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Dis-recommending The Oxford Centre for events, conferences etc
Based on series of thefts which seem to be by staff recently. Laptop and a blackberry.
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Casting pearls before people
I'm not getting this 19.5 inch black-purple pearl chain from Amazon at £13.99 cos its too purple for me and I prefer grey pearls. Someone should take advantage though ( Read more... ) -
Falling in love with Wired magazine all over again. But deeper.
Highly recommended article on scientific research and how researchers handle anomalies: failure blindness, the strength of diversity. (Plus IMHO a solid explanation of why Mandelson's impact of research funding plan is such a bad one even for STEM subjects).
I wish the 4 'How to Learn from Failure' points were more prominent. scienceAdvising Government - OK if you only say what they want to hear
Following from the sacking of Nutt
(blogged http://a-llusive.livejournal.com/135260.html)
Government relationship with scientific advisors, among other issues
the Campaign for Science & Engineering (CaSE) in the UK debate video. Participants major party science spokesmen Lord Drayson ( ( Read more... )Speechless. No, not speechless, outraged and wanting to keep my voice.
I couldn't share the Facebook post of the person who alerted me to the Manchester rape trial outcome reported http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8455161.stm and commented on Read more... )Libel reform tracking
http://a-llusive.livejournal.com/138962.html updated with link to judge's proposals from today's Guardian.The (largely) respected British institutions of law and academia
Sliding criminal justice
Jury-less criminal trials http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8453318.stm
and acquitted defendants paying some of their court fees.
I feel another rant brewing, though no time for it now.
Oh, academia is screwed too
Russell Group warning article
Read more... )Everyone's seen that bigger bottoms are better, right?
having too little fat around the hips can lead to serious metabolic problems, as occurs in Cushing's syndrome.
...slower burning hip fat also makes more of the hormone adiponectin that protects the arteries and promotes better blood sugar control and fat burning.http://news. ( Read more... )Climate change, global warming, poor understanding, apathy damned apathy
British cold spell denialists slapped http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/jan/06/cold-snap-climate-sceptics and ( Read more... )