Jim Clark writes on
>the striking contrast is the emphasis on clarity in
>Beijing (50) and sensitivity in Chicago (42). Only
>one of many differences, of course, between Asian
>and American schooling.
And, I would add, between Asian and British schooling as well. Some
idea of the differences, an
There was an interesting event at a High school football game here in Central
Florida.A player who
scored a touchdown fell on his knees and began thanking God while still holding
the ball in hand.
He was reprimanded for this behavior.However it was emphasized that had he
dropped the ball and beg
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Hi
There is a great book by Charters and Waples (1929) which asked students (among
others) about the qualities of good teachers. It is actually on-line if one
wants to wade through its 700 pages.
http://www.archive.org/details/commonwealthteac027990mbp
Here's a brief idea about how Allan Pai
Hi
One issue I would have with the article is the mention of 79,000 PAIRS of
articles with duplicate text, which gives an impression that appears to be
wildly out of line with the demonstrated instances of duplicate publication. I
think the large number is a product of at least two factors: (1
Don't miss the link to the apparent self-plagiarism database drawn from Medline
http://spore.vbi.vt.edu/dejavu/
It is astonishing the amount of this that appears to have been happening over
the years.
A student of mine came across a case essentially similar to those in that
database when he wa
Hi
I was struck by the avoidance of the word "homeopathy" in the article. A
little googling revealed Harriet Hall's excellent piece on why Montagier's
earlier research contradicted rather than supported homeopathy.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=2081
The article also explains the "fin
On 12 Dec 2010 at 15:27, Claudia Stanny wrote:
> Any connection to the old (and, I assume, discredited) hypothesis
> about "structured water" from the 1960s?
Perhaps you're thinking of "polywater" which attracted much
excitement as an alleged anomalous new form of water? I don't think
there's
I think he has added a bit of new... something... to the memory of water
story. It sounds like you could hook an EEG to water with memory, receive
the electromagnetic signals and send it to people over the internet. It
sounds like a business opportunity to me.
...controversial idea championed by
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/education/11education.html?src=me&ref=general
Intriguing article in the NYT's today about how students are actually
quite aware of how well their teacher is using their time and helping them
to learn.
Joan
jwarm...@oakton.edu
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Any connection to the old (and, I assume, discredited) hypothesis about
"structured water" from the 1960s?
Bad ideas just never seem to go away . . . .
Claudia
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM, wrote:
> That's Luc Montagnier of France, who received the Nobel Prize in 2008 for
> the discovery
Eek! Water memory. Isn't that the excuse homeopaths use for how
infinitesimal bits of (whatever), diluted by millions of times as much
water, might still be able to cure disease (rather than just be
extremely expensive water).
The least he could do is indulge in an interesting fantasy.
Chris
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Another item of possible interest to TIPSters from Nature News,
although (as a reader points out) the transgression is better
characterized as "duplicate publication".
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101207/full/468745a.html
Don't miss the comprehensive list of high-profile plagiarism cases
ap
That's Luc Montagnier of France, who received the Nobel Prize in 2008 for the
discovery of HIV.
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101208/full/468743a.html
Why do they do it?
And while you're there, check out the first reader comment (by Robert
Loblay).
Stephen
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