish Genes" here is a blog based on a 2000 article in a Proceedings of the National Academy of Scince: http://www.aish.com/ci/sam/48937817.html Quoting from the blog's quote of the article: |"Despite their long-term residence in different countries and |isolation from one another, most Jewish populations were |not significantly different from one another at the genetic level. |The results support the hypothesis that the paternal gene pools |of Jewish communities from Europe, North Africa and the |Middle East descended from a common Middle Eastern |ancestral population, and suggest that most Jewish communities |have remained relatively isolated from neighboring non-Jewish |communities during and after the Diaspora." |(M.F. Hammer, Proc. Nat'l Academy of Science, May 9, 2000) But why don't we open it up to all known Jewish groups, as represented in a Wikipedia entry (SDA); see" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_ethnic_divisions And what are we to make of Julius Lester? Oy Gewalt! see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Lester Well, as a Yeshiva student once told me during class where we were having difficulty getting a consensus position on something: "Look Prof, you get three Jews togethers, don't be surprised that you get five opinions to deal with!" -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1832 or send a blank email to leave-1832-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Are some Ethiopians jewish?
On 7 Apr 2010 at 21:45, michael sylvester wrote: > I am sure that many are aware of a group of Ethiopians who claim to be > jewish(Falanges/Phalanges ??sp) > Israel was slow to accept them as jewish,but they were later accepted into > Israel. > However Israel discarded all the blood donated by the group from the Israeli > blood banks. True, and they did claim the reason was racial discrimination. However, according to Ynet News, back in 2006, the official reason was this: "Magen David Adom spokesman Yeruham Mendola responded to the claims:"The guidelines set by the Ministry of Health determines that anyone who was born, or who lived for over a year since 1977 in central Africa, southeast Asia or the Carribean islands, or has spent over six months in Britain, or was in France, Ireland or Portugal for over 10 years - can chose not to donate blood, or donate blood, which is then marked, and know that it will not be used for transfusions." I myself spent a year in Britain during the mad cow (BSE) epidemic and, as a result, I am not allowed to give blood in Canada. I do not consider this discrimination but a reasonable precaution. I might also mention that Israel carried out a dramatic rescue of these Ethiopian Jews from civil war and starvation, and brought them to Israel. A quick check through Wikipedia indicates that they do not have the genetic markers we've been discussing characteristic of other Jews (their DNA differs from "conventional Jewish populations"). Enough about Jews, already? Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1831 or send a blank email to leave-1831-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] To Indian and Pakistani tipsters
Any thoughts about the intended marriage of the Pakistani cricket captain and the Indian woman celebrity? Seems like very big news and frenzy on the Indian sub-continent and on Al Esterson's TV set. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1830 or send a blank email to leave-1830-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Are some Ethiopians jewish?
This is a take on the current slow to expand thread on whether jews form a race, I am sure that many are aware of a group of Ethiopians who claim to be jewish(Falanges/Phalanges ??sp) Israel was slow to accept them as jewish,but they were later accepted into Israel. However Israel discarded all the blood donated by the group from the Israeli blood banks. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1829 or send a blank email to leave-1829-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Do Jews form a race?
- Original Message - From: "Allen Esterson" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Do Jews form a race? ?Louis Schmier writes: As for those learned English judges who seemed to follow the path Halakha (the woman is the religious determinant since we know from whose womb a child comes while no one can be sure who is the father) because it was the easiest road to walk. […] According to you, their legal ruling had the scientific consequences of establishing physical laws of biology, making the Jews into a biological race. Funny thing happened earlier on the way to Auschwitz, their learned counterparts, as well as the bureaucrats in the Rassenamt, did the same thing in Nazi Germany. And, as a consequence, both I and my wife lost family both shot and buried during the "hidden Holocaust" in a field outside Bobrika in Galicia and Zhitomir in the Ukraine by the Einstats gruppen and gassed and burned at the death factory of Auschwitz because of such bigoted, hateful tripe. There are more holes, huge gaps, in your assertion, but that's enough. I find this discussion distasteful, but necessary. If you want to continue it, bring it on.< Louis: By all means take issue with Stephen's account of what constitutes Jewishness (and given the complexities there is more than one "logical" conclusion that one may arrive at), but I find it distasteful that you chose to make a connection between the verdict of the British Supreme Court cited by Stephen with Nazi race laws. (You, not Stephen, describe the Nazi judges as "learned counterparts" to the judges in question.) I'm sure that the Supreme Court judges would rather have not been called upon to adjudicate in what was essentially an intra-Jewish dispute – or, more specifically, a dispute between British Orthodox Judaism and reform Judaism. (I'm sure a large number of secular Jews like me looked on the whole affair with a certain degree of bewilderment.) The issue revolved around whether, within the law as it is currently constituted, the status of the child in question should be as recognised by the Office of the Chief Rabbi (the OCR) or according to the lights of the non-Orthodox section of the British Judaism. Faced with this difficult task, the High Court came down in favour of the OCR, but this verdict was overturned on appeal, and the Supreme Court upheld the appeal. The precise details of the dispute can be seen from the verdict of the Appeal Court: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/626.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: msylves...@copper.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13424.eb17e1c03643c971ab35c22d86587541&n=T&l=tips&o=1818 or send a blank email to leave-1818-13424.eb17e1c03643c971ab35c22d86587...@fsulist.frostburg.edu No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2797 - Release Date: 04/07/10 17:32:00 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1828 or send a blank email to leave-1828-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Do Jews form a race?
I knew I shouldn't have done it, and yet I did. Now I hear myself screaming, "Stop, stop! Don't do it again. Get help for your SPAA (Stupid Pointless Argument Addiction)! And yet I persist. I'm shocked that Louis would stoop to the cheap and disrespectful trick of invoking the Holocaust as a bullying tactic to attempt to silence me. I'm sure the tactic has worked well for him in the past. But not this time. What am I supposed to do, compete with him in whose family suffered more? Louis sneered: > (1) So, tell me, does a convert to Judaism instantly undergo > a miraculous genetic mutation and racial > transformation induced by the mystic waters of the mikvah? > Here in our community, the rabbi is converting an > entire African-American family to Judaism. Do something > genetic with that! It was clear that I was talking about Jews in general, and the existence of a small number of converts as a special case does not refute the findings that I cited. These findings show that people who self-identify as Jews or the children of Jews tend to have certain genetic markers in common, and therefore may reasonably be referred to as a race in the biological sense. It seems patently obvious that this would not apply to converts. As Louis has trouble with the obvious, let me try again. Consider the analogy of having red hair, unquestionably a hereditary disorder. Yet anyone afflicted with red hair can cure themselves merely by walking into a drugstore. But the existence of hair dye to create conversions to red hair does not weaken our understanding of the genetic origin of hair colour. It's still hereditary, even though on some occasions it might not be. So it is with conversion and the concept of race applied to Jews. As for Louis terming such ideas "bigoted, hateful tripe", it is about as racist to say that Jews have an identifiable biological heritage as it is to say the same thing about people with red hair. Both accusations are equally silly. It is not the fact of biological heritage that is racist but the use of such information to favour one group over another. Calling such ideas racist and building up a fine lather of indignation over them are the kind of tactics employed when one has nothing else to offer. Stephen (Relax, red-haired people. It's a joke. Some of my best friends have red hair.) Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1827 or send a blank email to leave-1827-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Society for the Teaching of Psychology Working Groups
To all who have emailed - thanks for the response. I think the groups are probably full at this point but if you are interested in getting involved, let me know know and I will pass your information along. Diane Diane L. Finley, Ph.D. Professor , Department of Psychology Program Chair, D47 - APA (Exercise and Sport Psychology) Vice-President, Society for the Teaching of Psychology 2011 Program Chair, Eastern Psychological Assn Certified Consultant. AASP Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774 (301) 322-0869 dfin...@pgcc.edu http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1826 or send a blank email to leave-1826-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu** DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any file(s) transmitted with it, is intended for the exclusive use by the person(s) mentioned above as recipient(s). This e-mail may contain confidential information and/or information protected by intellectual property rights or other rights. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the original and any copies of this e-mail and any printouts immediately from your system and destroy all copies of it. OVPTS 12-07-09
Re: [tips] Society for the Teaching of Psychology Working Groups
Diane, I am a member of STP and am interested in being considered to serve on a working group. I know that I have not been terribly active in STP and I'm not a member of APA, but if you need somebody, I'd be interested. By the way, I'm back in Virginia, doing adjunct work at Germanna CC and have applied for a couple of different jobs at NVCC two teaching and one administrative. In spite of the winter snows and two April days in the low 90's, I'm glad to be back in VA. Bob Original message >Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:43:41 -0400 >From: "DIANE FINLEY" >Subject: [tips] Society for the Teaching of Psychology Working Groups >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > > >If you are a member of STP and would like to get more involved, I am >looking for members who would be interested in serving on two working >groups related to membership issues. This is a great way to become >involved without a huge time commitment. If interested, please let me >know at dfin...@pgcc.edu. > >If you are not a member of STP, did you know you can join WITHOUT >joining APA? Membership is only $25 or $15 for students and retirees! >So, please join us!!! >http://teachpsych.org/members/registration/index.php > >Diane > > >Diane L. Finley, Ph.D. >Professor , Department of Psychology >Program Chair, D47 - APA (Exercise and Sport Psychology) >Vice-President, Society for the Teaching of Psychology >2011 Program Chair, Eastern Psychological Assn >Certified Consultant. AASP >Prince George's Community College >301 Largo Road >Largo MD 20774 >(301) 322-0869 >dfin...@pgcc.edu >http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: drb...@rcn.com. >To unsubscribe click here: >http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee94ad&n=T&l=tips&o=1820 >or send a blank email to >leave-1820-13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >>** >DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any file(s) transmitted with it, is intended for >the exclusive use by the person(s) mentioned above as recipient(s). This >e-mail may contain confidential information and/or information protected by >intellectual property rights or other rights. If you are not the intended >recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, >distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and >attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you >have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the >original and any copies of this e-mail and any printouts immediately from your >system and destroy all copies of it. > >OVPTS 12-07-09 . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1825 or send a blank email to leave-1825-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Top 10 Psychology Apps for the iPad
Love it or hate it, here are my selections for 10 very cool psychology- related iphone/ipad/ipod apps: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2010/04/episode-121-top-10-psychology-apps-for-the-ipad-iphone-ipod/ Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1824 or send a blank email to leave-1824-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Interesting citation and reference question
You know, you can direct such questions to a citation expert at the APA. I would be interested in getting the information from their perspective, if you can post to list after you find out. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu From: Paul Bernhardt [pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 11:40 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Interesting citation and reference question A student of mine is writing a paper for someone else's class, but asked me about proper citations. The paper is about Alcoholics Anonymous and he has gone to the AA website and other sources for various pieces of information. Some of the things he wants to cite are personal observations by AA members who sign their observations in the traditional AA way: first name followed by last name initial, (e.g., Sam T.). He wants to know the correct way to cite and reference these persons' writings For instance, should he write a sentence like this, "One member has described an AA meeting as a "leaderless non-denominational religious ceremony" (Sam T., 2010). Or should it be, "One member has described an AA meeting as a "leaderless non-denominational religious ceremony" (T., 2010). In the reference list should it be: Sam T. (2010). Religious aspects of AA. Retrieved April 7, 2010 from http://www.about.com/AA/. or T., S. (2010). Religious aspects of AA. Retrieved April 7, 2010 from http://www.about.com/AA/. Paul Bernhardt Dept of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt _at_ frostburg _dot_ edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tay...@sandiego.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=1821 or send a blank email to leave-1821-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1823 or send a blank email to leave-1823-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Interesting citation and reference question
Now that's an interesting one. I didn't find anything useful in the new manual, but my gut would go with "T." first in the document and in the Reference section, since it does go with the writer's last name. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Paul Bernhardt wrote: > A student of mine is writing a paper for someone else's class, but asked me > about proper citations. The paper is about Alcoholics Anonymous and he has > gone to the AA website and other sources for various pieces of information. > Some of the things he wants to cite are personal observations by AA members > who sign their observations in the traditional AA way: first name followed > by last name initial, (e.g., Sam T.). He wants to know the correct way to > cite and reference these persons' writings > > For instance, should he write a sentence like this, "One member has > described an AA meeting as a "leaderless non-denominational religious > ceremony" (Sam T., 2010). Or should it be, "One member has described an AA > meeting as a "leaderless non-denominational religious ceremony" (T., 2010). > > In the reference list should it be: > > Sam T. (2010). Religious aspects of AA. Retrieved April 7, 2010 from > http://www.about.com/AA/. > > or > > T., S. (2010). Religious aspects of AA. Retrieved April 7, 2010 from > http://www.about.com/AA/. > > > Paul Bernhardt > Dept of Psychology > Frostburg State University > pcbernhardt _at_ frostburg _dot_ edu > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=1821 > or send a blank email to > leave-1821-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1822 or send a blank email to leave-1822-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Interesting citation and reference question
A student of mine is writing a paper for someone else's class, but asked me about proper citations. The paper is about Alcoholics Anonymous and he has gone to the AA website and other sources for various pieces of information. Some of the things he wants to cite are personal observations by AA members who sign their observations in the traditional AA way: first name followed by last name initial, (e.g., Sam T.). He wants to know the correct way to cite and reference these persons' writings For instance, should he write a sentence like this, "One member has described an AA meeting as a "leaderless non-denominational religious ceremony" (Sam T., 2010). Or should it be, "One member has described an AA meeting as a "leaderless non-denominational religious ceremony" (T., 2010). In the reference list should it be: Sam T. (2010). Religious aspects of AA. Retrieved April 7, 2010 from http://www.about.com/AA/. or T., S. (2010). Religious aspects of AA. Retrieved April 7, 2010 from http://www.about.com/AA/. Paul Bernhardt Dept of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt _at_ frostburg _dot_ edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1821 or send a blank email to leave-1821-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Society for the Teaching of Psychology Working Groups
If you are a member of STP and would like to get more involved, I am looking for members who would be interested in serving on two working groups related to membership issues. This is a great way to become involved without a huge time commitment. If interested, please let me know at dfin...@pgcc.edu. If you are not a member of STP, did you know you can join WITHOUT joining APA? Membership is only $25 or $15 for students and retirees! So, please join us!!! http://teachpsych.org/members/registration/index.php Diane Diane L. Finley, Ph.D. Professor , Department of Psychology Program Chair, D47 - APA (Exercise and Sport Psychology) Vice-President, Society for the Teaching of Psychology 2011 Program Chair, Eastern Psychological Assn Certified Consultant. AASP Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774 (301) 322-0869 dfin...@pgcc.edu http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1820 or send a blank email to leave-1820-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu** DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any file(s) transmitted with it, is intended for the exclusive use by the person(s) mentioned above as recipient(s). This e-mail may contain confidential information and/or information protected by intellectual property rights or other rights. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the original and any copies of this e-mail and any printouts immediately from your system and destroy all copies of it. OVPTS 12-07-09
[tips] STP Graduate Student Association
Please see the announcement below about hosting the GSTA for the next 3 years. This is a great opportunity for a graduate level program. The Graduate Student Teaching Association (GSTA) is the student affiliate organization of APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP). The GSTA provides psychology graduate student teachers and teaching assistants with an array of services to hone their teaching skills. The GSTA is an avenue for graduate students in psychology and related fields to integrate information relevant to their career development as future contributing members of the professoriate. The GSTA can be a powerful tool for psychology graduate student teachers and teaching assistants to dedicate themselves to a lifetime of improving the learning process and improving the lives of others. The GSTA holds the following philosophy: a good teacher is courteous, passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated. A good teacher also has the ability to exert influence beyond the classroom and is capable of helping others to change the way in which they think about specific issues in psychology. The GSTA recognizes the power of employing psychological principles to positively change the lives of those around us, and that teaching can serve as an effective vehicle toward this end. Contributing to the body of teaching-related research is another way to positively influence others. Applicants must submit the following materials in order to be considered for appointment as the GSTA host institution: 1. A letter from a psychology faculty person, who is a member of STP, indicating her/his willingness to serve as the GSTA Faculty Advisor for a three-year period. 2. A letter from the department chairperson endorsing the proposal. 3. Indication of available departmental/institutional support for this project (This should include a) computer/tech support for web presence; b) use of phone for conferencing, long distance calls, 3) mailing support for normal usage, and 4) financial support for the GSTA chairperson to attend the annual APA conference. 4. The availability of GSTA members from the host institution to fill GSTA leadership positions for the three-year period, including Chair and Associate Chair. In addition, host institution leaders are responsible for recruiting Regional Representatives and ensure that they promote the GSTA. 5. A statement of the host institutions goals to maintain and expand the functions of the GSTA over the three-year period and of plans for implementing these goals. The proposal must be submitted electronically by June 1 to Jennifer Stiegler, GSTA Chair (g...@teachpsych.org). Proposal documents should be saved in PDF format. The GSTA Bylaws may be accessed at the STP website (Members Only section) or by sending a request to g...@teachpsych.org. Diane L. Finley, Ph.D. Professor , Department of Psychology Program Chair, D47 - APA (Exercise and Sport Psychology) Vice-President, Society for the Teaching of Psychology 2011 Program Chair, Eastern Psychological Assn Certified Consultant. AASP Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774 (301) 322-0869 dfin...@pgcc.edu http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1819 or send a blank email to leave-1819-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu** DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any file(s) transmitted with it, is intended for the exclusive use by the person(s) mentioned above as recipient(s). This e-mail may contain confidential information and/or information protected by intellectual property rights or other rights. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the original and any copies of this e-mail and any printouts immediately from your system and destroy all copies of it. OVPTS 12-07-09
Re: [tips] Do Jews form a race?
?Louis Schmier writes: > As for those learned English judges who seemed to follow the path Halakha (the woman is the religious determinant since we know from whose womb a child comes while no one can be sure who is the father) because it was the easiest road to walk. […] According to you, their legal ruling had the scientific consequences of establishing physical laws of biology, making the Jews into a biological race. Funny thing happened earlier on the way to Auschwitz, their learned counterparts, as well as the bureaucrats in the Rassenamt, did the same thing in Nazi Germany. And, as a consequence, both I and my wife lost family both shot and buried during the "hidden Holocaust" in a field outside Bobrika in Galicia and Zhitomir in the Ukraine by the Einstats gruppen and gassed and burned at the death factory of Auschwitz because of such bigoted, hateful tripe. There are more holes, huge gaps, in your assertion, but that's enough. I find this discussion distasteful, but necessary. If you want to continue it, bring it on.< Louis: By all means take issue with Stephen's account of what constitutes Jewishness (and given the complexities there is more than one "logical" conclusion that one may arrive at), but I find it distasteful that you chose to make a connection between the verdict of the British Supreme Court cited by Stephen with Nazi race laws. (You, not Stephen, describe the Nazi judges as "learned counterparts" to the judges in question.) I'm sure that the Supreme Court judges would rather have not been called upon to adjudicate in what was essentially an intra-Jewish dispute – or, more specifically, a dispute between British Orthodox Judaism and reform Judaism. (I'm sure a large number of secular Jews like me looked on the whole affair with a certain degree of bewilderment.) The issue revolved around whether, within the law as it is currently constituted, the status of the child in question should be as recognised by the Office of the Chief Rabbi (the OCR) or according to the lights of the non-Orthodox section of the British Judaism. Faced with this difficult task, the High Court came down in favour of the OCR, but this verdict was overturned on appeal, and the Supreme Court upheld the appeal. The precise details of the dispute can be seen from the verdict of the Appeal Court: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/626.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1818 or send a blank email to leave-1818-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy
Allen-- I don't think we really have a disagreement here. Basically, I was positing (and Chris supported) that Darwin used Lamarckian transmission (not selection) to fill the function that genetics fills in the 'modern synthesis'. We are talking about action at two different levels of analysis that complement (not replace) each other. PAUL K. BRANDON paul.bran...@mnsu.edu Psychology Dept (emeritus) Minnesota State University, Mankato http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~pkbrando/ From: Allen Esterson [allenester...@compuserve.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy ?Paul Brandon writes: >Minor point: >'Natural Selection' is a process; Lamarckian transmission is a >possible mechanism underlying that process. This is the >sense in which I used the term; as you did in your last paragraph >in your first reply. Paul: I don't think I've ever read anyone saying what you are suggesting. Anyway, here is my paragraph in question: >My understanding is that in later editions of *On the Origin of >Species* Darwin allowed a very limited role for Lamarckian >mechanisms because he had problems with inheritance, and >with the estimations of the age of the earth at that time. Natural selection is itself a proposed mechanism for transformation of species. As such it does not require an underlying process. Darwin resorted to Lamarckian explanations only where he did not believe that natural selection could give a full explanation. For instance, one factor that led him to suggest Lamarckian mechanisms as a subsidiary to his theory of species change is that at that time the accepted age of the earth didn't appear to be enough for the slow process of natural selection to explain everything about life on earth. (His increased resorting to Lamarckian explanations in later editions of *Origin* was largely in response to criticism of the first edition.) For Darwin, Lamarckian mechanisms were a proposed *additional* process, not one that underlay natural selection. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- RE: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy Brandon, Paul K Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:29:31 -0700 Allen: Minor point: 'Natural Selection' is a process; Lamarckian transmission is a possible mechanism underlying that process. This is the sense in which I used the term; as you did in your last paragraph in your first reply. -- From: Allen Esterson [allenester...@compuserve.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 3:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy ?One thing at a time! I was answering Paul Brandon's saying that "Darwin relied on Lamarck for a mechanism underlying natural selection". This is not the case. Natural selection is an alternative process to Lamarckian theory, as is evident from Darwin's writing in 1844 that in his theory "the means [of the transformation of species] are wholly different" from that postulated by Lamarck. (This was written when he had just completed his first major sketch of his theory.) Chris Green is right that I should not have written that natural selection was in "opposition" to Lamarckian theory, rather that it was an alternative theory. Chris writes: >"On the contrary," Darwin allowed an increasingly large role >for Lamarckian evolution over the course of the six editions of >_Origin of Species._ Although Darwin saw that his mechanism >was different from Lamarck's. he did not rule out the Lamarckian > mechanism (these are two quite distinct questions). The issue here (if there is one!) seems to be a matter of degree. I wrote that >My understanding is that in later editions of *On the >Origin of Species* Darwin allowed a very limited role >for Lamarckian mechanisms because he had problems >with inheritance, and with the estimations of the age of >the earth at that time. I don't have expertise on this topic, but I'll quote the words of someone who does. The evolutionary philosopher Helena Cronin writes that "in Britain, by the second half of the nineteenth century, most Darwinians (including Darwin himself – but not Wallace) accepted use-inheritance as a subsidiary agent in evolution" (*The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today*, 1991, p. 36). In other words, although Darwin allowed an increasing role for Lamarckian mechanisms through the editions of *Origin* it remained *subsidiary* to the main process of natural selection. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve
FW: [tips] Do Jews form a race?
So, Steven, I don't believe this is even a discussion among us. All I'll say is that you can't be serious. If you are, I'll kindly say, horse feathers. Aside at your thinly veiled attempt at character assassination to bolster your position, I'll only poke at one or two of the many holes in your position. (1) So, tell me, does a convert to Judaism instantly undergo a miraculous genetic mutation and racial transformation induced by the mystic waters of the mikvah? If so, that ranks up there with the parting of the Red Sea. Here in our community, the rabbi is converting an entire African-American family to Judaism. Do something genetic with that! And what of a Jew who converts to another religion? Another miraculous biological transformation? (2) As for those learned English judges who seemed to follow the path Halakha (the woman is the religious determinant since we know from whose womb a child comes while no one can be sure who is the father) because it was the easiest road to walk. What if the Jewish mother was a convert? More genetic miracles? And since when did "learned" jurists become paragons of biological science? According to you, their legal ruling had the scientific consequences of establishing physical laws of biology, making the Jews into a biological race. Funny thing happened earlier on the way to Auschwitz, their learned counterparts, as well as the bureaucrats in the Rassenamt, did the same thing in Nazi Germany. And, as a consequence, both I and my wife lost family both shot and buried during the "hidden Holocaust" in a field outside Bobrika in Galicia and Zhitomir in the Ukraine by the Einstatsgruppen and gassed and burned at the death factory of Auschwitz because of such bigoted, hateful tripe. There are more holes, huge gaps, in your assertion, but that's enough. I find this discussion distasteful, but necessary. If you want to continue it, bring it on. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.com Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947) /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__/\ \/\ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ \ /\ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\ \_/__\ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1816 or send a blank email to leave-1816-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy
?Paul Brandon writes: >Minor point: >'Natural Selection' is a process; Lamarckian transmission is a >possible mechanism underlying that process. This is the >sense in which I used the term; as you did in your last paragraph >in your first reply. Paul: I don't think I've ever read anyone saying what you are suggesting. Anyway, here is my paragraph in question: >My understanding is that in later editions of *On the Origin of >Species* Darwin allowed a very limited role for Lamarckian >mechanisms because he had problems with inheritance, and >with the estimations of the age of the earth at that time. Natural selection is itself a proposed mechanism for transformation of species. As such it does not require an underlying process. Darwin resorted to Lamarckian explanations only where he did not believe that natural selection could give a full explanation. For instance, one factor that led him to suggest Lamarckian mechanisms as a subsidiary to his theory of species change is that at that time the accepted age of the earth didn't appear to be enough for the slow process of natural selection to explain everything about life on earth. (His increased resorting to Lamarckian explanations in later editions of *Origin* was largely in response to criticism of the first edition.) For Darwin, Lamarckian mechanisms were a proposed *additional* process, not one that underlay natural selection. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- RE: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy Brandon, Paul K Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:29:31 -0700 Allen: Minor point: 'Natural Selection' is a process; Lamarckian transmission is a possible mechanism underlying that process. This is the sense in which I used the term; as you did in your last paragraph in your first reply. -- From: Allen Esterson [allenester...@compuserve.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 3:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy ?One thing at a time! I was answering Paul Brandon's saying that "Darwin relied on Lamarck for a mechanism underlying natural selection". This is not the case. Natural selection is an alternative process to Lamarckian theory, as is evident from Darwin's writing in 1844 that in his theory "the means [of the transformation of species] are wholly different" from that postulated by Lamarck. (This was written when he had just completed his first major sketch of his theory.) Chris Green is right that I should not have written that natural selection was in "opposition" to Lamarckian theory, rather that it was an alternative theory. Chris writes: >"On the contrary," Darwin allowed an increasingly large role >for Lamarckian evolution over the course of the six editions of >_Origin of Species._ Although Darwin saw that his mechanism >was different from Lamarck's. he did not rule out the Lamarckian > mechanism (these are two quite distinct questions). The issue here (if there is one!) seems to be a matter of degree. I wrote that >My understanding is that in later editions of *On the >Origin of Species* Darwin allowed a very limited role >for Lamarckian mechanisms because he had problems >with inheritance, and with the estimations of the age of >the earth at that time. I don't have expertise on this topic, but I'll quote the words of someone who does. The evolutionary philosopher Helena Cronin writes that "in Britain, by the second half of the nineteenth century, most Darwinians (including Darwin himself – but not Wallace) accepted use-inheritance as a subsidiary agent in evolution" (*The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today*, 1991, p. 36). In other words, although Darwin allowed an increasing role for Lamarckian mechanisms through the editions of *Origin* it remained *subsidiary* to the main process of natural selection. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org Re: [tips] What A Day: Mystery, Redemption, Astrology, Astronomy, History, and Tragedy Christopher D. Green Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:30:55 -0700 Allen Esterson wrote: > Paul Brandon wrote: >> Darwin himself relied on Lamarck for a mechanism underlying >> natural selection, since he wasn't aware of Mendel's work. > > On the contrary, the theory of natural selection was in *opposition* to > Lamarck's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics. In a > letter to Joseph Hooker in 1844 Darwin wrote that "the conclusions I am > led to are not widely different from his [Lamarck's]; though the means > are wholly so." More generally, Lamarck's evolutiona
