[tips] GBS and H1N1

[DeVolder Carol L]

I don't know anything about the readership of the Mail, but someone brought 
this to my attention, http://tinyurl.com/nd63yl

Sigh...



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Re:[tips] How Many Billionaires Did Your College/University Produce?

[Mike Palij]

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:55:59 -0600, Michael Smith wrote:
> I hope they are not implying it is an index of how good the school is.

Perish the THOUGHT!  I am sure that all RIGHT THINKING people
would never assess the value of the education that they received simply
on the basis of the amount of money such an educational opportunity
allowed them to steal, er, to earn.  However, since you've raised the
issue of what is the relationship between "school quality" and the amount
of money the filthiest rich issue of such accumulate, let's try to get you
an answer:  Below is the list of schools I provided previously, rank ordered
on the basis of number of billionaires (B's) they produced and the the
U.S. New & World Reports Rank (USNR) reported for 2010; see:
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings

(1)  Harvard (54 B's} (USNR=1.00)
(2)  Stanford (25 B's)  (USNR=4.00)
(3)  U Penn (18 B's)  (USNR=4.00)
(4.5)  Columbia (16 B's) (USNR=8)
(4.5)  Yale (16 B's) (USNR=3)
(6) MIT (11 B's) (USNR=4)
(7.5) Northwestern (10 B's) (USNR=12)
(7.5) U Chicago (10 B's) (USNR=8)
(10.25) Cornell (9 B's) (USNR=15)
(10.25) UC Berkeley (9 B's) (USNR=21)
(10.25) U of Southern Cal (9 B's) (USNR=26)
(10.25) UT, Austin (9 B's)(USNR=47)
and
NYU (5 B's) (USNR=32)

Entering this data into SPSS, a Pearson r(N=13)= -0.458, p<.06
under the directional hypothesis that there should be a negative
correlation between the number of B's produced by an institution
and the US News & World Report ranking of the institution.
Note:  because of the small sample size and restriction of range
(e.g., not all institutions that produced B's are used), the obtained
Perason r is likely to be an underestimate of the true population
rho. (I've tried to attach the SPSS dataset to this post but I
don't know if it will go through)

So, knowing how many B's an institution produced can be used
to predict the U.S. New & World Report ranking given to it
which one can interpret as a measure of the quality of the institution
(people who disagree with USN's numbers are encouraged to
discuss it with them as well as the administrators at your own
institution who might use these numbers for recruiting purposes).
So, don't be surprised if you hear "No B's? No Mas!"
(see the following for one interpretation of "No Mas":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard-Duran_II )

> Wouldn't it be awful to equate money with the quality of the 
> school (or lack thereof for the B's that dropped out)? 

Indeed, it would be awful to equate the quality of a school or
even the value of human life in terms of filthy lucre nonetheless
is it done all of the time.  This was most strikingly brought home
in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks
when the U.S. government tried to figure out how to compensate
families who lost family members in the attacks.  A simple-minded
notion would be to given each family a fixed amount for each
family member lost, thus valuing eack life equally.  But it occurred
to a number of people that such a scheme failed to recognized that
we are not all equal, that the janitor who was killed would have
earned less in his lifetime than a stock trader in the firm of
Cantor Fitzgerald.  The "unrealized potential" expressed in terms
of the amount of money a person could earn then became the 
measure of the value of human life.  I'll leave to the "true" Christians
and the pragmatic capitalists to argue whether this is a reasonable
way to guage the value of a human life.

> One might be tempted to think that the bottom line in education 
> is the business/money aspect of education and all that happens is 
> job training!

You must be new to this whole academic teaching thing, right?
Consider the following blog entry, grasshopper:
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/college_prep

As for NYU's peculiar status as producing dropouts that go on to
become billionaires (NYU as a knack for doing this in various areas;
Woody Allen dropped out of NYU), rumor has it that NYU will
take these lemons and make them into lemonade with a new
advertising campaign:

"NYU!  You education will be SO GOOD that even if you
drop-out you can still become a BILLIONIARE!"

Or something like that. ;-)

-Mike Palij
New York University
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[tips] re: [tips] Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and "Swine Flu" (H1N1) Connection

[Mike Palij]

On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:37:46 -0700, Carol L DeVolder wrote:
>I don't know anything about the readership of the Mail, but someone 
>brought this to my attention, http://tinyurl.com/nd63yl 
>
>Sigh...

I'm not exactly sure what the point is of the Mail news article
or even posting the link here.  Allow me to make a few points:

(1)  The article was last updated on August 15, 2009 or
about 2 weeks ago.  In internet time terms, his is historical
information.

(2)  Is the point of the article to point out that there was a link
between the 1976 swine flu vaccine and the development of
GBS (why is the 1976 info in bold black characters larger than
the rest of the text?)?  If so, again, this is not "news" since this
result has been extensively reported upon.  A search of www.pubmed.gov
will provide more definitive background.

(3)  If I may, instead of relying on popular media accounts or
things that people may send through email, it might be useful to
examine the relevant sources of information that might underlie
the second-hand info we receive.  For example, the Mail article
is essentially about the Vaccine Safety Monitoring program that
CDC conducts and specific information about the H1N1 vaccine
has available for a while (as well as lots of other information that
it receives from sources worldwide).  The webpage for the vaccine
is accessible at:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/safety_planning.htm  

Quoting from the website:
|Background
|
|The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the 
|Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closely monitor the safety 
|of influenza and other vaccines used in the United States. Licensed 
|2009 H1N1 monovalent vaccines will be produced using the same 
|manufacturing process as seasonal influenza vaccines. All seasonal 
|influenza vaccines licensed in the United States are produced in eggs 
|and they do not contain adjuvants.[1] When seasonal influenza 
|vaccines are administered according to licensed indication and usage 
|information they are safe; however vaccines, like any medical product, 
|carry some risks. It is anticipated that the safety profile of licensed 
|2009 H1N1 monovalent vaccines will be similar to seasonal influenza 
|vaccines; serious adverse events after vaccination are uncommon.[2]
|
|Adverse events following immunization may be coincidental or causally 
|related to the vaccine. The following are objectives of the 2009 H1N1 
|monovalent vaccine safety monitoring response:
| + Timely identification of clinically significant adverse events following 
|receipt of 2009 HINI monovalent vaccine
| + Rapid evaluation of serious adverse events identified after 2009 H1N1 
|monovalent vaccine to determine the public health importance 
| + Evaluation of the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) associated 
|with the 2009 H1N1 monovalent vaccine[3]

Regarding footnote [3]:
|[3] In 1976, a type of influenza vaccine was associated with Guillain-Barré 
|Syndrome (GBS). Since then, influenza vaccines have not been clearly 
|linked to GBS. However, if there is a risk of GBS from seasonal influenza 
|vaccines, it would be no more than approximately 1 additional case per 
|million persons vaccinated.

There is a presentation on the "Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System"
(VAERS), including how to access the data obtained from their website:
|
|VAERS data without identifiers may be accessed through the CDC 
|Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) 
|public database or for download at (http://vaers.hhs.gov/scripts/data.cfm ) 
|within about 6 weeks after CDC receives the VAERS report.

There is a component oriented towards monintoring GBS:
|
|CDC will perform active Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) case-finding 
|through the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP). EIP is a population-based 
|network of CDC and 10 state health departments (CA, CO, CT, GA, 
|MD, MN, NM, NY, OR, TN), working in collaboration with local health 
|departments, public health laboratories, clinical laboratories, infection 
|control practitioners, healthcare providers, academic institutions, and other 
|federal agencies. CDC has also established collaboration with the 
|American Academy of Neurology to enhance VAERS reporting of 
|neurological events, including GBS. The provisional case definition for GBS 
|from the Brighton Collaboration will be used. 

I presume that many of us go over the different sources of information
that a person can use to help evaluate a claim in pursuit of critically thinking
about an issue.  The H1N1 epidemic is no different in this regard.  We
can access the information provided by professionals, such as the CDC,
departments of health, and relevant professional societies.  We also have
access to the scientific medical literature through www.pubmed.gov  and,
if out institutions have made appropriate arrangement, to electronic versions
of the journal articles.

As a general practice, we should be skeptical about what read, either in
the popular

[tips] RE: [tips] re: [tips] Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and "Swine Flu" (H1N1) Connection

[DeVolder Carol L]

The reason I posted the link was that I felt that this was yet another attempt 
at hysteria by those who are against vaccination, or at the very least, will be 
used that way. As I said, I received it from someone (a neurologist) who is 
afraid it may trigger another spate of anti-vaccination propaganda. That's why 
my only comment was "sigh..."  It just seemed vaguely relevant. But, if you 
don't  think so, feel free to delete. Or better yet, educate me (as you did and 
for which I thank you).
Carol






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Chair, Department of Psychology 
St. Ambrose University 
518 West Locust Street 
Davenport, Iowa 52803 

Phone: 563-333-6482 
e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu 
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From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu]
Sent: Sat 8/29/2009 9:38 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: [tips] re: [tips]  Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and "Swine Flu" 
(H1N1) Connection
 
On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:37:46 -0700, Carol L DeVolder wrote:
>I don't know anything about the readership of the Mail, but someone 
>brought this to my attention, http://tinyurl.com/nd63yl 
>
>Sigh...

I'm not exactly sure what the point is of the Mail news article
or even posting the link here.  Allow me to make a few points:

(1)  The article was last updated on August 15, 2009 or
about 2 weeks ago.  In internet time terms, his is historical
information.

(2)  Is the point of the article to point out that there was a link
between the 1976 swine flu vaccine and the development of
GBS (why is the 1976 info in bold black characters larger than
the rest of the text?)?  If so, again, this is not "news" since this
result has been extensively reported upon.  A search of www.pubmed.gov
will provide more definitive background.

(3)  If I may, instead of relying on popular media accounts or
things that people may send through email, it might be useful to
examine the relevant sources of information that might underlie
the second-hand info we receive.  For example, the Mail article
is essentially about the Vaccine Safety Monitoring program that
CDC conducts and specific information about the H1N1 vaccine
has available for a while (as well as lots of other information that
it receives from sources worldwide).  The webpage for the vaccine
is accessible at:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/safety_planning.htm  

Quoting from the website:
|Background
|
|The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the 
|Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closely monitor the safety 
|of influenza and other vaccines used in the United States. Licensed 
|2009 H1N1 monovalent vaccines will be produced using the same 
|manufacturing process as seasonal influenza vaccines. All seasonal 
|influenza vaccines licensed in the United States are produced in eggs 
|and they do not contain adjuvants.[1] When seasonal influenza 
|vaccines are administered according to licensed indication and usage 
|information they are safe; however vaccines, like any medical product, 
|carry some risks. It is anticipated that the safety profile of licensed 
|2009 H1N1 monovalent vaccines will be similar to seasonal influenza 
|vaccines; serious adverse events after vaccination are uncommon.[2]
|
|Adverse events following immunization may be coincidental or causally 
|related to the vaccine. The following are objectives of the 2009 H1N1 
|monovalent vaccine safety monitoring response:
| + Timely identification of clinically significant adverse events following 
|receipt of 2009 HINI monovalent vaccine
| + Rapid evaluation of serious adverse events identified after 2009 H1N1 
|monovalent vaccine to determine the public health importance 
| + Evaluation of the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) associated 
|with the 2009 H1N1 monovalent vaccine[3]

Regarding footnote [3]:
|[3] In 1976, a type of influenza vaccine was associated with Guillain-Barré 
|Syndrome (GBS). Since then, influenza vaccines have not been clearly 
|linked to GBS. However, if there is a risk of GBS from seasonal influenza 
|vaccines, it would be no more than approximately 1 additional case per 
|million persons vaccinated.

There is a presentation on the "Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System"
(VAERS), including how to access the data obtained from their website:
|
|VAERS data without identifiers may be accessed through the CDC 
|Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) 
|public database or for download at (http://vaers.hhs.gov/scripts/data.cfm ) 
|within about 6 weeks after CDC receives the VAERS report.

There is a component oriented towards monintoring GBS:
|
|CDC will perform active Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) case-finding 
|through the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP). EIP is a population-based 
|network of CDC and 10

[tips] Determining major and minor

[michael sylvester]

How do we determine major and minor psychological theories? I have noted a 
tendency to allocate major status to theories emanating in Europe most of them 
Jewish and minor to
those emanating outside of Europe.Of course withun each group there are 
hierarchical divisions.Freud is over Adler.American bred functionalism puts 
James and Dewey on a higher status than Angell and Carr.Re behaviorism,Skinner 
is upgraded whereas Watson is downgraded.There are splits among 
gestaltists,humanists,and existentialists.And the Russian dude Vigotsky gets no 
respect in developmental theory.I have noted a preference
to favor theories that emphasize discrete stages  than overlappping and 
interacting 
phases.
Send me something.

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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Re: [tips] Determining major and minor

[Allen Esterson]

���On 29 August 2009 Michael Sylvester wrote:
>How do we determine major and minor psychological theories?
>I have noted a tendency to allocate major status to theories
>emanating in Europe most of them Jewish and minor to those
> emanating outside of Europe.

>[…]

>Send me something.

Michael: Perhaps for a change you could send *us* something: For 
instance, some statistically-based evidence for your assertion.

Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
Southwark College, London
http://www.esterson.org

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michael sylvester
Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:35:18 -0700
How do we determine major and minor psychological theories? I have 
noted
  a
tendency to allocate major status to theories emanating in Europe most 
of them
Jewish and minor to those emanating outside of Europe.Of course withun 
each group there are hierarchical divisions. Freud is over Adler. 
American bred functionalism puts
James and Dewey on a higher status than Angell and Carr. Re 
behaviorism, Skinner
is upgraded whereas Watson is downgraded.There are splits among 
gestaltists, humanists, and existentialists.And the Russian dude 
Vigotsky gets no respect in developmental
theory. I have noted a preference to favor theories that emphasize 
discrete stages  than overlappping and interacting phases.

Send me something.

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida


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Re: [tips] Determining major and minor

[Dr. Bob Wildblood]

Michael, I think you have missed on most of the assignments you made in your 
posting.  Freud has been dismissed by most people who were ever interested in 
him, and Jung isn't given a lot of credence.  Skinner and Watson are both the 
"fathers" of the kind of learning that they espoused, and I'm not sure they can 
be lumped into the same category for comparison (and I'm sure that there will 
be disagreements about that from the members of this list).  And, finally, 
among developmentalists, Vygotsky is as well regarded as Piaget and probably 
moreso among educators.  

Let the arguments commence.

 Original message 
>Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:35:05 -0400
>From: "michael sylvester"   
>Subject: [tips] Determining major and minor  
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
>
>   How do we determine major and minor psychological
>   theories? I have noted a tendency to allocate major
>   status to theories emanating in Europe most of them
>   Jewish and minor to
>   those emanating outside of Europe.Of course withun
>   each group there are hierarchical divisions.Freud is
>   over Adler.American bred functionalism puts James
>   and Dewey on a higher status than Angell and Carr.Re
>   behaviorism,Skinner is upgraded whereas Watson is
>   downgraded.There are splits among
>   gestaltists,humanists,and existentialists.And the
>   Russian dude Vigotsky gets no respect in
>   developmental theory.I have noted a preference
>   to favor theories that emphasize discrete stages 
>   than overlappping and interacting
>   phases.
>   Send me something.
>
>   Michael Sylvester,PhD
>   Daytona Beach,Florida
>
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most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal 
velocity in a vacuum. 
- Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) 

Not thinking critically, I assumed that the "successful" prayers were proof 
that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there was something 
wrong with me.
- Dan Barker, former preacher, musician (b. 1949) 

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and 
our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and 
the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. 
   
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Re: [tips] Determining major and minor

[michael sylvester]

Michael: Perhaps for a change you could send *us* something: For 
instance, some statistically-based evidence for your assertion.


Allen Esterson

If I was going about looking for evidence,I would be brain dead.

Michael


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Re: [tips] Determining major and minor

[Paul Brandon]

An interesting conjecture.

On Aug 29, 2009, at 1:49 PM, michael sylvester wrote:


Michael: Perhaps for a change you could send *us* something: For
instance, some statistically-based evidence for your assertion.

Allen Esterson

If I was going about looking for evidence,I would be brain dead.


Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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[tips] Dateline: autism & vaccines

[Jim Matiya]

   

 
Coming up on Dateline Sunday:
NBC
News' Matt Lauer takes an unprecedented look at the emotional debate
surrounding vaccines and the suggested link to autism. Lauer speaks
exclusively with Dr. Andrew Wakefield, whose 1998 medical study was the
first in the world to suggest a possible link between the MMR vaccine
and autism. The British doctor has since influenced the lives and
stirred the passions of millions of parents worldwide looking to solve
the mystery of what causes the complex developmental disorder.
But Dr. Wakefield's theories have also raised
serious questions from the media and the medical community. Lauer
interviews investigative journalist Brian Deer, who wrote a critical
report for London's Sunday Times in 2004 detailing what he said were
potential conflicts of interest that Dr. Wakefield had never revealed.
Lauer also talks with Dr. Paul Offit, a pediatrician at Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia and expert on vaccines who has spoken out on
behalf of vaccine safety in the United States.


Now, Dr. Wakefield reacts to his harshest critics on the controversy that began 
over a decade ago.
Lauer also reports on Dr. Wakefield's most
recent work in the United States and the medical community's continuing
search for the cause of autism, including new studies from researchers
working to understand the disorder that affects 1 in 150 American
children.
See "A Dose of Controversy" at 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. CT on Dateline Sunday.


Jim Matiya 
Florida Gulf Coast University
jmat...@fgcu.edu
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[Serafin, John]

Thanks for the heads-up on this Jim. I will definitely watch the Dateline show 
on this topic.

But I hope that tipsters (and others) are aware that there is no scientific 
evidence to support the link between autism and the MMR vaccination.

Here is just one publication that refutes the linkage (I'm sure that a pubmed 
search would turn up much more):

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0003140

BTW, the issue was not the vaccine itself, it was the preservative used 
(thimerosal). Removing that preservative has apparently not had an impact on 
the incidence of autism.

John

--
John Serafin
Psychology Department
Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA 15650
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From: Jim Matiya 
Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:31:35 -0400
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
Conversation: [tips] Dateline: autism & vaccines
Subject: [tips] Dateline: autism & vaccines

  


 Coming up on Dateline Sunday:

NBC News' Matt Lauer takes an unprecedented look at the emotional debate 
surrounding vaccines and the suggested link to autism. Lauer speaks exclusively 
with Dr. Andrew Wakefield, whose 1998 medical study was the first in the world 
to suggest a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism. The British 
doctor has since influenced the lives and stirred the passions of millions of 
parents worldwide looking to solve the mystery of what causes the complex 
developmental disorder. But Dr. Wakefield's theories have also raised serious 
questions from the media and the medical community. Lauer interviews 
investigative journalist Brian Deer, who wrote a critical report for London's 
Sunday Times in 2004 detailing what he said were potential conflicts of 
interest that Dr. Wakefield had never revealed. Lauer also talks with Dr. Paul 
Offit, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and expert on 
vaccines who has spoken out on behalf of vaccine safety in the United States.

Now, Dr. Wakefield reacts to his harshest critics on the controversy that began 
over a decade ago. Lauer also reports on Dr. Wakefield's most recent work in 
the United States and the medical community's continuing search for the cause 
of autism, including new studies from researchers working to understand the 
disorder that affects 1 in 150 American children. See "A Dose of Controversy" 
at 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. CT on Dateline Sunday.


Jim Matiya
Florida Gulf Coast University
jmat...@fgcu.edu
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Re: [tips] Placebos getting stronger?

[Christopher D. Green]

Frantz, Sue wrote:
>
>
> Through the Improbable Research blog comes this article from Wired, 
> "Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know 
> Why."  
> http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all
>  
> **
>
>  
>
> An excerpt:
>
> Some products that have been on the market for decades, like Prozac, 
> are faltering in more recent follow-up tests. In many cases, these are 
> the compounds that, in the late '90s, made Big Pharma more profitable 
> than Big Oil. But if these same drugs were vetted now, the FDA might 
> not approve some of them.
>

I doubt that the FDA wouldn't approve them. The FDA hasn't been very 
independent for a very long time. Nevertheless, I recall reading years 
ago that there never were any double-blind clinical trials on Prozac 
that are worthy of the name. Apparently the side effects of Prozac are 
so pronounced in so many people that the vast majority of the 
experimental subjects were well aware that they were on the drug 
virtually from the outset. Placebo effects ensued rapidly.

Regards,
Chris
-- 

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Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada

 

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Re: [tips] How Many Billionaires Did Your College/University Produce?

[Michael Smith]

Oh sorry. when you said the number of B's an institute produced I thought
you meant something other than billionaires. lol

Valuing human life: Reminds me of a friend's father who used to do exactly
that for the army. I guess they needed some kind of monetary measure of
training invested vs. combat effectiveness lost (allowance to families etc.)
when you were killed.

--Mike
P.S. Thanks for the data analysis

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Re: [tips] info: Kennedy

[Christopher D. Green]

JFK once famously told an audience in Berlin that he was a jelly doughnut.

Chris Green
York U.
Toronto



michael sylvester wrote:
>
>
> did any of the Kennedys speak other languages? I know that Jacquie was 
> fluent in French.But how about Gaelic?
> I know that Ted flunked Spanish.
>  
> Michael Sylvester,PhD
> Daytona Beach,Florida
>


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Re: [tips] info: Kennedy

[Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.]

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Hi All,

Yes, indeed!  And he is oft quoted to that effect!

Linda

Christopher D. Green wrote:

  
   
   
  
JFK once famously told an audience in Berlin that he was a jelly
doughnut.
  
Chris Green
York U.
Toronto

  
  
michael sylvester wrote:
  



 
 

did any of the Kennedys speak
other
languages? I know that Jacquie was fluent in French.But how about
Gaelic?
I know that Ted flunked Spanish.
 
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida

  
  
  
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RE: [tips] info: Kennedy

[Bourgeois, Dr. Martin]

According to Wikipedia and many other sources, that's not true:

Jelly doughnut urban legend


According to an urban legend, 
Kennedy allegedly made an embarrassing grammatical error by saying "Ich bin ein 
Berliner," referring to himself not as a citizen of 
Berlin, but as a common 
pastry:[2]

Kennedy should have said "Ich bin Berliner" to mean "I am a person from 
Berlin." By adding the indefinite 
article ein, his statement 
implied he was a non-human Berliner, thus "I am a jelly doughnut".

The story stems from a play on words with 
Berliner, the name of a 
doughnut variant filled with 
jam or plum sauce that is thought to have 
originated in Berlin. But in Berlin this pastry is known as 
pfannkuchen so it was no big 
faux-pas for the citizens of Berlin, who consider Kennedy's speech a landmark 
in the country's postwar 
history.[3]

The indefinite article ein can be and often is omitted when speaking of an 
individual's profession or residence but is necessary when speaking in a 
figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was not literally from 
Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" 
would not have been 
correct.[4]

The origins of the legend are obscure. The Len 
Deighton spy 
novel Berlin 
Game, published in 1983, contains the 
following passage, spoken by narrator Bernard 
Samson:

'Ich bin ein Berliner,' I said. It was a joke. A Berliner is a doughnut. The 
day after President Kennedy made his famous proclamation, Berlin cartoonists 
had a field day with talking 
doughnuts.[5]

The New York Times review of Deighton's novel, which appears to treat Samson's 
remark as factual, added the detail that Kennedy's audience found his remark 
funny:

Here is where President Kennedy announced, Ich bin ein Berliner, and thereby 
amused the city's populace because in the local parlance a Berliner is a 
doughnut.[6]

In 1988 William J. Miller wrote in an April 
30 New York 
Times article:

It's worth recalling, again, President John F. Kennedy's use of a German phrase 
while standing before the Berlin Wall. It would be great, his wordsmiths 
thought, for him to declare himself a symbolic citizen of Berlin. Hence, Ich 
bin ein Berliner. What they did not know, but could easily have found out, was 
that such citizens never refer to themselves as "Berliners." They reserve that 
term for a favorite confection often munched at breakfast. So, while they 
understood and appreciated the sentiments behind the President's impassioned 
declaration, the residents tittered among themselves when he exclaimed, 
literally, "I am a jelly-filled 
doughnut."[7]

In fact, the opposite is true: The citizens of Berlin do refer to themselves as 
Berliner; what they do not refer to as Berliner are jelly doughnuts. While 
these are known as "Berliner" in other areas of Germany, they are simply called 
Pfannkuchen (pancakes) in and around 
Berlin.[8] Thus 
the merely theoretical ambiguity went unnoticed by Kennedy's audience, as it 
did in Germany at large. In sum, "Ich bin ein Berliner" was the appropriate way 
to express in German what Kennedy meant to 
say.[9]

Although it is false, the legend has since been repeated by reputable media, 
such as the publisher of the Morning Call, Tim Kennedy, and the BBC (by 
Alistair Cooke in his Letter from 
America 
program),[10] 
The 
Guardian,[11] 
MSNBC,[12] 
CNN,[13] Time 
magazine,[14] 
The New York 
Times,[15]

[tips] Oklahoma Conference on Teaching of Psychology

[Kennison, Shelia]

Hi,
I am new to this listserv.  I wanted to share information about the upcoming 
Oklahoma Conference on Teaching of Psychology.  Everyone is welcome.  If you 
are in the area, come on by.

Shelia Kennison

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
116 North Murray Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK  74078
(405) 744-7335
http://psychology.okstate.edu/faculty/kennison/kennison.html


The 3rd annual meeting of the Oklahoma Network for the Teaching of Psychology 
(ONTOP) will be held on Friday Sept 25th at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown 
Oklahoma City.  ONTOP aims to bring together individuals involved in the 
teaching of psychology in Oklahoma at all educational levels (high schools, 
2-year colleges, 4-year colleges, and universities).  Three keynote speakers 
will be featured: Douglas Bernstein who is Professor Emeritus from the 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Carol Tarvris, well known author 
and speaker, and John Chaney, who is a Professor at Oklahoma State University.  
All registered participants will receive lunch.  For more information contact 
the Co-Directors of ONTOP: Shelia M. Kennison, Associate Professor of 
Psychology, at 405-744-7335 or 
shelia.kenni...@okstate.edu or Sue C. 
Jacobs, Associate Professor in the School of Applied Health and Educational 
Psychology at 405-744-9585 or sue.c.jac...@okstate.edu.  More information about 
ONTOP and the conference can be found at 
http://psychology.okstate.edu/faculty/kennison/ontop.htm. Early bird 
registration is $35 for faculty and $25 for students.



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Re: [tips] info: Kennedy

[Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.]

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Bourgeois, Dr. Martin wrote:

  
  
  
   
   
  
  
  Although it is false, the legend has since been repeated by
reputable media, such as the publisher of the Morning Call, Tim
Kennedy, and the BBC (by
  Alistair Cooke
in his
  Letter from
America program),[10]
  The Guardian,[11]
MSNBC,[12]
CNN,[13]
  Time magazine,[14]
  The New York Times,[15]
in several books about Germany written by English-speaking authors,
including
  Norman Davies[16]
and
  Kenneth C. Davis,[17]
and is even mentioned in a stand-up show by
  Eddie Izzard.
  


Perhaps, but oft repeated by Berliners to Americans as well.  That is
where I first learned of the translation snafu. 

As an aside, if you are ever in Berlin, there are many amazing sites to
see both historic and current.  For the animal lovers and architectural
aficionados on the list, the Berlin Zoo is well worth the trip. 

Best,

Linda 
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Linda M.
Woolf, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology and International Human Rights
Webster
University
470 East Lockwood
St. Louis, MO  63119

Hulsizer,
M. R., & Woolf, L. M. (2008). Teaching
statistics: Innovations and best practices. Malden, MA:
Blackwell. 
Book Web site at: http://www.teachstats.org


Past-President & Internet Editor: Society for the
Study of Peace, Conflict, & Violence (Div. 48, APA)
Program Committee: National Institute
on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP)
Board Member: Institute
for the Study of Genocide

Woolf Web page: 
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Email:
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Inside a dog,
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Re: [tips] info: Kennedy

[Christopher D. Green]

Damn Wikipedia! Always ruining good stories! :-)

Chris Green
==

Bourgeois, Dr. Martin wrote:
>
>
> According to Wikipedia and many other sources, that's not true:
>  
> Jelly doughnut urban legend
>  
>
> According to an urban legend 
> , Kennedy allegedly made an 
> embarrassing grammatical error by saying "Ich bin ein Berliner," 
> referring to himself not as a citizen of Berlin 
> , but as a common pastry 
> :^[2] 
> 
>
> Kennedy should have said "Ich bin Berliner" to mean "I am a person
> from Berlin." By adding the indefinite article
>  /ein/, his
> statement implied he was a non-human Berliner, thus "I am a jelly
> doughnut".
>
> The story stems from a play on words with Berliner 
> , the name of a 
> doughnut  variant filled with 
> jam  or plum sauce that is thought 
> to have originated in Berlin. But in Berlin this pastry is known as 
> pfannkuchen  so it 
> was no big faux-pas for the citizens of Berlin, who consider Kennedy's 
> speech a landmark in the country's postwar history.^[3] 
> 
>
> The indefinite article /ein/ can be and often is omitted when speaking 
> of an individual's profession or residence but is necessary when 
> speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was 
> not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its 
> citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct.^[4] 
> 
>
> The origins of the legend are obscure. The Len Deighton 
>  spy novel 
>  /Berlin Game 
> /, published in 1983, 
> contains the following passage, spoken by narrator Bernard Samson 
> :
>
> 'Ich bin ein Berliner,' I said. It was a joke. A Berliner is a
> doughnut. The day after President Kennedy made his famous
> proclamation, Berlin cartoonists had a field day with talking
> doughnuts.^[5]
> 
>
> The /New York Times/ review of Deighton's novel, which appears to 
> treat Samson's remark as factual, added the detail that Kennedy's 
> audience found his remark funny:
>
> Here is where President Kennedy announced, /Ich bin ein Berliner,/
> and thereby amused the city's populace because in the local
> parlance a /Berliner/ is a doughnut.^[6]
> 
>
> In 1988 William J. Miller wrote in an April 30 
>  /New York Times 
> / article:
>
> It's worth recalling, again, President John F. Kennedy's use of a
> German phrase while standing before the Berlin Wall. It would be
> great, his wordsmiths thought, for him to declare himself a
> symbolic citizen of Berlin. Hence, /Ich bin ein Berliner./ What
> they did not know, but could easily have found out, was that such
> citizens never refer to themselves as "Berliners." They reserve
> that term for a favorite confection often munched at breakfast.
> So, while they understood and appreciated the sentiments behind
> the President's impassioned declaration, the residents tittered
> among themselves when he exclaimed, literally, "I am a
> jelly-filled doughnut."^[7]
> 
>
> In fact, the opposite is true: The citizens of Berlin do refer to 
> themselves as /Berliner/; what they do not refer to as /Berliner/ are 
> jelly doughnuts. While these are known as "Berliner" in other areas of 
> Germany, they are simply called /Pfannkuchen/ (pancakes) in and around 
> Berlin.^[8] 
>  Thus 
> the merely theoretical ambiguity went unnoticed by Kennedy's audience, 
> as it did in Germany at large. In sum, "Ich bin ein Berliner" was the 
> appropriate way to express in German what Kennedy meant to say.^[9] 
> 
>
> Although it is false, the legend has since been repeated by reputable 
> media, such as the publisher of the Morning Call, Tim Kennedy, and the 
> BBC (by Alistair Cooke  
> in his /Letter from America 
> / program),^[10] 
> 

RE: [tips] info: Kennedy

[Shearon, Tim]

Linda-
And a pretty good "industry" selling such items to Americans (recognizing the 
mistake in that also) and other tourists. I have an "Ich bin ein Berliner" 
doughnut key-chain a friend purchased in Berlin. She stated that there were 
several places that sold such "memorabilia" in Berlin- including coffee mugs, 
t-shirts, key-chains, etc.. So it is an interesting twist on their affection 
for JFK that they are willing to make a few bucks on misinformed US citizens- 
one way or another. (Though several German friends just think the whole thing 
is, "About as silly as we get!"). 
Tim
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Professor and Chair Department of Psychology
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu

teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and 
systems

"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker


From: Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D. [wool...@webster.edu]
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 4:32 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] info: Kennedy

Bourgeois, Dr. Martin wrote:


Although it is false, the legend has since been repeated by reputable media, 
such as the publisher of the Morning Call, Tim Kennedy, and the BBC (by 
Alistair Cooke in his Letter from 
America 
program),[10] 
The 
Guardian,[11] 
MSNBC,[12] 
CNN,[13] Time 
magazine,[14] 
The New York 
Times,[15] in 
several books about Germany written by English-speaking authors, including 
Norman 
Davies[16]
 and Kenneth C. 
Davis,[17]
 and is even mentioned in a stand-up show by Eddie 
Izzard.

Perhaps, but oft repeated by Berliners to Americans as well.  That is where I 
first learned of the translation snafu.

As an aside, if you are ever in Berlin, there are many amazing sites to see 
both historic and current.  For the animal lovers and architectural aficionados 
on the list, the Berlin Zoo is well worth the trip.

Best,

Linda
--
Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology and International Human Rights
Webster University
470 East Lockwood
St. Louis, MO  63119

Hulsizer, M. R., & Woolf, L. M. (2008). Teaching statistics: Innovations and 
best practices. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Book Web site at: http://www.teachstats.org

Past-President & Internet Editor: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, & 
Violence (Div. 48, APA)
Program Committee: National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology 
(NITOP)
Board Member: Institute for the Study of 
Genocide

Woolf Web page:  http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/ 

Email: wool...@webster.edu


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Re: [tips] info: Kennedy

[Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.]

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Hi Tim,

I'm sure this is true.  Nonetheless, no bucks involved but rather just
conversations with friends and historians who live there. Probably just
depends on who you ask.

Best,

Linda

Shearon, Tim wrote:

  Linda-
And a pretty good "industry" selling such items to Americans (recognizing the mistake in that also) and other tourists. I have an "Ich bin ein Berliner" doughnut key-chain a friend purchased in Berlin. She stated that there were several places that sold such "memorabilia" in Berlin- including coffee mugs, t-shirts, key-chains, etc.. So it is an interesting twist on their affection for JFK that they are willing to make a few bucks on misinformed US citizens- one way or another. (Though several German friends just think the whole thing is, "About as silly as we get!"). 
Tim 


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Linda M.
Woolf, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology and International Human Rights
Webster
University
470 East Lockwood
St. Louis, MO  63119

Hulsizer,
M. R., & Woolf, L. M. (2008). Teaching
statistics: Innovations and best practices. Malden, MA:
Blackwell. 
Book Web site at: http://www.teachstats.org


Past-President & Internet Editor: Society for the
Study of Peace, Conflict, & Violence (Div. 48, APA)
Program Committee: National Institute
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Email:
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Re: [tips] info: Kennedy

[Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.]

Title: tag




   
  


Hi All,

Oops and sorry!  I meant to send this backchannel and didn't mean to
clutter everyone's mailbox!

Hope all in Tipsville are having a good weekend.

Best,

Linda



Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D. wrote:

  
   
   
  
Hi Tim,
  
I'm sure this is true.  Nonetheless, no bucks involved but rather just
conversations with friends and historians who live there. Probably just
depends on who you ask.
  
Best,
  
Linda

 
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Linda M.
Woolf, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology and International Human Rights
Webster
University
470 East Lockwood
St. Louis, MO  63119

Hulsizer,
M. R., & Woolf, L. M. (2008). Teaching
statistics: Innovations and best practices. Malden, MA:
Blackwell. 
Book Web site at: http://www.teachstats.org


Past-President & Internet Editor: Society for the
Study of Peace, Conflict, & Violence (Div. 48, APA)
Program Committee: National Institute
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Board Member: Institute
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[tips] Op-Ed Contributor - No ‘Hero’s Welcome’ in Libya - NYTimes.com

[Christopher D. Green]

It is always interesting to hear the other side of stories like the one 
that pervaded the Western media a couple of weeks ago that the man 
convicted of the Lockerbie bombing received a "hero's welcome" in Libya. 
As it turns out, there may not have been any such thing.  
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/opinion/30qaddafi.html

Chris
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Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada

 

416-736-2100 ex. 66164
chri...@yorku.ca
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[tips] Determining major and minor

[Allen Esterson]

How do we determine major and minor psychological theories?
I have noted a tendency to allocate major status to theories
emanating in Europe most of them Jewish and minor to those
emanating outside of Europe.


Michael, supposing what you have "noted" is in fact the case, please 
tell us who is doing the "allocating".


Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
Southwark College, London
http://www.esterson.org


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