Posts by Geoff Lealand
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Interesting photos, Chris.
Jackson; should I still think of doing a theme on NZ cinemas sometime? Happy to do so--maybe in a couple of weeks, after teaching has settled into a rhythm. My http://cinemasofnz.info site is getting rather large. -
Or "I have met the enema and it wasn't fun"?
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I can verify at least part of Russell's account as I was sitting next to him at the "Bad Behaviour" session and he was tweeting away. Indeed, I was tempted to lean over and take his device off him!
I think the Herald's decision to lead with this story (and deliberately mis-interpret the context?) is as ill-judged as Judge Harvey's quip. Oh, the irony!
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Much of the problem is to do with the damn PBRF, which persists in placing the laboured book or highly specialised, peer-reviewed article at the top of the heap. I have had book chapters in overseas collections arrive 4 or 5 years after I wrote the thing and it is often just plain depressing. What we need (in an ideal world) is for the canon to be over-turned, to give greater credit to web-based and other , newer forms of publication.
I like writing book reviews, especially if it is a good book, but academics get bugger-all credit for doing this.
Peer reviewing can also sail close to academic censorship too and you have to be very aware of this.
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Difficult to know. It may just be a tale of caution about posting Twitter messages in the public domain, or it could be a story about unusual political pressure, Whatever the reasons, it is a loss for a very important legal case. Judge Harvey is one smart manl
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Nice story
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Russell: I will have to take you along to the Waikato Stadium and the Chiefs some day, to restore your faith in the rugby experience.
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If you are still accepting bird pics …at Staglands (Akatawara Road, between Upper Hutt and Waikanae) last Sunday
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Up Front: You're Telling My Child What, Now?, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I once took a non-credit course in cross-country skiing during my US PhD studies. On the other hand, I really appreciated the US-style taught PhD (high level coursework, practicums, internships, language requirement etc), where everything does not hinge on the final thesis. I do feel for some NZ students I meet, for so much depends on finding a dedicated and skilled PhD supervisor, as well as the need to sustain enthusiasm for your chosen topic over three or more tees.
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In other (not so good) news, the great UK music/culture magazine The Word is ceasing publication with the August 2012 issue,
