Got my Special Fields marks back (aka Neuroscience plus Language & Cognition): each one got the same result, HD, 89%. Quite happy with that; it should suffice nicely to make up the ground I lost on Statistics and Psychometrics. Still slightly annoyed that I didn't crack 90%, though ( Read more... )

Got some results back: 74% for Statistics and Research Design, 72% for Psychometrics ( Read more... )

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If any of y'all are interested in hearing some seriously clued-up talk about global politics over the last couple of decades, with a particular focus on Iraq and Russia, check this out.

It's John Gray, Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics, providing a counterpoint to the Fukuyama Neocon crew. And, interestingly for me, ( Read more... )

The preview of my pneumonia article is already up on the web. Won't see the hardcopy until September, though.

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The National:

Somewhat messed up by dramas-with-ex-girlf, but plenty of fun moments nonetheless. Highlights were the wonderful Trouble in the Kitchen [1] and the hugely entertaining The Duhks [2]. Honourable mentions also to Peggy Seeger & Mike Compton.

I had a bit of a CD splurge post-festival as well, picking up The Be Good Tanyas first two ( Read more... )

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I just had an email back from the prospective publishers of my sole-authored article. The peer reviewers have made some comments about things that they'd liked changed, but overall it looks pretty positive. A bit of polishing, and I think it'll get up ( Read more... )