re: [tips] Fwd: NYTimes: New Drugs Stir Debate on Basic Rules of Clinical Trials

2010-09-19 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:42:57 -0700, Rick Froman wrote: >Interesting article for Research Methods discussions of control and ethics: > From The New York Times: > > TARGET CANCER: New Drugs Stir Debate on Basic Rules of Clinical Trials > > Two cousins developed the same lethal cancer; only one coul

Re: [tips] cults

2010-09-19 Thread Michael Smith
I'm sure there are hundreds of cults in the US alone and probably most of them don't commit mass suicide...but of course what constitutes a "cult" is hard to define. Many are probably aimed at causing damage to a system (to force change) that they see as dysfunctional (e.g. skin heads? KKK? "the f

[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 -- Christop

[tips] cults

2010-09-19 Thread Annette Taylor
We were just speaking of cults in my intro psych course this week--I push social psych up to the front. Here is one that made the news today. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7676173 My question to a person with greater knowledge than myself is why they so o

[tips] Fwd: NYTimes: New Drugs Stir Debate on Basic Rules of Clinical Trials

2010-09-19 Thread Rick Froman
Interesting article for Research Methods discussions of control and ethics: > > From The New York Times: > > TARGET CANCER: New Drugs Stir Debate on Basic Rules of Clinical Trials > > Two cousins developed the same lethal cancer; only one could take part in an > experimental drug trial. Crit

[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 un

[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 "hig

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

2010-09-19 Thread michael sylvester
- Original Message - From: "Stuart McKelvie" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 11:29 AM Subject: RE: [tips] tips digest: September 17, 2010 Dear Tipsters, Although not on topic, an indulgence that I hope Tipsters will understand,

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

2010-09-19 Thread michael sylvester
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RE: [tips] tips digest: September 17, 2010

2010-09-19 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Tipsters, Although not on topic, an indulgence that I hope Tipsters will understand, I can't help but admire the commitment of Chris Green to TIPS. Here he is on a Saturday afternoon at his Alma Mater for Homecoming, particularly to help celebrate 50 Years of Psychology at Bishop's, and h

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,