I tend to concur with Whoopi Goldberg (herself jewish)that despite Mel's
anti-semitic
rants( Are you a jew?) and other derogatory slip-ups re blacks and Mexicans
that Mel is not a racist.But this could be an opportunity to teach the
difference between source traits and secondory traits.Mel's
Sorry, Michael. Where the mouth speaks, the attitude is right there. So, how
would you define antisemetism and racism? Do you have to lead someone to an
oven or lynch them from a tree. Or, could be demeaning someone just because of
her or his religion or skin color?
Make it a good day
There's a grim but interesting study of suicide rates on the Bloor
Viaduct in Toronto before and after the placement of a suicide
prevention barrier. Lots of statistics to crunch.
Full text of the article available at:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/341/jul06_1/c2884
As is characteristic of
Stephen: Interesting, because in his recent book, Myths about suicide, Thomas
Joiner presents this is a settled issue - that erecting suicide barriers
clearly leads to decreases in suicide at the site itself without any offsetting
increase(s) in suicide anywhere else. Perhaps the issue isn't
I'm thinking this might be a fresh example for research methods class. This
would be a nonequivalent control group pretest postest quasi-experimental
design, right? In fact, there are probably data out there could make this an
interrupted time series design...right?
I'm only hesitating because
Any tipsters coming out to APA?
I'd love to organize a dinner for us. Just back-channel me and tell me what
kind of food you prefer. I'll try to find something for everyone. In San Diego
there are two types that stand out: seafood and Mexican. Seafood is usually a
bit classier. The best
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:02:02 -0700, Stephen Black wrote:
There's a grim but interesting study of suicide rates on the Bloor
Viaduct in Toronto before and after the placement of a suicide
prevention barrier. Lots of statistics to crunch.
Full text of the article available at:
It seemed obvious to me when they erected this expensive eyesore (to
great public fanfare) that it would change nothing. People wanting to
commit suicide would simply go somewhere else. Sadly, it seems I was
exactly right. Sigh.
Chris
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York
Hi Chris - Alas, you may well be exactly right, but the finding runs counter to
most received wisdom in the suicide field (again, see Joiner's recent book,
Myths about Suicide, which is quite unambiguous on this point), which
proposes that erecting barriers on bridges results in a overall
I'll be there Thurs-Friday. I like surf and turf places, Italian,
continental fare. The one no-no is hot spicy food-- significant allergies
there, unfortunately.
Julie Osland
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu wrote:
Any tipsters coming out to APA?
I'd
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