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Hermione’s Stone (2)
Minus Signs Hermione’s Stone (according to my alternative plot) was now, it seemed, firmly stuck in some sort of time loop, being picked up, thrown, picked up and thrown ad infinitum. What struck me by the diagram I had constructed, … Continue reading
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Hermione’s Stone (1)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban A couple of weeks ago now my family and I were watching said film. We’ve seen it many times so each viewing is an opportunity to spot something new. It was the scene … Continue reading
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Pythonomics (2): What did the Euro ever do for us ?
Originally posted on Dr. JAH:
Revolution ! Rex is addressing a room of masked Greek MEPs beneath the European Parliament in 2015 … Rex: We get in through the underground heating system here … up through to the main audience chamber here ……
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Term & Short Termism
Originally posted on Dr. JAH:
Prompted by the sale of several apparently successful UK engineering and manufacturing firms this year e.g. Invensys to Schneider Electric in August, I feel that this grow-and-sell behaviour is reinforced, if not driven, by the short-term mindset, still common in British…
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Thoughts On The Nature of Value
Originally posted on Dr. JAH:
Thoughts On the Nature of Value After hearing the word “value” banded about and wanted to capture some of my personal thoughts on the nature of value, primarily in the context of the business-like organisation, but…
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Economy: Looking at UK GDP Data (5) – 3 years on
Originally posted on Dr. JAH:
It’s been 3 years since I last reviewed the UK GDP data with some analysis (GDP1, GDP2, GDP 3) and notes (GDP4). At that point GDP had been in a considerable dip for a number of quarters and showed a…
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Term & Short Termism
Prompted by the sale of several apparently successful UK engineering and manufacturing firms this year e.g. Invensys to Schneider Electric in August, I feel that this grow-and-sell behaviour is reinforced, if not driven, by the short-term mindset, still common in British commercial culture and finance. It … Continue reading
Letter from Bavaria (1)
Updated 22nd Jan 2013 Guten Morgen, I’m reminded that the German general election is just around the corner (in September or October 2013), with Sunday’s Niedersachsen vote going right down to the wire: the SDP/Grüne vote of 46.3% edging out … Continue reading
Selection Box…
Since my hit-rate seems to be flat-lining after a flurry of hits over Christmas (people looking for underground maps it appears) here is a selection of ten of my favourite blogs since I started in August 2011, in no particular order … Continue reading
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Jobs…
… not him but these Up to 375 jobs to go at AgustaWestland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15214945 More ADS sector jobs gone. Not good for the Yeovil area.
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Pick yourself up, dust yourself off…
… and start all over again… Lergy has run through the family – won’t go into details, but messy – and I feel I have to lighten the mood (and myself) after my last post. Sparked by the re-titling of Jim Al-Khalili forthcoming series … Continue reading
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Trumpton Riots
News: Trumpton University has begun work on establishing the causal links and behaviour that resulted in the Trumpton riots earlier this month. Several, as yet untested, hypothesese exist on the causal components of the unrest including Fire Brigade manning & … Continue reading
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Observations : ISS at Night
Some great passes of the ISS overhead at the moment. See http://www.n2yo.com/ for details.
New to Blogging
Hello All, I’m Dr John Homewood and this is where I start creating a blog site. I’m hoping to upload regular research items to see if there’s any interest out there, plus some personal comments and features. So, wish me luck. Back … Continue reading
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