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More on dating

Posted on 15 February 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Places where I used to write the date:

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Hockey pool, week 19

Posted on 14 February 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I don’t usually display a chart of each person’s weekly points tally, but I’ve decided to include it today because it looked so nice when Ricardipus did it I thought it might make Thomas feel better I KICKED ASS for once!

it's about bloody time I had a good week

It was a good week for us bottom dwellers, with Thomas also doin Continue reading →

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In which I wait for spring to come

Posted on 13 February 2011 by Jennifer Rohn

Dusk was already falling, along with a light drizzle, earlier this afternoon as I pushed brown ovoid objects repeatedly into heavy wet earth. Carelessly dressed against the cold, my muddy fingertips going numb, I worked the trowel and hoped I wouldn’t slice open any previously planted spring bulbs. The truth is I’ve completely lost track of how man Continue reading →

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On becoming (naturalised, half) British

Posted on 13 February 2011 by Sylvia McLain

I am undertaking ‘a journey to citizenship’ and happily (thankfully) I just passed the test and can apply for citizenship soon.
Fortunately I can be a US/UK citizen; the UK isn’t particularly concerned with dual citizenships and the US wants to keep us:

In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply Continue reading →

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On becoming (naturalised, half) British

Posted on 13 February 2011 by Sylvia McLain

I am undertaking ‘a journey to citizenship’ and happily (thankfully) I just passed the test and can apply for citizenship soon.
Fortunately I can be a US/UK citizen; the UK isn’t particularly concerned with dual citizenships and the US wants to keep us:

In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply Continue reading →

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Indigestible Committee Paperwork

Posted on 13 February 2011 by Athene Donald

Each summer it is standard for publications to produce lists of exam howlers to remind us just how woefully ignorant some of our students are at all levels. I have never seen a list of comparable statements regarding crass errors produced in grant applications, but upon occasion referees do not mince their words.  Having spent much of the weekend w Continue reading →

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An Inconsistent Truth?

Posted on 13 February 2011 by Stephen

The Science Museum in London is a national shrine to human ingenuity. Its existence is a testament to the value that our society places on inquiry and innovation, its worth paradoxically underscored by the fact that, even in these impecuious times, entry is still free.

The museum sits grandly on Exhibition Road, just around the corner from my labor Continue reading →

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Harder, harder

Posted on 12 February 2011 by Erika Cule

One careers seminar offered to undergraduates during my degree discussed the pros and cons of pursuing postgraduate study. After the seminar, I spoke to the Careers Tutor responsible for undergraduates in our department. I told him that I was finding the degree course really difficult, and I was not sure if it was worth applying for PhDs as I did n Continue reading →

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The four Yorkshiremen at NIH…

Posted on 11 February 2011 by Steve Caplan

I said it. It didn’t mean to slip out, but it did. Well, I can’t cap the genie back in the bottle, can I? So here it is: “When I was at the NIH…”

When I was a young student, my Ph. Continue reading →

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