RE: [tips] Keith Ablow: Embarrasses our profession

2011-04-13 Thread Bourgeois, Dr. Martin
Not that it probably matters to the lay public, but we don't have to be embarrased by Ablow. He's a psychiatrist. From: Michael Britt [mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [ti

[tips] Keith Ablow: Embarrasses our profession

2011-04-13 Thread Michael Britt
It was a cold winter morning when I first discovered "black ice". I drove over the top of a hill and hit a car in the rear which itself had stopped because another car had slid off the road. No one was hurt. As we all waited for the police to arrive the truck that was spreading dirt and salt

Re: [tips] question about maternal cocaine use and punishment

2011-04-13 Thread michael sylvester
It appears that the prognosis for crack cocaine babies is good in contrast to fetal alcohol syndrome.There are many explanations for this;the prevailing one seems to be that cocaine addiction is different frrom the other addictions.As a matter of fact there has been some controversy as to wheth

[tips] question about maternal cocaine use and punishment

2011-04-13 Thread Carol DeVolder
Dear Tipsters, I'm going to be talking to my behavioral pharmacology students this afternoon about cocaine use. One of the subtopics is prenatal effects. As an important part of that I want to discuss maternal treatment (or lack thereof) and prosecution. I've done a Google search (because I didn't

Re: [tips] Can't possibly be true

2011-04-13 Thread John Kulig
Thanks Peter! I have a friend quite interested in Canadian politics and for every major election rents a hotel room in Canada, buys every newspaper possible, orders food in and watches the returns non-stop. So I will soon get a very detailed update. John K Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless de

Re: [tips] Can't possibly be true

2011-04-13 Thread Peter Kepros
Yes, John, there is an election close at hand in Canada. Even the school children are getting involved (see below): >STEPHEN HARPER was visiting an Ontario primary >school and the class was in the middle of a >discussion related to words and their meanings. >The teacher asked Mr. Harper if h

Re: [tips] Can't possibly be true

2011-04-13 Thread John Kulig
Yes the US is mighty and Yes The Donald is gaining attention but there is No chance he will make it far. My bet for the Repub pick lies with Mitt Romney who gave Mass the closest thing to unversal health care and served as a model for Obama. Say, isn't there an election close at hand in Canada?

[tips] Can't possibly be true

2011-04-13 Thread sblack
Now I know it's not good form to comment on politics on a psychology list, and especially not about the politics of someone else's country. So I do apologize. But I see that Donald Trump is tied for the position of leading Republican candidate for president of the mighty USA. http://tinyurl.co